Noel Warfel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Cancer Focus
Defining the role of hypoxia in prostate cancer metastasis and therapeutic resistance.
Research Program
Research Interest
My lab uses live cell imaging, biochemistry and molecular biology to study the effects of hypoxia on prostate cancer progression. We are particularly interested in how oxygen gradients alter cancer cell phenotypes.
Positions and Scientific Appointments
2025-Present: Associate Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
2022-2025: Associate Professor, University of Arizona
2017-2022: Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
2015-2017: Research Assistant Professor, University of Arizona
2013-2015: Research Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina
Education
Fellowship
September 2013
Cancer Biology
Penn State Cancer Institute
PhD
December 2011
Biomedical Sciences
University of California, San Diego
MS
June 2006
Biotechnology
Johns Hopkins
BS
June 2004
Integrated Science and Technology
James Madison University