Associate Dept. Head, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Investigator, Center for Toxicology
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Public Health

Member of the General Faculty

Dr. Lantz is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, and Professor, Division of Community, Environment and Policy at the University of Arizona.   He is currently the Associate Department Head and has served in interim positions as the Department Head of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and as Associate Vice President for Research of the University of Arizona.  He is also currently Deputy Director of the Southwest Environmental Health Science Center (SWEHSC), an NIEHS Core Center of Excellence at the University of Arizona and Deputy Director of the University of Arizona Superfund Research Program.

Dr. Lantz received his B.S. in Physics from Juniata College in 1970 and his doctorate in Physiology and Biophysics from West Virginia University in 1975. After postdoctoral research fellowships at Rockefeller University and Emory University, Dr. Lantz took a position as Assistant Professor of Anatomy at West Virginia University in 1981. In 1987, Dr. Lantz moved to the University of Arizona where he holds his current academic position.

Dr. Lantz has served as the Director of the Cellular Imaging Core of the SWEHSC since the Center was originally funded in 1994.  Part of Dr. Lantz’s duties as Deputy Director of SWEHSC is to oversee the Core Facilities funded by the Center.  These include genomics, proteomics, imaging, and in the past, synthetic chemistry.  Dr. Lantz has also served as the Chair of the Biotechnology Imaging Users Committee at the University of Arizona has chaired and co-authored a White Paper outlining the needs and vision for state-of-the-art light microscopic imaging on campus.  Dr. Lantz, therefore, has demonstrated and extensive administrative experience especially related to oversight and management of Core Facilities. 

Course:
Art of Scientific Comm.
CMM 603 (Spring 2019)