IMB Faculty

These eleven faculty members and their labs are housed in the Kasha Laboratory Building at the Institute of Molecular Biophysics. They are a group of scientists from the departments of Biological Science, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics and Physics who often collaborate to realize the goal of a truly interdisciplinary Institute, and all are Molecular Biophysics (MOB) Graduate Faculty.

Other faculty, whose research encompasses an area of Biophysics, are housed in other buildings in the Science Complex, with interactions and collaborations occurring frequently. They are also available to mentor to students in the MOB Program.

See the Molecular Biophysics Faculty page for a full list of Biophysics professors, their departments and their research interests.

Dr. Peter Fajer Professor of Biological Science | Profile Research Website Office: 501 KLB   Lab: 510 KLB Telephone: 850-645-1337 E-mail: pfajer@fsu.edu Biophysics of motor proteins; EPR spectroscopy	Dr. Richard Bertram Professor of Mathematics  | Profile Research Website Office: 401 KLB Telephone:  850-644-7632 E-mail: bertram@math.fsu.edu Computational structural biology, neuroscience and physiology
Dr. Hong Li Director, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry | Profile Research Website Office: 207 KLB   Lab: 210 KLB Telephone: 850-644-6785 E-mail: hong.li@fsu.edu Structural mechanisms of gene expression and regulation; protein-RNA interactions.	Dr. Bhargav Karamched Asst. Professor of Mathematics  | Profile Research Website Office: 402 KLB Telephone: (850) 645-8893 E-mail: bhargav@math.fsu.edu Theoretical cell & synthetic biology, Physiology, Stochastic Processes, Complex systems
Dr. Scott Stagg Professor of Biological Science | Profile Research Website Office:  507 KLB   Lab: 519 KLB Telephone: 850-645-7872 E-mail: sstagg@fsu.edu Cryo-electron microscopy studies of COPII coated vesicles	Dr. Beth Stroupe Director, MOB Graduate Program, Professor of Biological Science | Profile Research Website Office:  202 KLB   Lab:  217 KLB Telephone:  850-644-1751 E-mail: mestroupe@bio.fsu.edu Exploring the structure and function of macromolecular machines involved in nuclear processes
Dr. Ken Taylor Professor of Biological Science | Profile Research Website Office: 306 KLB   Lab:  322 KLB Telephone:  850-644-3357 E-mail: taylor@bio.fsu.edu Muscle contraction: 3D electron microscopy and reconstruction methods	Dr. Wei Yang Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry | Profile Research Website Office:  418A KLB   Lab:  418 KLB Telephone:  850-645-6884 E-mail: yyang2@fsu.edu Simulation and modeling of complex biological phenomena; computational biophysics
Dr. Qian Yin Assistant Professor of Biological Science Research Website Office:  506 KLB   Lab:  517 KLB Telephone: 850-644-4424 E-mail: qyin@fsu.edu Structural Biology, immunology, biochemistry	Dr. Robert Silvers Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Website Office: 205 KLB | Lab: 219 KLB Telephone: 850-645-9649 E-mail: rsilvers@fsu.edu Structural Biology, ribonucleoproteins, solid-state NMR, unfolded protein response
Dr. Ashwanth Francis Assistant Professor of Biological Science Research Website Office:  502 KLB Telephone: 678-640-4684 E-mail: acfrancis@fsu.edu Structural biology, virus-host interaction,  cryo electron microscopy	Dr. Tim Logan Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry | Assoc. Dean Office: 210A LNG Telephone: 850-644-0806 E-mail: tlogan@fsu.edu