Faculty
Name | Title Sort descending | Overview |
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Kari Debbink | Associate Teaching Professor | |
Brian Klaas | Instructor | |
Diane Griffin | Professor | Diane Griffin, PhD, MD, studies how viruses cause disease and how immunity leads to both recovery and protection from re-infection. |
J. Marie Hardwick | Professor | J. Marie Hardwick, PhD, studies why neurons die prematurely and how to activate cell death programs in pathogenic microorganisms. |
Gary Ketner | Professor | Gary Ketner, PhD, studies the fundamental molecular biology of DNA-containing human viruses and their role in preventing diseases of public health importance. |
Joseph Margolick | Professor | |
Isabelle Coppens | Professor | Isabelle Coppens, PhD, MSc, studies how intracellular apicomplexan parasites exploit the resources of their host cells, to expose the parasite’s vulnerabilities. |
Richard Markham | Professor | |
Alan Scott | Professor | 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. |
Clive Shiff | Professor - Emeritus | |
Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena | Professor - Emeritus | |
David Sullivan | Professor | |
Douglas Norris | Professor | |
Sabra Klein | Professor | Sabra Klein, PhD '98, studies sex differences and the effects of pregnancy on immune responses to viruses, including influenza viruses and SARS-Cov-2, and vaccines. |
Sean Prigge | Professor | Sean Prigge, PhD, is a structural biologist and parasitologist who studies essential nutrients and metabolic pathways in malaria parasites. |
George Dimopoulos | Professor | George Dimopoulos, PhD, MBA, studies vector-borne diseases and how mosquitoes can be rendered incapable of transmitting human pathogens. |
Fidel Zavala | Professor | |
Peter Agre | Professor | |
Andrew Pekosz | Professor | Andy Pekosz, PhD, investigates the replication and disease potential of respiratory viruses including influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other emerging viruses. |
Photini Sinnis | Professor |