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
Assistant Director of Research of the RNA Institute, Distinguished Professor of Biological Sciences, Director of Training in RNA Science and Technology, Interim REPR Director
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2033
Marlene Belfort
Senior Advisor of the RNA Institute, Distinguished Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2060
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Core Faculty
John Douglas Cleary
Assistant Director of Research of the RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2102
Bijan K. Dey
Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute; Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2098 (Office) Life Sciences 2020 (Lab)
Ken Halvorsen
Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2020A
Sweta Vangaveti
Principal Investigator, Advanced Computational Facility Manager, The RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 2033D
Ting Wang
Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Chemistry 309A
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Academic Faculty
Ben Boivin
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
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
Arun Richard Chandrasekaran
Assistant Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, The RNA Institute
LSRB 1136
Alan Chen
Associate Professor & Chair; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute;
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
LS 2033E
Douglas S. Conklin
Associate Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Research Center, The RNA Institute
Cancer Research Center, Room 342H
Soma Dash
Assistant Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 1039
Paolo Forni
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1038
Gabriele Fuchs
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2033F
Jason Herschkowitz
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
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; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 1086
Igor Lednev
Distinguished Professor, Williams-Raycheff Endowed Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1107
ChangHwan Lee
Assistant Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 1076
Pan T. X. Li
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
BIO 013
Kathleen A. McDonough
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
David Axelrod Institute
Li Niu
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
LS 1057
Aya Osman
Assistant Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences
LSRB 2093
Cara Pager
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2051
Maksim Royzen
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
LS 1127
Morgan Sammons
Associate Dean for Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Associate Professor of Biological Sciences; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2078
Alexander Shekhtman
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences 1149
Jia Sheng
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
LS 2033B
Hua Shi
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2050
Hannah Shorrock
Assistant Professor; Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LSRB 2050
Scott Tenenbaum
Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4312
Alex Valm
Assistant Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
BIO 324
Ing-Nang Wang
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Biological Sciences, The RNA Institute
LS 2077
Mehmet Yigit
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
LS 1125
Shenglong Zhang
Associate Professor; Senior Principal Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Chemistry, The RNA Institute
Life Sciences Research Building, 1003R
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Affiliated Faculty
Rajendra K. Agrawal
Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C450
Nilesh Banavali
Assistant Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Wadsworth Center, Biggs Lab, Room C419B
Nathaniel Cady
Associate Dean for Research, Distinguished Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4405
Alexander T. Ciota
Chair & Associate Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
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; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
The RNA Institute
Empire State Plaza C236
Keith Earle
Associate Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
Department of Physics, The RNA Institute
Physics 112
Chinwe Ekenna
Associate Professor; Affiliated Investigator, The RNA Institute
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Computer Science, The RNA Institute
UAB 423
Michael Fasullo
Associate Professor
College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, Department of Nanoscale Science & Engineering, The RNA Institute
NanoFab East 4319
Pallavi Ghosh
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Center for Medical Science 5421
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
Anil Ojha
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
Jon Paczkowski
Associate 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
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
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
affiliatedfaculty
Affiliated External Faculty
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
Eriks Rozners
Professor of Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Binghamton University
The RNA Institute
Sally Temple
Research Professor; Scientific Director, Principal Investigator and Co-Founder, Neural Stem Cell Institute (independent non-profit)
College of Integrated Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, The RNA Institute
NSCI, 150 New Scotland Ave, Albany NY
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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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