Contact

• Email: Michael_Moravan@urmc.rochester.edu
• Advisors: M. Kerry O'Banion and John Olschowka
• Department: Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Lab Phone: (585) 275-1585
• Address:

  University of Rochester Medical Center
  Box 603
  601 Elmwood Ave.
  Rochester, NY 14642

Area of Interest

• Neuroinflammation and the Neurobiology of disease

Current Research

• Characterizing the inflammation associated with the effects of gamma-radiation on the central nervous system, particularly that of IL-1.
• Characterizing a model of diffuse axonal injury in mice.

Education

• 2002-present : MSTP program at the University of Rochester
• 2001-2002 : M.S. in Chemistry, Clarkson University
• 1997-2001 : B.S. in Chemistry with honors, Clarkson University

Abstracts

• Hurley, S.D, M.J. Moravan, A. Want, M.K. O'Banion, J. A. Olschowka (2005) Aging's adverse relationship with traumatic brain injury outcome: does neuroinflammation play a role? J. Neurotrauma In Press.

Publications

• Luck LA, Moravan MJ, Garland JE, Salopek-Sondi B, Roy D; Chemisorptions of bacterial receptors for hydrophobic amino acids and sugars on gold for biosensor applications: a surface plasmon resonance study of genetically engineered proteins; Biosens Bioelectron. 2003 Nov 30;19(3):249-59.

Honors & Awards

• 2004 - University of Rochester Merritt and Marjorie Cleveland Fellowship Award
• 2001 - Northern New York Section of the American Chemical Society Award
• 2000 - Barry M. Goldwater Scholar

Other Interests

• Music
• Singing
• Basketball
• Hockey
• Volunteering with Epilepsy Foundation