Francis J. Castellino

Biography:

Francis J. Castellino, Ph.D. FAHA, FAAAS, is the Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the W.M. Keck Center for Transgene Research at the University of Notre Dame.  He received his Ph.D from the University of Iowa and did postdoctoral work at Duke University.  Dr. Castellino joined the University of Notre Dame faculty in 1970, where he remains today.  He served as Dean of Science for more than 20 years and has performed research in the field of hemostasis under continuous NIH funding.  The interests of the laboratory encompass the spectrum of physical biochemistry to disease models involving the crosstalk of hemostasis and inflammation, where he has published >500 peer reviewed articles.  He has served on many internal and external committees, won numerous awards, and trained over 100 graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctorals, and research fellows.