Director
J. Andrew Berglund
Director of The RNA Institute; Co-Director, Center of Excellence in RNA Research and Therapeutics (CERRT); Keith Hynes Endowed Professor in STEM; Distinguished Professor
Department of Biological Sciences; The RNA Institute; Berglund Lab
LS 2033I
Institute Leadership
Thomas Begley
Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Associate Director of The RNA Institute, Director of Training in RNA Science and Technology, Interim REPR Director
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2033
Marlene Belfort
Distinguished Professor, Senior Advisor of The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2060
RNA Leadership
Faculty
Rajendra K. Agrawal
Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C450
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering
LSRB 1136
John Douglas Cleary
Assistant Director of Research for the RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2102
Douglas S. Conklin
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
Cancer Research Center, Room 342H
Bijan K. Dey
Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2098 (Office) Life Sciences 2020 (Lab)
Michael Fasullo
Associate Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4319
Jason Herschkowitz
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
East Campus CRC 342
Melinda Larsen
Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor and Chair
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 1086
Igor Lednev
Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1107
Kathleen A. McDonough
Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
David Axelrod Institute
J. Andres Melendez
Professor and Chair
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute, Center for Healthy Aging
NanoFab East 4313
Janice D. Pata
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
150 New Scotland Avenue Center for Medical Science Room 2009 Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health Albany, NY 12208
Scott Tenenbaum
Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4312
Sweta Vangaveti
Research Scientist, Advanced Computational Facility Manager
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2033D
Shenglong Zhang
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences Research Building, 1003R
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Associate Faculty
Cheryl P. Andam
Associate Professor and Scientific Director of the Life Sciences Research Initiative
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2060
Nilesh Banavali
Assistant Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C419B
Ben Boivin
Associate Professor
Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Integrated Health Sciences, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 1906
Nathaniel Cady
Associate Dean for Research, Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4405
Alexander T. Ciota
Chair & Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Griffin Laboratories, Room 125.
Ye Ding
Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Research Professor, Biomedical Sciences
The RNA Institute
Empire State Plaza C236
Chinwe Ekenna
Associate Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Computer Science, The RNA Institute
UAB 423
Paolo Forni
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1038
Pallavi Ghosh
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Center for Medical Science 5421
Anil Ojha
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Jon Paczkowski
Assistant Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
5221 Center for Medical Sciences, 120 New Scotland Ave, Albany NY 12208
Morgan Sammons
Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2078
Susan Sharfstein
Professor of Nanoscale Science & Engineering
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4412
Haixin Sui
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C265
Joseph T. Wade
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
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Affiliate Faculty
Eriks Rozners
Professor of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Binghamton University
The RNA Institute
Colin Echeverría Aitken
Assistant Professor of Biology, Vassar College
The RNA Institute
Olmsted Hall of Biological Science at Vassar College
Georges Belfort
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The RNA Institute
Steven D. Hanes
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University
The RNA Institute
Sally Temple
Research Professor; Scientific Director, Principal Investigator and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
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Distinguished Faculty
Paul Agris
Founding Director of The RNA Institute; Consulting Professor, Duke University Department of Medicine
The RNA Institute
Joachim Frank
Chemist Nobel 2017, Professor of Biological Sciences, Columbia University
The RNA Institute
Michael Zuker
Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
The RNA Institute
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Institute Staff
Tammy Reid
Assistant Director of Operations, The RNA Institute and CERRT
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2033H
Joseph Scibienski
Project Support Specialist
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences Research Building 2033G
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