Our Team | School of Medicine

Dean Burkin, Ph.D.

Professor Pharmacology, Interim Chair Physiology & Cell Biology

(775) 784-6288

dburkin@med.unr.edu

Andrea Agarwal

Staff Research Associate 4

(775) 784-4635

aagarwal@med.unr.edu

Sal Baker, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6908

sabubaker@med.unr.edu

Caroline Cobine, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 682-8840

ccobine@med.unr.edu

Robert Corrigan

Staff Research Associate 3

(775) 784-6908

rcorrigan@med.unr.edu

Alejandro Gutierrez Cruz, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiology and Cell Biology

agutierrezcruz@unr.edu

Albert Gonzales, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 682-7254

albertgonzales@med.unr.edu

Thomas Gould, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 682-8841

tgould@med.unr.edu

Nathan Grainger, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

ngrainger@unr.edu

Seeun Ha, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-1467

seeunh@med.unr.edu

Gregory Highison, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-4006

ghighison@med.unr.edu

Stone Hoopes

Accountant Technician 1

(775) 682-8829

shoopes@unr.edu

Sung Jin Hwang, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6603

shwang@med.unr.edu

Min Kim, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6356

minkim@unr.edu

Sang Don Koh, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-1924

skoh@med.unr.edu

Ji Yeon Lee, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6908

jiyeonl@med.unr.edu

John Malysz, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6065

jmalysz@unr.edu

Gillian Moritz, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6065

gmoritz@med.unr.edu

Morgana Lane Morris

Laboratory Technician 1

morganmorris@unr.edu

Vidya Murthy, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiology and Cell Biology

vmurthy@unr.edu

Violeta Mutafova-Yambolieva, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor/Vice Chair, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6274

vmutafova@med.unr.edu

Lucia Notterpek, Ph.D.

Professor/Senior Associate Dean Research, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-4060

lnotterpek@unr.edu

Lauren Okane

Staff Research Associate 3

(775) 682-8833

lokane@med.unr.edu

Mahsa Borhani Peikani, Ph.D.

Laboratory Technician 2

(775) 784-1266

mborhanipeikani@unr.edu

Brian Perrino, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(775) 784-6396

bperrino@med.unr.edu

Lindsey Pisani

Anatomy Lab Manager

(775) 784-6169

lindseyp@med.unr.edu

Hukam Rawal, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiology and Cell Biology He/Him/His

(775) 247-1993

hrawal@unr.edu

Robert Renden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-4352

rendenr@med.unr.edu

Seungil Ro, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-1462

sro@med.unr.edu

Kenton Sanders, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6980

ksanders@med.unr.edu

Carl Sievert, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-7538

csievert@med.unr.edu

Cherie Singer, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Pharmacology/Associate Dean, Student Affairs

(775) 682-8360

csinger@med.unr.edu

Rajan Singh

Research Assistant Professor 1

rajans@med.unr.edu

Jenna Strahan

Administrative Assistant 3

(775) 682-8842

jstrahan@unr.edu

Sarpras Swain, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiology and Cell Biology

sarprass@unr.edu

Cam Ha Thai Tran, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Physiology And Cell Biology

(775) 682-9830

camt@med.unr.edu

Christopher Von Bartheld, M.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6022

cvonbartheld@med.unr.edu

Patrick Voss

Laboratory Technician 1

pvoss@unr.edu

Sean Ward, Ph.D.

Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-6061

smward@med.unr.edu

Peng Xu, MSPH

Research Scientist, Physiology and Cell Biology

pengx@unr.edu

Tong Zhou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Physiology and Cell Biology

(775) 784-4340

tongz@med.unr.edu