Janice Pluth, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences department, where she has been teaching Radiation Biology in the undergraduate program since fall 2017.

Her research focuses on uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying radiation-induced carcinogenesis. Using both 2D and 3D tissue culture models, Pluth investigates key proteins, pathways, and networks involved in the DNA damage response and how radiation disrupts them.

Pluth earned her undergraduate degree in microbiology from the University of Minnesota, followed by a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular genetics from the University of Vermont. She completed her postdoctoral training at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Stanford University.

She is an active member of the Radiation Research Society and serves as Secretary of the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society.