Susan W. Liebman

Susan W. Liebman is currently a research professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Nevada Reno. She is also a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she was a professor in the department of biological sciences for 34 years. Dr. Liebman’s research has used the model eukaryote yeast to answer compelling genetic questions, e.g. she has used yeast to investigate the nature of infections “prion” proteins. Yeast genetics has been a gateway to human genetics. Currently Dr. Liebman’s research is focused on human disease associated proteins and human genetics.