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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
Research Interests:
- B-lymphocyte development and generation of the antibody repertoire.
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
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
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
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
Research Interests:
- Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Assembly and Entry.
Alyson M Hockenberry
Assistant Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests:
- Quantitative and systems biology of infectious disease; bacterial pathogenesis
Makio Iwashima, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests:
- Cell biology of T cell subsets.
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
Research Interests:
- Virus-host interactions at the metabolic interface.
Clodia Osipo, PhD
Professor
Liang Qiao, MD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests:
- Innate immunity, mucosal immunity, and vaccine development.
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
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
Research Interests:
- Bacterial protein acetylation and the urinary microbiome.
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
Research Interests:
- Gut immunity and epithelial barrier in response to injury.
Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD
Associate Professor
Phong T. Le, PhD
Professor
Microbiology & Immunology
Research Interests:
- Biology of human thymic cells
Catherine Putonti, PhD
Professor
Susan L. Uprichard, PhD
Professor
Qun Sophia Zang, PhD
Associate Professor
Herbert L. Mathews, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Richard Schultz, 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.