Robert Burghardt
Senior Professor, Imaging Analysis Laboratory
Professor Emeritus
Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
Research and Scholarly Interests
- Toxicology: mechanisms of cellular injury; non-invasive cellular imaging; in situ analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism
- Reproductive biology: uterine biology & pregnancy, mechanobiology of pregnancy
Education
- B.S., University of Michigan, 1969
- M.S., Ph.D. Wayne State University, 1973, 1976
- Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School, 1976-78
Professional Experience/Academic Appointments
- Senior Professor, IAL
- Professor Emeritus, VIBS
- Director, IAL
- Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies, VMBS
- Professor, VIBS
- Member, Faculties of Toxicology & Reproductive Biology
Reproductive Biology
- Uterine biology and pregnancy
Toxicology
- Application of non-invasive imaging technologies to investigate mechanisms by which biological response modifiers, ranging from hormones and growth factors to chemotherapeutic agents and environmental chemicals, alter cellular signaling pathways and cellular homeostasis.
Cell Biology
- Cell signaling and cell-cell communication
Microscopy and Imaging
- Application development with live-cell imaging tools
Research interests encompass fields of: a) reproductive biology with a primary focus on uterine biology and pregnancy, and b) toxicology/environmental health impacts with a focus on mechanisms of cellular injury, cellular signaling, and homeostasis. I have also provided scientific and administrative leadership for the development and acquisition of analytical microscopy technologies.
Instruction on widefield, confocal, and superresolution optical microscopes