Faculty
![Monica Mugnier Monica Mugnier](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3407.jpg?h=04f200ce&itok=pz29gUea)
Monica Mugnier, PhD, studies how African trypanosomes, which cause African sleeping sickness, evade the immune system.
![Andrew Pekosz Andrew Pekosz](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1972.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=Xm5kidlC)
Andy Pekosz, PhD, investigates the replication and disease potential of respiratory viruses including influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses.
![Sean Prigge Sean Prigge](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/1112.jpg?h=dbda2eb7&itok=k4461O1c)
Sean Prigge, PhD, is a structural biologist and parasitologist who studies essential nutrients and metabolic pathways in malaria parasites.
![Krithika Rajaram Krithika Rajaram](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4081.jpg?h=757f6faf&itok=9TOIVuOv)
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 Alan Scott](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/627.jpg?h=3ea5c3c5&itok=2aapkThd)
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 Prakash Srinivasan](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3394.jpg?h=2a863d6a&itok=4tfa4Ny4)
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 Jotham Suez](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/4091.jpg?h=dd8b72ac&itok=J6XweFKx)
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 Maggie Wear](/sites/default/files/styles/people_card_360/public/images/3829.jpg?h=fd6a3df9&itok=_nigoZ4i)
Maggie Wear, PhD, MS, studies fungal polysaccharides and catalytic antibodies in the lab and teaches critical thinking and social justice in science.