Faculty
Program Director
![Dr. Irina Nesmelova](https://mbp.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/427/2023/06/Screen-Shot-2023-02-09-at-3.05.54-PM-300x300.png)
Concentration Director, Professor
Department of Physics and Optical Science
Participating Faculty
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Dr. Didier Dréau
Professor and Director for Undergraduate Research
Department of Biological Sciences
ddreau@charlotte.edu Woodward 490B
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Dr. Shunji Egusa
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Optical Science
segusa@charlotte.edu Grigg 329
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Dr. Kristen Funk
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
kfunk@charlotte.edu Woodward 386A
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Dr. Jun-tao Guo
Professor
Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics
jguo4@charlotte.edu Bioinformatics 359
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Dr. Donald Jacobs
Professor
Department of Physics and Optical Science
djacobs1@charlotte.edu Grigg 343, Science 307
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Dr. Yuri Nesmelov
Associate Professor
Department of Physics and Optical Science
yuri.nesmelov@charlotte.edu Science 304
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Dr. Susan Trammell
Professor
Department of Physics and Optical Science
stramme@charlotte.edu Grigg 333
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Dr. Shan Yan
Professor and Associate Chair for Research
Department of Biological Sciences
shan.yan@charlotte.edu Woodward 490A