The following faculty have been hired through the Biosciences Initiative’s nine Scientific Research Initiatives.
Maria Coronel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Marcy Balunas, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Medical School
Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Roland Kersten, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy
Shyamal Mosalaganti, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, U-M Life Sciences Institute
Assistant Professor, Cell and Developmental Biology, U-M Medical School
Assistant Professor, Biophysics, U-M College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Peter Reich, Ph.D.
Director, Institute for Global Change Biology, School for Environment and Sustainability
Zhu, Kai, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability

Kelly Speer, Ph.D.
Kelly Speer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Director of the Michigan Pathogen Biorepository
Eleanna Varangis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Movement Science, School of Kinesiology
Member, Faculty Council of the Michigan Concussion Center
Jay Brito Querido, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry, Medical School
Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
Faculty Scholar, Center for RNA Biomedicine
Faculty Scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine
Stephanie Moon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor , Human Genetics; Affiliate Faculty, Biological Chemistry; Affiliate Faculty, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, Medical School
Faculty Scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine
Rachel Niederer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry, Medical School
Faculty Scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine
Chase Weidmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry, Medical School
Faculty Scholar of the Center for RNA Biomedicine