# Faculty
**Source**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/about-us/faculty-directory.html
**Parent**: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/academics/scholarships.html
Scott Briggs
Professor
[sdbriggs@purdue.edu](mailto:sdbriggs@purdue.edu)
765.494.0112
[Briggs's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/sdbriggs "Scott Briggs")
### Research
Epigenetics, Antifungal Drug Resistance and Fungal Pathogenesis
Benjamin Carter
Assistant Clinical Professor
[bccarter@purdue.edu](mailto:bccarter@purdue.edu)
BCHM 10
[Carter's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/bccarter)
Clint Chapple
Distinguished Professor
[chapple@purdue.edu](mailto:chapple@purdue.edu)
765.494.0494
[Chapple's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/chapple "Clint Chapple")
### Research
Biochemistry and molecular biology of plant secondary metabolism
Kyle Cottrell
Assistant Professor
[cottrellka@purdue.edu](mailto:cottrellka@purdue.edu)
765.494.6941
### [Cottrell's PROFILE](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/kacottre)
### Research
RNA editing, post-transcriptional regulation, and cancer
Brian Dilkes
Professor
[bdilkes@purdue.edu](mailto:bdilkes@purdue.edu)
765.496.2584
[Dilkes's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/bdilkes "Brian Dilkes")
### Research
Plant Genetics
Natalia Dudareva
Distinguished Professor
[dudareva@purdue.edu](mailto:dudareva@purdue.edu)
765.494.1325
[Dudareva's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/doudarev "NATALIA DUDAREVA")
### Research
Plant biochemistry and molecular biology
Barbara Golden
Professor
[barbgolden@purdue.edu](mailto:barbgolden@purdue.edu)
765.496.6165
[Golden's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/rna "BARBARA GOLDEN")
### Research
Structural basis for RNA function
Humaira Gowher
Associate Professor
[hgowher@purdue.edu](mailto:hgowher@purdue.edu)
765.494.3326
[Gowher's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/hgowher "HUMAIRA GOWHER")
### Research
Regulation of DNA methylation in development and disease
Hana Hall
Research Assistant Professor
[hallh@purdue.edu](mailto:hallh@purdue.edu)
765.496.0745
[Hall's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/hallh "HANA HALL")
### Research
Gene expression regulation and DNA repair in aging and neurodegenerative disease
Mark Hall
Associate Head
| Professor
[mchall@purdue.edu](mailto:mchall@purdue.edu)
765.494.0714
[Hall-m's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/mchall "MARK HALL")
### Research
Cell cycle regulation and fungal pathogenesis
Orla Hart
Clinical Teaching Associate Professor
[ohart@purdue.edu](mailto:ohart@purdue.edu)
765.494.1644
[Hart's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/ohart "ORLA HART")
Majid Kazemian
Associate Professor
[kazemian@purdue.edu](mailto:kazemian@purdue.edu)
765.494.9350
[Kazemian's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/kazemian "MAJID KAZEMIAN")
### Research
Studying gene regulation in viral associated cancers, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases
Ann Kirchmaier
Associate Professor
[kirchmaier@purdue.edu](mailto:kirchmaier@purdue.edu)
765.494.0977
[Kirchmaier's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/akirchma "ANN KIRCHMAIER")
### Research
Epigenetic processes that mediate heritable modifications to chromatin
Xing Liu
Associate Professor
[xingliu@purdue.edu](mailto:xingliu@purdue.edu)
765.494.1793
[Liu's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/liu2340 "XING LIU")
### Research
Roles and regulations of ubiquitin-proteasome dependent protein degradation
Andy Mesecar
Assistant Vice President for Research and Director of the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research
| Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry
| Walther Professor of Cancer Structural Biology
[amesecar@purdue.edu](mailto:amesecar@purdue.edu)
765.494.1924
[Mesecar's Profile](https://www.science.purdue.edu/mesecar/index.html#/amesecar "ANDY MESECAR")
### Research
Gene-to Lead Drug Discovery
Lisa Mydy
Assistant Professor
[lmydy@purdue.edu](mailto:lmydy@purdue.edu)
BCHM A343B
765.494.4157
[Mydy's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/lmydy "Lisa Mydy")\
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**RESEARCH\
\**Protein structure and function, enzyme mechanisms, and plant natural product biosynthesis
Joe Ogas
Department Head
| Professor
[ogas@purdue.edu](mailto:ogas@purdue.edu)
765.496.3969
[Ogas's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/ogas "JOE OGAS")
### Research
Regulation of cell identity, signal transduction, chromatin remodeling
Sujith Puthiyaveetil
Associate Professor
[spveetil@purdue.edu](mailto:spveetil@purdue.edu)
765.494.8339
[Puthiyaveetil's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/spveetil "SUJITH PUTHIYAVEETIL")
### Research
Genetic and molecular control of photosynthetic light utilization
W. Andy Tao
Professor
[watao@purdue.edu](mailto:watao@purdue.edu)
765.494.9605
[Tao's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/taow "W. ANDY TAO")
### Research
Proteomics and biological mass spectrometry
Elizabeth Tran
Professor
[ejtran@purdue.edu](mailto:ejtran@purdue.edu)
765.496.3889
[Tran's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/ejtran "ELIZABETH TRAN")
### Research
RNA helicases and Post-transcriptional gene regulation
Feng Wang
Biochemistry
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
[wang6914@purdue.edu](mailto:wang6914@purdue.edu)
[Wang's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/wang6914)
### Research
Molecular mechanisms of RNA-mediated gene silencing
Vikki Weake
Professor
[vweake@purdue.edu](mailto:vweake@purdue.edu)
765.496.1730
[Weake's Profile](https://ag.purdue.edu/department/biochem/directory.html#/vweake "VIKKI WEAKE")
### Research
Chromatin modifying complexes in Drosophila development as a model for neurodegenerative disease and cancer