Faculty

Nicole Baumgarth, DVM, PhD, leads efforts of the BSPH to eliminate threats from tickborne diseases, such as Lyme, and studies why some immune responses to infections are successful and others are not.

Gundula Bosch, PhD, MEd '16, MS, is a scientist and educator leading global education reform through training programs in critical, broad, and interdisciplinary scientific thinking.

Emma Camacho, PhD, explores strategies to modify melanin production in organisms that may pose a threat to human health.

Arturo Casadevall, MD, PhD, focuses on host defense mechanisms, how fungi cause disease, and in the development of antibody-based therapies for infectious diseases.

Ilinca Ciubotariu, PhD, MHS '17, is an infectious disease scientist and interdisciplinary educator training the next generation in STEM through topics like rigorous methods, data science, and ethics. 

Isabelle Coppens, PhD, MSc, studies how intracellular apicomplexan parasites exploit the resources of their host cells, to expose the parasite’s vulnerabilities.

Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, investigates how fungi regulate temperature and thrive in extreme environments.

Kimberly Davis, PhD, MSc, studies how members of a bacterial population change during infection, to identify strategies to more effectively combat infections.

George Dimopoulos, PhD, MBA, studies vector-borne diseases and how mosquitoes can be rendered incapable of transmitting human pathogens.