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The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is represented by a diverse, yet highly interactive, faculty devoted to excellence in research as well as graduate and medical education. Faculty research is supported by outstanding postdoctoral associates, graduate students and research assistants. Research interests of the faculty are described in the links below.

 

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Katherine L. Knight, PhD, Professor and Chair, Microbiology & Immunology

Katherine L. Knight, PhD

Professor and Chair

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • B-lymphocyte development and generation of the antibody repertoire.

Edward Campbell, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Edward Campbell, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Cellular factors promoting or inhibiting HIV-1 infection; prion-like spread of amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases; the role of inflammation in disease pathogenesis.

Prabhodh Abbineni, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Prabhodh Abbineni, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Molecular regulation of the secretory pathway to understand how this pathway modulates intercellular communication innate immunity, and inflammation.

Jonathan Allen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Jonathan Allen, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Molecular mechanisms by which the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to cause severe and invasive infections.

Susan C. Baker, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Susan C. Baker, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Study how viruses replicate and cause disease,. Identifying and characterizing viral proteins that modulate host response to infection.

Thomas Gallagher, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Thomas Gallagher, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Assembly and Entry.

Alyson M Hockenberry, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Alyson M Hockenberry

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Quantitative and systems biology of infectious disease; bacterial pathogenesis

Makio Iwashima, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Makio Iwashima, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Cell biology of T cell subsets.

Abby Kroken, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Abby Kroken, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Host-pathogen interaction at the ocular surface leading to bacterial keratitis.

Bryan Mounce, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Bryan Mounce, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Virus-host interactions at the metabolic interface.

Clodia Osipo, PhD, Professor

Clodia Osipo, PhD

Professor

Liang Qiao, MD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Liang Qiao, MD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Innate immunity, mucosal immunity, and vaccine development.

Dorothy K. Sojka, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Dorothy K. Sojka, PhD

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Advancing endometrial health to help treat pregnancy complications by targeting resident natural killer cells in the female reproductive tract.

Karen Visick, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Karen Visick, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Biofilm formation and dispersal in the context of an animal using the Vibrio fischeri-squid mutualism as a model.

Alan J. Wolfe, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Alan J. Wolfe, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Bacterial protein acetylation and the urinary microbiome.

Yee Ling Wu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Yee Ling Wu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Immune regulation of antibody generation and genetic diversity of innate immunity in health and diseases.

Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Gut immunity and epithelial barrier in response to injury.

Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD, Associate Professor

Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD

Associate Professor

Phong T. Le, PhD, Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

Phong T. Le, PhD

Professor

Microbiology & Immunology

Research Interests:

  • Biology of human thymic cells

Catherine Putonti, PhD, Professor

Catherine Putonti, PhD

Professor

Susan L. Uprichard, PhD, Professor

Susan L. Uprichard, PhD

Professor

Qun Sophia Zang, PhD, Associate Professor

Qun Sophia Zang, PhD

Associate Professor

David Hecht, MD, Professor Emeritus

David Hecht, MD

Professor Emeritus

Herbert L. Mathews, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Herbert L. Mathews, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Richard Schultz, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Richard Schultz, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Pamela Witte, PhD, Professor Emeritus

Pamela Witte, PhD

Professor Emeritus

 

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is represented by a diverse, yet highly interactive, faculty devoted to excellence in research as well as graduate and medical education. Faculty research is supported by outstanding postdoctoral associates, graduate students and research assistants. Research interests of the faculty are described in the links below.