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• Karin Åkerfeldt, Chemistry. "Calcium-binding properties of EF-hand proteins; Design and synthesis of ion channel forming peptides, and Novel porphyrin-based biomaterials."
• Suzanne Amador Kane, Physics. "Video and computer simulations studies of collective animal behavior".
• Frances Rose Blase, Chemistry. "The Chemical Synthesis and Analysis of Natural Products that Display Important Pharmacological Activity."
• Rebecca Compton, Psychology. "Psychophysiology of emotion and cognition."
• Steve Emerson, Biology. "Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Adult and Embryonic Stem Cells."
• Robert Fairman, Biology. "Protein Polymerization processes in Aggregative Diseases and as a Tool in Nanoscience Applications."
• Jerry Gollub, Physics. "Non-linear processes, including the dynamics of particles in fluids, and the interactions of swimming micro-organisms."
• Curtis Greene, Mathematics. "Algebraic Combinatorics, Discrete Mathematics, and Probability."
• Rachel Hoang, Biology. **note below** "The cell biology and evolution of embryonic shape."
• Karl Johnson, Biology. "Biologically-inspired design: principles and applications from cytoskeletal polymers to virus particles."
• Casey Londergan, Chemistry, "Assessing protein conformation and flexibility using vibrational
  spectroscopy."
• Peter Love, Physics, "Computational and theoretical physics: simple discrete models of physical
  phenomena and quantum information theory."
• Robert Manning, Mathematics. "Mathematical modeling of biomolecules."
• Philip M. Meneely, Biology. "Genetics and Developmental Biology of C. elegans."
• Andrea Morris, **note below** Biology. "Visual system development in Xenopus."
• Alexander Norquist, Chemistry. "Hydrothermal synthesis of noncentrosymmetric metal oxide frameworks."
• Iruka Okeke, Biology. "Bacterial pathogenesis and antimicrobial resistance."
• Judith A. Owen Biology. **note below**. "Expression of Members of the Inhibitor of Apoptosis Family of Proteins in Activated Lymphocytes."
• Jenni A. Punt, Biology. "The Molecular Basis for Decisions made by Developing T Lymphocytes."
• Robert C. Scarrow, Chemistry."Synthesis and characterization of novel coordination complexes and study of their biomimetic reactivity with oxygen and other small molecules"
• Joshua Schrier, Chemistry. "Computational nanoscience: Structural,electronic, and optical properties"
• Walter Smith, Physics. "Electron transport in porphyrin nanorods; Atomic Force Microscopy."
• Wendy Sternberg, Psychology. "Environmental Modulation of Pain"
• Helen K. White, Chemistry.   "Investigations into the cycling of natural and anthropogenic carbon compounds in the marine environment."

*On occasion other faculty members in the Natural Sciences Division may offer to supervise interdisciplinary research programs and may therefore serve as Hughes mentors by special arrangement.
** Dr. Owen is temporarily not accepting students.
**Dr. Hoang is temporarily not accepting students.
**Dr. Morris is temporarily not accepting students.