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Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons


Degree Programs: Full-Time: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Director of Center for Molecular Cardiology: Andrew R. Marks, M.D.
630 West 168 Street
Black Building, Room 11-511
Tel: 212.342.4766
e-mail:arm42@columbia.edu


Director of Graduate Studies: Amy MacDermott, Ph.D.
168th Street Black Building, Room 1109
Tel: 212.305.3889


Co-Director of Graduate Studies: John D. Loike, Ph.D.
168th Street Black Building, Room 1111


Faculty

Laurence Abbott:
Professor, Ph.D., Brandeis, 1977
Interests: Mathematical modeling and analysis of neurons and neural networks
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Qais D Al-Awqati:
Professor, MB, Ch.B., Baghdad (College of Medicine), 1962
Interests: Epithelial transport; ion pumps and channels
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jahar Bhattacharya:
Professor (Medicine), M.D., Ph.D.
Interests: Epithelial differentiation and protein targeting; molecular mechanisms of organogenesis of the kidney
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Martin Blank:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge, 1959
Interests: Electrochemical processes in membranes and biopolymers
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Samantha J. Butler:
Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D.
Henry Colecraft:
Associate Professor, PhD
Interests: Molecular Physiology of Voltage-Dependent Calcium Channels.
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jane Dodd:
Professor (Physiology & Cellular Biophysics), Ph.D., Cambridge, 1979
Interests: : Neural differentiation and axon guidance during circuit formation in the vertebrate central nervous system
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Michel Ferin:
Professor, M.D., Louvain, 1964
Interests: Neuroendocrine control of the reproductive cycle; central mechanisms whereby stress interferes with reproduction
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jorge Fischbarg:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Chicago, 1971
Interests: Molecular biophysics of cell membrane transporters and water channels; volume regulation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Claude Ghez:
Professor (Neurology and Physiology and Cellular Biophysics), M.D., Harvard, 1964
Interests: Neural control of multi-joint limb movement in the cat and in humans
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Joseph A. Gogos:
Assistant Professor, M.D., Ph.D., M.D., National University of Greece-Athens; Ph.D., Harvard, 1987; 1993
Interests: Assembly and maintenance of sensory maps in the brain; animal models for genes predisposing to psychiatric disorders
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Wesley Grueber:
Assistant Professor (Physiology & Cellular Biophysics), Ph.D., Washington, 2000
Interests: Drosophila neuronal development; mechanisms of dendritic morphogenesis and patterning
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jens Husemann:
Associate Research Scientist, M.D.
Interests: Role of Microglial and Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Jonathan A. Javitch:
Associate Professor, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1986
Interests: Structure, function and regulation of G-Protein-Coupled receptors and neurotransmitter transporters
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Eric Kandel:
University Professor, M.D., New York, 1956
Interests: Cell and molecular mechanisms of associative and nonassociative learning; neurobiology of learning and memory
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Arthur Karlin:
Professor, Ph.D., Rockefeller, 1962
Interests: Molecular mechanisms of receptor function; the function of receptors in terms of molecular structures
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
John D. Loike:
Lecturer, Ph.D.
Interests: Regulation of leukocyte chemotaxis through physiological and pathological matrices
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Martin G. Low:
Professor, Ph.D., Birmingham, 1975
Interests: Cellular Function of the Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (Gpi) Anchor
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Amy MacDermott:
Professor, Ph.D., Vermont, 1978
Interests: Neurophysiology, regulation of synaptic transmission in the superficial dorsal horn
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Andrew R. Marks:
Professor, M.D., Harvard, 1980
Interests: Molecular mechanisms regulating contraction of normal and failing cardiac muscle, molecular triggers for cardiac arrhythmias, and coronary artery restenosis following stent placement
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Brian McCabe:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Cambridge (England), 1999
Interests: Molecular genetics of synapse development and plasticity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kenneth Miller:
Professor, Ph.D.
Interests: Molecular genetics of synapse development and plasticity
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Kaushik Parthasarathy:
Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D.
Ning Qian:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1990
Interests: Computational neuroscience and visual psychophysics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Sadiqa Quadri:
Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D.
Nora Rosenblit:
Associate Research Scientist, Ph.D.
James Rothman:
Professor, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1976
Interests: Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of transport within the cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
David Schachter:
Professor (Physiology and Cellular Biophysics), M.D., NYU, 1949
Interests: Dynamic regulation of the properties of the wall of the aorta; epithelial and smooth muscle interactions
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Peter Scheiffele:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., EMBL Heidelberg (Germany), 1998
Interests: Dynamic regulation of the properties of the wall of the aorta; epithelial and smooth muscle interactions
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Samuel C. Silverstein:
Professor, Ph.D., Albert Einstein, 1963
Interests: Cell biology of mononuclear leukocytes; endothelial cells
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
David Stern:
Professor, M.D., Harvard, 1981
Interests: Cell biology/coagulation
Allan Tall:
Professor, M.D., Ph.D.
Interests: The cellular and molecular biology of macrophages during atherogenesis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Ming Zhou:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo, 1999
Interests: Molecular physiology and biophysics of ion channel macromolecule complexes
Approved Dissertation Sponsor




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