Steven Roberts

Steven Roberts, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of Vermont in the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He previously served as an Assistant/Associate Professor at Washington State University (2014-2023) and completed postdoctoral training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (2009-2014). He holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (2003-2008).

Research Interests:

• Genome dynamics: mechanisms of mutation and chromosome alteration in human disease
• Roles of APOBEC cytidine deaminases in cancer mutagenesis
• Genome-wide mapping of DNA lesions and mutagenesis
• UV and oxidation-induced mutagenesis in melanoma

Recent Trends: His publications focus on APOBEC3A/B activity in cancer, atypical UV photoproducts, and DNA repair pathway interactions. Key subfields include mutation clusters, chromatin structure effects, and replication strand polarity.

Lab Team: Collaborates with graduate researchers Tony Mertz, Brittany Vandenberg, and Isabelle Mittelstadt, among others.