Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at Baylor University

40 faculty and 0 courses in Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology at Baylor University.

Faculty

• John L. Wood, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Professor, Department Chair h-index 61
  Notable: “Metformin suppresses gluconeogenesis by inhibiting mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase” (2014) · 1,287 citations
• Daniel Romo, Schotts Professor of Chemistry h-index 57
  Notable: “Chiral non-racemic bicyclic lactams. Vehicles for the construction of natural and unnatural products containing quaternary carbon centers.” (1991) · 275 citations
• Julia Y. Chan, Professor, Materials Science Chair h-index 43
  Notable: “Metallic Spin-Liquid Behavior of the Geometrically Frustrated Kondo LatticePr2Ir2O7” (2006) · 366 citations
• Patrick J. Farmer, Professor, Associate Dean h-index 42
  Notable: “The reduction potential of nitric oxide (NO) and its importance to NO biochemistry” (2002) · 384 citations
• Kevin C. Chambliss, Professor, Vice Provost for Research h-index 40
  Notable: “Designer synthetic media for studying microbial-catalyzed biofuel production” (2015) · 898 citations
• Paul A. Maggard, Professor h-index 38
  Notable: “Alignment of acentric MoO3F33− anions in a polar material: (Ag3MoO3F3)(Ag3MoO4)Cl” (2003) · 439 citations
• Ivan V. Korendovych, Professor, Biochemistry Chair h-index 33
  Notable: “Short peptides self-assemble to produce catalytic amyloids” (2014) · 658 citations
• Caleb D. Martin, Professor, Humboldt Research Fellow h-index 33
  Notable: “31P NMR Chemical Shifts of Carbene–Phosphinidene Adducts as an Indicator of the π‐Accepting Properties of Carbenes” (2013) · 497 citations
• Todd W. Hudnall, Associate Professor h-index 30
  Notable: “Fluoride Ion Recognition by Chelating and Cationic Boranes” (2009) · 516 citations
• Kevin G. Pinney, Professor h-index 30
  Notable: “Stereoselective synthesis of 2,5-dihydrofurans by sequential SN2' cleavage of alkynyloxiranes and silver(I)-catalyzed cyclization of the allenylcarbinol products” (1993) · 181 citations
• Kevin L. Shuford, Professor, Associate Chair h-index 27
  Notable: “Observation of a Quadrupole Plasmon Mode for a Colloidal Solution of Gold Nanoprisms” (2005) · 750 citations
• Bryan F. Shaw, Professor h-index 25
  Notable: “Destabilization of apoprotein is insufficient to explain Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase-linked ALS pathogenesis” (2005) · 166 citations
• Kevin K. Klausmeyer, Associate Professor, X-ray Crystallography Director h-index 25
  Notable: “Stepwise Assembly of [(C5H5)4(C5Me5)4Co4Rh4(CN)12]4+, an “Organometallic Box”” (1998) · 163 citations
• Touradj Solouki, Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “High-Resolution Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance Mass Spectrometry of Humic and Fulvic Acids by Laser Desorption/Ionization and Electrospray Ionization” (1997) · 151 citations
• Robert R. Kane, Professor h-index 24
  Notable: “ANAM® Genogram: Historical perspectives, description, and current endeavors☆” (2007) · 187 citations
• Olga V. Makhlynets, Assistant Professor h-index 22
  Notable: “Short Self‐Assembling Peptides Are Able to Bind to Copper and Activate Oxygen” (2016) · 138 citations
• Thomas D. McGrath, Teaching Professor, Undergraduate Program Director h-index 21
  Notable: “Substrate stabilization of lysozyme to thermal and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation.” (1980) · 162 citations
• Darrin J. Bellert, Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Recruitment h-index 19
  Notable: “Bonding in Ground-State and Excited-State A+·Rg van der Waals Ions (A = Atom, Rg = Rare-Gas Atom): A Model-Potential Analysis” (2002) · 163 citations
• Elyssia S. Gallagher, Associate Professor h-index 14
  Notable: “Mapping Protein–Ligand Interactions with Proteolytic Fragmentation, Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange-Mass Spectrometry” (2015) · 66 citations
• Bruce E. Hodson, Senior Lecturer h-index 12
  Notable: “Beyond the Icosahedron: The First 13‐Vertex Carborane” (2003) · 140 citations
• Jonathan M. Larson, Assistant Professor h-index 10
  Notable: “In situ infrared nanospectroscopy of the local processes at the Li/polymer electrolyte interface” (2022) · 110 citations
• Dylan G. Boucher, Assistant Professor h-index 9
  Notable: “Bioelectrocatalytic Synthesis: Concepts and Applications” (2023) · 68 citations
• Liela Romero, Associate Professor h-index 6
  Notable: “Copper Hydride Catalyzed Enantioselective Synthesis of Axially Chiral 1,3-Disubstituted Allenes” (2019) · 113 citations
• Mieke Lahousse, Senior Lecturer h-index 6
  Notable: “A mechanistic explanation for pH-dependent ambient aquatic toxicity of Prymnesium parvum carter” (2009) · 57 citations
• Adam C. Mansell, Lecturer h-index 6
  Notable: “Ultra-Violet Absorption Spectra of the Molecules H2O, HDO and D2O” (1960) · 44 citations
• Jonathan Clinger, Assistant Professor h-index 5
  Notable: “Drop-on-demand sample delivery for studying biocatalysts in action at X-ray free-electron lasers” (2017) · 202 citations
• Aurea Chu, Senior Lecturer h-index 5
  Notable: “Structure and stereochemistry of the base excision repair glycosylase MutY reveal a mechanism similar to retaining glycosidases” (2015) · 62 citations
• Jung Hyun Min, Associate Professor h-index 4
  Notable: “Natural Bis-Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids-Tetrandrine, Fangchinoline, and Cepharanthine, Inhibit Human Coronavirus OC43 Infection of MRC-5 Human Lung Cells” (2019) · 284 citations
• Michael Plunk, Lecturer h-index 4
  Notable: “Design and Catalyzed Activation of Tak-242 Prodrugs for Localized Inhibition of TLR4-Induced Inflammation” (2020) · 38 citations
• M. Devanand Jonklaas, Senior Lecturer h-index 2
  Notable: “Synthesis, in vitro, and in vivo evaluation of phosphate ester derivatives of combretastatin A-4” (2003) · 28 citations
• Roxane Jourdain, Organic Chemistry Lab Lecturer h-index 2
  Notable: “Photostable phosphorescent polymer nanospheres for high sensitivity detection” (2015) · 8 citations
• Ilia Kevlishvili, Assistant Professor h-index 1
  Notable: “Taming T-REX: A Canonical Language for Geometry-Aware Generative Design of Transition-Metal Complexes” (2025) · 1 citations
• Evangeline Rukundo, Lecturer
• Jun-Kyu Byun, Lecturer
• Kenneth E. Madsen, Assistant Professor
• Leilani Mercado, Lecturer
• Maricel Demesa, Senior Lecturer
• Michele Stover, Senior Lecturer
• Michelle Herridge, Secondary Faculty, STEM Education
• Rizalia Klausmeyer, Senior Lecturer, BaylorWISE Director

Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.