Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

Academic Advisors


Hannah Hoffman-Colburn

Office: 141 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-6123
E-mail: hannahhoff@ksu.edu

Ms. Hoffman-Colburn began with Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics as an advisor in 2024. She is our primary advisor.

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Brian Geisbrecht, Ph.D.

Office: 176 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-3154
E-mail: geisbrechtb@ksu.edu

Dr. Geisbrecht has been at Kansas State University since 2013 and an advisor since 2017. His research interests include innate immunity, molecular basis of infectious diseases and host-pathogen interactions, structural biology and molecular recognition.
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Erika Geisbrecht, Ph.D.

Office: 173 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-3105
E-mail: geisbrechte@ksu.edu

Dr. Geisbrecht has been at Kansas State University since 2013 and an advisor since 2017. Her research interests include formation and maintenance of muscle and heart tissue; biochemistry and molecular genetics of Drosophila; and cell signaling in development.
Dr. Michael Kanost

Michael Kanost, Ph.D.

Office: 63 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-6964
E-mail: kanost@ksu.edu

Dr. Kanost has been at Kansas State University since 1991 and an advisor since 2010. His research interests include insect hemolymph proteins: biochemistry and molecular biology, structure and function of serine proteinases, proteinase inhibitors, and antibacterial response proteins from insect hemolymph.
Dr. Phillip Klebba

Phillip Klebba, Ph.D.

Office: 53 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-3083
E-mail: peklebba@ksu.edu

Dr. Klebba has been at Kansas State University since 2012 and an advisor since 2018. His research interests include iron acquisition by active transport through the cell envelopes of bacteria; immunological approaches to bacterial pathogenesis; biophysical analyses of bacterial membrane transport in living cells
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Om Prakash, Ph.D.

Office: 39 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-2345
E-mail: omp@ksu.edu

Dr. Prakash has been at Kansas State University since 1999 and an advisor since 2015. His research interest is structural characterization and molecular recognition using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Computer Aided Molecular Design (CAMD).
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Anna Zolkiewska, Ph.D.

Office: 177 Chalmers Hall
Phone: 785-532-3082
E-mail: zolkiea@ksu.edu

Dr. Zolkiewska has been at Kansas State University since 1997. She has been advising students since 2010. Her research interests include ADAM proteins, Notch signaling, and cancer.