Department of Cell and Cancer Biology Faculty Profiles
Qingbin (Tim) Cui, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacology
qingbin.cui@utoledo.edu
Ivana de la Serna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Epigenetics, Chromatin remodeling, Melanocyte development, Pigmentation, Melanoma
ivana.delaserna@utoledo.edu
Zizheng Dong, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Translational regulation of gene expression in tumorigenesis
zizheng.dong@utoledo.edu
Kathryn Eisenmann, Ph.D.
Professor
Director, Human Blueprint System, Undergraduate Medical Education
Director, Thread 1, Undergraduate Medical System
Cytoskeleton dynamics in glioblastoma cancer cell invasion and tumor microtube networking;
Glioblastoma tumor biobanking
kathryn.eisenmann@utoledo.edu
Jasmine JingYuan Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Computational biology & bioinformatics, Structure based drug discovery/design, Drug
resistance, Drug repurpose, Protein dynamics & function, X-Ray Crystallography, Biological
Small Angle X-Ray Scattering
jingyuan.liu@utoledo.edu
Xiaohong Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Biomedical Sciences Program Cancer Biology track
Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Metastasis, Dormancy and Drug Resistance
xiaohong.li@utoledo.edu
Shi-He Liu, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Exosome engineering, Tumor and tumor microenvironment , Targeting drug delivery for
efficient PDAC therapies/diagnosis
shi-he.liu@utoledo.edu
Maurice Manning, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Distinguished University Professor
Ombudsman, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
maurice.manning@utoledo.edu
Nagalakshmi Nadiminty, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director of Academic Research, Dept. of Urology
Target discovery and Targeted therapeutics for urologic malignancies, Drug Resistance
nagalakshmi.nadiminty@utoledo.edu
Dayanidhi Raman, B.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cancer stemness, Cancer metastasis, Drug resistance, Combination chemotherapy, Immune
checkpoint blockade, Novel drug analogs
dayanidhi.raman@utoledo.edu
Srinivas Vinod Saladi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Epigenetic reprogramming in cancer, Hippo pathway alterations in cancer
Shang Su, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Tumor dormancy in cancer bone metastasis; the roles of tumor microenvironment in drug
resistance of cancer bone metastasis
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Kuo-Hui Su, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pancreatic cancer, Proteotoxic stress response, Lipid metabolism, Autophagy
kuo-hui.su@utoledo.edu
James C. Willey, M.D.
Professor
George Isaac Chair in Cancer Biology
Director of Cancer Research Center
Medical College of Ohio, 1978
james.willey@utoledo.edu
Kandace J. Williams, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Dean for College of Medicine & Life Sciences Graduate
Professor
kandace.williams@utoledo.edu
Kam C. Yeung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cancer signaling, GEM models for breast cancer, Mitotic check point control
kam.yeung@utoledo.edu
Jian-Ting Zhang, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
McMaster Endowed Chair of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology
Drug resistance, Drug discovery and repurposing, DNA repair, Epigenetics, Lipid metabolism,
Translational control and signal transduction
jianting.zhang@utoledo.edu
Yue Zou, Ph.D.
Professor
DNA Repair, DNA damage response, Oncogenesis, Cancer chemotherapeutics, and Drug resistance
yue.zou@utoledo.edu