This website uses cookies to ensure site visitors get the best experience on our website. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies and Privacy Statement. To find out more, please visit Southern University's Privacy Statement.

I agree

Biology Program Faculty & Staff

Faculty and Staff


 

Professor and Chair

Research Interests: Molecular mechanism of action of herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1)

Emailoswald_dauvergne@subr.edu Office: 244 William James Hall, 225-771-0042 

  • Eduardo Martinez-Ceballos

Professor 

Research Interests: 1) Mechanism of Hoxa1 gene regulation in mouse Embryonic Stem (ES) cells. This project is funded by NSF award # 1901346 (August 2019-July 2023). 2) Mechanisms of drug resistance in cancer cell lines. 3) Effect of Hibiscus extracts as neuroprotetive agents. Funded through a NIFA grant.

Email: eduardo_martinez@subr.edu

Office: 244 William James Hall, 225-771-5210 

Laboratory: 216 Health Research Center (Lee Hall Annex), 225-771-3606. Lab Website

 

  • Pushpa Samkutty

Professor

Email: pushpa_samkutty@subr.edu

Office: 246 William James Hall, 225-771-2744 

 

  • Caroline Telles

Associate Professor

Research Interests:Her research focuses on the molecular genetics of the MYST-family histone acetyltransferases (HATs) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” and “Natural Products and the Microbiome.

Lab Website

Dr. Telles' Website

Email: caroline_telles@subr.edu

Office: 244 William James Hall, 225-771-5210 

      • Yetunde Ogunkoya, Associate Professor 
      • Bryan Rogers, Associate Professor: bryan_rogers@subr.edu
  • Lidiya Dubytska

Associate Professor

Research Interest: interest is in host-pathogen interactions, including host defense against intracellular pathogens and molecular mechanisms associated with the ability of pathogens to survive inside of host cells. My current research interest focuses on the human pathogen Legionella pneumophilia and the catfish pathogen Edwardsiella Ictaluri

Lab Website

Dr. Dubytska's Website

Email: lidiya_dubytska@subr.edu

Office:  253 William James Hall, 225-771-4905

 

  • Xiaoping Yi

Assistant Professor 

Research Interests: Role of Resveratrol (RES) on Prostate Cancer cell growth. This research is funded by a Full INBRE grant (May 2018-April 2021). Visit Lab Website

    Dr. Yi's Website

Email:xiaoping_yi@subr.edu

Office:   244 William James Hall, 225-771-5210 

 

 

  • Brenda L. Hatfield

        Administrative Assistant III

        Email: brenda_hatfield@subr.edu

        Office:  244 William James Hall, 225-771-5210

  Home