
PEOPLE
The Leading Scientists and Researchers
The investigators below are among the world’s foremost experts and innovators in their specialties and are supported by a dedicated leadership team and advisory board.
Our postdoctoral scholars and graduate students represent the next generation of leadership in malaria research and public health.
Faculty

Deborah Andrew
Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology
Research: Salivary gland biology

Jane Carlton
Director, Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genomics

Isabelle Coppens
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Malaria parasite autophagy in liver

George Dimopoulos
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Modifying mosquitoes

Matthew Ippolito
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Malaria pharmacology in rural Africa

Conor McMeniman
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Mosquito olfactory function

William Moss
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Infectious diseases; vaccine-preventable diseases; infectious disease epidemiology; measles; HIV; malaria; Africa

Douglas Norris
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Genetic diversity within arthropod and arthropod-borne pathogen populations

Christopher Potter
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Medicine
Research: Neural circuits required for insect olfaction

Sean Prigge
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; apicoplast; enzymology; mitochondrion; vitamins; metabolism; genome editing

Theresa Shapiro
Professor, School of Medicine; Division Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Research: Molecular and clinical pharmacology of antiparasitic drugs

Photini Sinnis
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; sporozoites; Plasmodium; mosquitoes; liver; skin

Prakash Srinivasan
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; parasitology; host-parasite interactions; vaccine development

David Sullivan
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: Plasmodium, malaria, metal heme crystal, chemotherapy, drug discovery, placental malaria, cerebral malaria, FDA drug library

Amy Wesolowski
Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Research: Using a range of mathematical and statistical approaches to understand the role of human behavior on infectious disease dynamics

Fidel Zavala
Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Research: malaria; malaria, transgenic mice, T-cells, memory, vaccines
Non-Tenure Track Faculty

Rahul Bakshi
Research Associate of Dept. of Medicine, Div. of Clinical Pharmacology | Shapiro Lab








Faculty Emeritus


Marcelo Jacobs-Lorena
Professor Emeritus | Molecular Microbiology and Immunology

Staff
- Anne Kessler | akessl11@jh.edu
Program Director - Josh Weinzapfel
Sr. Grants & Contract Analyst