Dr. Hadly uses a combined field and laboratory approach to examine how ecological perturbations link or decouple levels of biological organization, because understanding the links among ecosystems, species, populations and genes is central to understanding how organisms exist, evolve and become extinct.

Dr. DiRenzo's overarching research goal is to use techniques from the basic sciences and human clinical sciences to improve the prevention and management of voice disorders.

Home Department: Biology
Mentor: Ivan Soltesz (Neurosurgery)

Dr. Elisabetta Puglisi's group focuses on the role of RNA conformation in viral infection. Primary systems are HIV and Dengue virus, where they investigate how RNA conformational plasticity mediates key aspects of viral replication.