Philip Hanawalt - Dr. Morris Herzstein Professor in Biology and Professor of Dermatology
Bio-X Affiliated Faculty
Dr. Hanawalt's current research is focused upon the effects of DNA lesions and unusual structures on transcription elongation by various RNA polymerases, and on the examination of responses to oxidative injury in cells from patients of the DNA repair deficient disorders xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome and UV-sensitive syndrome.