Researchers

Professor Castellino obtained his B.S. degree in chemistry in 1964 from the University of Scranton. He earned his M.S. degree in 1966 and his Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1968, both from the University of Iowa. He conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University from 1968 to 1970 as a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow. He joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame in 1970. Professor Castellino was the recipient of the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award, the NIH Research Career Development Award, the NIH MERIT Award, and Educator of the Year Award. He is an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences, the American Association for Advancement of Science, and the American Heart Association. Professor Castellino is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, and Frontiers in Biosciences, and is the editor-in-chief of Current Drug Targets. He is the founding director of the Center for Transgene Research and the Walther Cancer Research Center at Notre Dame.