Tag biotechnology
![Dominique Brossard](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjg0MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--33801bfe62815d759fe5e8064d4656cfeaefdbb2/Brossard_cp-683x1024.jpg)
Dominique Brossard
Professor and Chair, Department of Life Sciences Communication
Expert on media, science and policy; science and social media; public understanding of science; risk communication; science and fake news
![Robert Streiffer](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Mjg4NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--9f9b12e4cd3c8618dca3bb1859b034351efa4092/Rob-768x768.jpg)
Robert Streiffer
Professor, philosophy and bioethics
Expert on ethics and policy issues arising from agricultural and medical biotechnology
![Frank Rath](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTQ2NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--4cbb5e17f524ae1bbacbb6221c374e23e7d46985/rath_frank.gif)
Frank Rath
Program director, Engineering Professional Development
Expert in applying engineering concepts and tools in biotechnology, build-to-demand/make-to-order manufacturing strategies, risk and hazard analysis
![Richard Amasino](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTU0OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0250759d8a5a1e18054b16184ba150cf90c5f5bf/Amasino_Rick_hs05_2886.jpg)
Richard Amasino
Professor, biochemistry; member, Genome Center of Wisconsin
Expert in plant biochemistry, bioenergy, regulation of flowering, and genetically modified organisms (GMO).
![Nader Behdad](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzE0OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ba7bdb17c910e7386b758b64323db827791e102b/Nader%20Behdad%20-%20EH.png)
Nader Behdad
McFarland-Bascom Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellow
Expert on antennas, phased array antennas, wireless devices, microwaves, microwave ablation, wireless communications, medical applications of electromagnetic fields, radio-direction finding and localization, cell phone geolocation.
![Chris Brace](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYxNiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7c1417b6524640e70625648750a6513307cd62da/brace.jpg)
Chris Brace
Associate professor: Radiology, Biomedical Engineering
Expert on interventional oncology, interactions of energy with tissue, microwave engineering, thermal tumor ablation
![Xudong Wang](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTYzNywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--0f05819cf1fc7983f50e2397ee99a2992a276edd/group_xdwang.jpg)
Xudong Wang
Grainger Institute for Engineering Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Grainger Institute for Engineering
Expert on nanomaterial piezoelectric nanostructures, biomechanical energy harvesting, wearable and implantable medical devices, self-powered electrostimulation and electronics
![John Yin](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY0MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--264e5786cc9a1c5b5ff2a68d94572db0900bac6b/Yin_John_hs09_9028.jpg)
John Yin
Professor, chemical & biological engineering; Cellular & Molecular Biology Program
Expert on systems biology, computational biology, quantitative virology and biochemical engineering
![Andrew Bent](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTY3MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--921ce3336bf05865e20111dc496fd954df26d545/afb.png)
Andrew Bent
Professor, plant pathology; science adviser to dean of International Studies
Expert in plant molecular biology and biotechnology, especially in relation to agriculture
![Jean-Michel Ané](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzE3MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--4acdfaca5f77d2a0aadfab6d67e761f45fa4cf19/Jean-Michel%20Ane%CC%81-4.jpg)
Jean-Michel Ané
Professor, Bacteriology and plant and agroecosystem sciences
Expert on plant-microbe symbioses, nitrogen-fixation, mycorrhizae and legume genetics
![Shawn Kaeppler](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc0OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--a4722453c3dacdc3ff3f1b381709b3124b1f261a/Kaeppler-Shawn.gif)
Shawn Kaeppler
Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences
Expert in maize, corn, genetics, biofuel, epigenetics, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, transgenic plants, crops for underdeveloped countries, plant roots
![Lloyd Smith](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTc2MCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--b3bb87447800ff1350728393b3b3aee355330a67/Lloyd-Smith-hires.jpg)
Lloyd Smith
Professor, chemistry
Developer of new technologies at the interface of biology and chemistry
![Richard Burgess](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTgwOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--de2d85592c49442fb0ac018300391ab1be6cd5ee/burgess.jpg)
Richard Burgess
Professor emeritus, oncology
Expert on protein purification, regulation of gene expression, history and development of biotechnology business in Madison
![Jae-Hyuk Yu](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzE3MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--1d09f5ac568657b91d3739fa7a7f574275193660/JH%20YU%202019%20Seoul%20(3).jpg)
Jae-Hyuk Yu
Professor, bacteriology, genetics, Food Research Institute
Expert on fungi, molds, mycotoxins, Detoxification of aflatoxin, patulin, and ochratoxin A. Natural antimicrobials using GRAS fungi, Human hair restoration using fermented products
![Peter Lalley](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTg5NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--435e4ad46c94085a24dd29b22212c4274a3f61aa/lalley01t.jpg)
Peter Lalley
Emeritus professor, physiology
Expert in brain and spinal cord control of respiration; autonomic nervous system; neurotransmitters and control of respiration, effects of ageing on respiratory nervous system.
![David Schwartz](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTg5OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2840bbdd4614d255a72a1723968d55882aa93701/David-Schwartz-hires.jpg)
![Garret Suen](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk3OSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--83b51f725ce5c2066ca87f65a07c5f36136990ce/g_suen.jpg)
Garret Suen
Assistant professor, bacteriology
Expert in genomics, next-generation sequencing, bioinformatics, functional genomics, metagenomics, microbiology, rumen microbiology, systems biology, biofuels, microbial ecology, evolutionary ecology
![Chris Hittinger](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTk4MiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3908224e9df4d3a84365c5b9c1792853b15c3bcb/picture-329.jpg)
Chris Hittinger
Assistant professor, genetics
Expert on the evolution of yeast carbon metabolism, evolutionary genomics/genetics, molecular evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, evolutionary systems biology
![Edmund Elder](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjAxMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--28d9a94ba0da35ad4938f0b1e32f71dd8723c8ea/Elder_Ed%203c.jpg)
Edmund Elder
Director, Lachman Institute for Pharmaceutical Development / Director, Zeeh Pharmaceutical Experiment Station
Expert in drug delivery, formulation development, manufacturing and patents; FDA regulations, generic drugs, nanotechnology; pharmaceutical analysis
![Thomas Jeffries](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjAxNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e0da408d8378e6aea5a215412094f148ef059c49/KNtwj.jpg)
Thomas Jeffries
USDA professor, microbiology
Expert on bioconversion, biorefining, advanced cellulosic biofuels, unconventional yeasts, yeast physiology, metabolic engineering and bioprocess engineering
![Xinyu Zhao](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA1NSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--edd4a6ffc2170285a7f7335ad99d88204a0bba17/Zhao2015_copy.jpg)
Xinyu Zhao
Professor, neuroscience
Regulation of stem cells and development in brain health and diseases, including autism and fragile X syndrome.
![Kris Saha](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjA4MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--113a19d39ca9c454ccd4c6482923e68df42bb761/Saha_Krishanu.jpg)
Kris Saha
Associate Professor, biomedical engineering; Retina Research Foundation Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair; WID
Leads research lab in biotechnology (gene therapy, cell therapy, gene editing, CRISPR, stem cell bioengineering) and leader in science policy and bioethics
![Simon Gilroy](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjM2OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--39617dae51dff3d573127193eedb7f5557656550/20160330_103147_001.jpg)
Simon Gilroy
Professor, Botany
Expert on plant responses to stressful environments, plants and spaceflight, plant cell biology
![Adel Talaat](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjQxNCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--820f62737fdcf0735b7149b08da63838001f3b9c/Prof._Adel_M._Talaat.jpg)
Adel Talaat
Professor of Microbiology; Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Infectious diseases expert with focus on tuberculosis in humans, bovine tuberculosis and Johne's disease in cattle. Expert in food animal vaccines.
![Cody Wenthur](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjQ0NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--ace7d863fabfcce70129817dfd0abf5a3d1566cd/Wenthur_Cody_13.jpg)
Cody Wenthur
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Expert on addiction, abused drugs, opioids, naloxone, psychoactive substances, psilocybin, psychedelics, stress and reward learning, vaccine design, drug development, glutamate
![Christian Franck](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjQ1MywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e8105d6cce697f3354f3b0f60fa8edd82d25434a/head_Shot_2018.jpg)
Christian Franck
Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Expert on mechanics of materials, biological cells and tissues, traumatic brain injury, concussions
Robert Kirchdoerfer
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology
Expert on coronavirus entry into host cells and replication of viral RNA genomes. Structural biology and molecular aspects of protein machines.
![Mostafa Zamanian](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjUyOSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e6a116c0d9a257d51a54621d2ebb543b7d98665d/mzamanian.jpg)
Mostafa Zamanian
Associate Professor, Pathobiological Sciences
Expert on parasitic diseases of humans and animals
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Brian Pfleger
Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Professor
Expert on synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, applied microbiology.
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![Elizabeth Wright](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjU2NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--2eec020122fe613b6d9c93f6f1058af27cf45e9b/ERWright_UWFall.jpg)
Elizabeth Wright
Professor, Biochemistry
Expert on the development and use of cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) as applied to viruses, bacteria, and human cells.
![Lauren Schmitz](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MjU4MSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--07e2da8409f995c1d24f8cb0a4d255b5586876a4/Schmitz_Headshot.jpg)
Lauren Schmitz
Assistant Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Expert on the interplay between social experiences, genetics, and disparities in health and aging; early life adversity and aging; ethical use of genetic data
![Quanyin Hu](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzAxOCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--113f39a29a4ad97e1a5fced23c429f2728dc9980/Hu_Quanyin_19.jpg)
Quanyin Hu
Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Department; Department of Material Sciences & Engineering
Interested in developing new cell therapy approaches and new drug delivery systems for better disease treatments.
![Mohan Qin](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzExMiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--40db68f3d5d5c7c7a85c6adc120e234597d7edbf/Mohan_1_Resized.jpg)
Mohan Qin
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Experts on sustainable water and wastewater treatment
![Samuel Gellman](https://experts.news.wisc.edu/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzE3OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--468eeffaea82bd2060cef6c25d7ae6e88443711a/SHG%20photo.jpg)
Samuel Gellman
Professor of Chemistry
Expert of the intersection between organic chemistry and biology, especially proteins and peptide-based drugs; molecular design.