Faculty

Conor McMeniman, PhD, studies the molecular and cellular basis of mosquito attraction to humans.

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.

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

Maggie Wear, PhD, MS, studies fungal polysaccharides and catalytic antibodies in the lab and teaches critical thinking and social justice in science.

Heather Lamb, PhD, studies how cells die in the context of health and disease.

Krithika Rajaram, PhD, builds and implements genetic tools to study the biology of a unique organelle in human malaria parasites called the apicoplast.

Monica Mugnier, PhD, studies how African trypanosomes, which cause African sleeping sickness, evade the immune system.

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

Radamés J.B. Cordero, PhD, MS, studies how melanin protects against hazardous radiation and thermal stress.