Faculty and Research Areas
Faculty and Research Areas
The research conducted by University of Montana Molecular and Biomedical Sciences (MBS) faculty is diverse in scope. The following is a partial list of areas that you could pursue as a graduate student here at the University of Montana. We encourage you to access the web pages of the faculty associated with the research areas listed below, and contact them directly to learn more about their programs of discovery. All of these faculty members are currently involved in graduate training, and many have openings for new students in their laboratories.
If you are a faculty member with MBS, you can update your personal profile in the UM Employee Database.
![Andrij Holian](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1339-cropped.jpg?19103)
Andrij Holian
Professor, Director of Center for Environmental Health Science
![Monica Serban](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/4330-cropped.jpg?12668)
Monica Serban
Professor
![Travis Wheeler](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/3029-cropped.jpg?20098)
Travis Wheeler
Associate Professor - affiliate
![Erica Woodahl](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1352-cropped.jpg?1022582279)
Erica Woodahl
Professor and Director
![Celine Beamer](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/3468-cropped.jpg?14719)
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
![Richard Bridges](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/910-cropped.jpg?1643992156)
Richard Bridges
Interim Associate Dean of DBS, Regents Professor
![Philippe Diaz](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/2769-cropped.jpg?542661527)
Philippe Diaz
Professor
![Kasper Hansen](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/2756-cropped.jpg?7633)
Kasper Hansen
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
![Travis Hughes](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/4446-cropped.jpg?1471539176)
Travis Hughes
Associate Professor
![Nicholas R. Natale](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1215-cropped.jpg?376582528)
Nicholas R. Natale
Professor
![Andrea Stierle](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/2737-cropped.jpg?18751)
Andrea Stierle
Research Professor
![Chuck Thompson](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1211-cropped.jpg?18279)
Chuck Thompson
Professor
![Celine Beamer](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/3468-cropped.jpg?14719)
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
![Yoon Hee Cho](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/3587-cropped.jpg?11798)
Yoon Hee Cho
Associate Professor
![Andrij Holian](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1339-cropped.jpg?19103)
Andrij Holian
Professor, Director of Center for Environmental Health Science
![Curtis Noonan](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1320-cropped.jpg?11549)
Curtis Noonan
Professor in SPCHS and Director of CPHR
![Elizabeth Putnam](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1321-cropped.jpg?11793)
Elizabeth Putnam
Professor, Chair
![David Shepherd](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1350-cropped.jpg?842250118)
David Shepherd
Professor
![Erica Woodahl](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1352-cropped.jpg?1022582279)
Erica Woodahl
Professor and Director
![Brandon S. Cooper](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/4994-cropped.jpg?1846618364)
Brandon S. Cooper
Associate Professor
![J. Stephen Lodmell](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/892-cropped.jpg?1023166633)
J. Stephen Lodmell
Professor
![Patrick Secor](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/5275-cropped.jpg?1540275321)
Patrick Secor
Assistant Professor
![Celine Beamer](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/3468-cropped.jpg?14719)
Celine Beamer
Research Associate Professor
![Jay Evans](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/4619-cropped.jpg?5877)
Jay Evans
Research Professor, Director of CTM
![David Shepherd](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1350-cropped.jpg?842250118)
David Shepherd
Professor
![Scott Wetzel](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/914-cropped.jpg?1820400076)
Scott Wetzel
Associate Professor
![Richard Bridges](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/910-cropped.jpg?1643992156)
Richard Bridges
Interim Associate Dean of DBS, Regents Professor
![Kasper Hansen](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/2756-cropped.jpg?7633)
Kasper Hansen
Associate Professor, Neuroscience
![Michael Kavanaugh](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1341-cropped.jpg?19551)
Michael Kavanaugh
Professor
![Chuck Thompson](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1211-cropped.jpg?18279)
Chuck Thompson
Professor
![J. Stephen Lodmell](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/892-cropped.jpg?1023166633)
J. Stephen Lodmell
Professor
![Jack Nunberg](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/900-cropped.jpg?26853)
Jack Nunberg
Professor and Director, Montana Biotechnology Center
![Brent Ryckman](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1577-cropped.jpg?1159954076)
Brent Ryckman
Associate Professor
![William Holben](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/BillHolben_1.jpg)
William Holben
Professor Emeritus
![Scott Miller](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/898-cropped.jpg?27133)
Scott Miller
Professor
![Ekaterina Voronina](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/voronina pic_web.jpg)
Ekaterina Voronina
Associate Professor, CMMB, BCBP
![Elizabeth Putnam](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1321-cropped.jpg?11793)
Elizabeth Putnam
Professor, Chair
![Erica Woodahl](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1352-cropped.jpg?1022582279)
Erica Woodahl
Professor and Director
![Philippe Diaz](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/2769-cropped.jpg?542661527)
Philippe Diaz
Professor
![Erica Woodahl](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1352-cropped.jpg?1022582279)
Erica Woodahl
Professor and Director
![Bruce Bowler](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/1080-cropped.jpg?941060605)
Bruce Bowler
Professor & Director of CBSD
![Klara Briknarova](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/klaraphotoforweb.jpg)
Klara Briknarova
Associate Professor
![Travis Hughes](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/4446-cropped.jpg?1471539176)
Travis Hughes
Associate Professor
![J.B. Alexander (Sandy) Ross](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/Sandy_yearbookBennett.jpg)
J.B. Alexander (Sandy) Ross
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
![Stephen Sprang](https://hsapp.hs.umt.edu/employee-database/index.php/pubtools/serveFile/images/941-cropped.jpg?1538886566)
Stephen Sprang
Professor Emeritus