Faculty
Monica Mugnier, PhD, studies how African trypanosomes, which cause African sleeping sickness, evade the immune system.
Andy Pekosz, PhD, investigates the replication and disease potential of respiratory viruses including influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses.
Sean Prigge, PhD, is a structural biologist and parasitologist who studies essential nutrients and metabolic pathways in malaria parasites.
Krithika Rajaram, PhD, builds and implements genetic tools to study the biology of a unique organelle in human malaria parasites called the apicoplast.
Alan Scott, PhD, MS, studies innate immunity with an emphasis on the roles of macrophages in the pathogenesis of lung diseases caused by parasite and environmental exposures.
Prakash Srinivasan, PhD, studies how malaria parasites enter host cells and applies findings to develop vaccines that will prevent them from causing disease.
Jotham Suez, PhD, MSc, studies the microbiome and the mechanisms through which symbiotic bacteria, viruses, and fungi shape the health of their human host.
Maggie Wear, PhD, MS, studies fungal polysaccharides and catalytic antibodies in the lab and teaches critical thinking and social justice in science.