Dennis A. Bente, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Pathogenesis and transmission of tick‐borne hemorrhagic fever viruses; BSL-4; hemorrhagic fevers; animal models; tick vector biology; host‐vector‐virus interaction
Istvan Boldogh, DM&B, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Tissue Culture Core Facility
Oxidative stress; mitochondrial abnormalities in inflammation; aging processes
Ashok K. Chopra, PhD, CSc
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
John S. Dunn Distinguished Chair in Global Health
Assistant Director, Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Program
Virulence gene regulation; pathogenic mechanisms; cell signaling; vaccine development; inflammation
Yingzi Cong, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Mucosal immunology; host-microbiota interaction at mucosal surface; pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases
Robert Cross, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Viral hemorrhagic fever biology and pathogenesis; molecular and classical virology; drug and vaccine development
Tonyia D Eaves-Pyles, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Pathogenic bacteria and their products induce innate immune response in the human host
Janice Endsley, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
TB and TB/HIV co-infection; cell mediated immunity; signal transduction
Mark Endsley, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Matthieu G. Gagnon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Structural studies of protein synthesis; ribosome structure and function; ribosome-binding factors; antibiotics; antibiotic resistance mechanisms; X-ray crystallography; cryo-electron microscopy
Nisha Garg, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Franklin Fellow of the US Department of State / US Agency for International Development
Oxidative response networks and inflammation in chagasic cardiomyopathy; vaccine efficacy against T. cruzi and Chagas disease; Strategies for the elimination of tropical infectious diseases
Thomas W Geisbert, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Ebola virus; Marburg virus; Lassa virus; Nipah virus; Hendra virus; nonhuman primate models; pathogenesis; vaccines; therapeutics
Yashoda M. Hosakote, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular biology; biotechnology; virology
Haitao Hu, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Antiviral immunity and host-virus interactions in HIV infection and vaccination
Ruksana Huda, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Molecular immunology; therapy for autoimmune disease
William S. Lawrence, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Aerobiology Division Manager
James LeDuc, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
John Sealy Distinguished Chair in Tropical and Emerging Virology
Director, Galveston National Laboratory
Global health; biodefense and biosecurity; epidemiology of infectious diseases
Sunhee Lee, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Host-pathogen interactions during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection, TB pathogenesis, Bruli ulcer, drug-resistant TB, TB vaccine development, Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Shinji Makino, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Molecular virology and pathogenesis of SARS coronavirus and Rift Valley fever virus
Vineet D. Menachery, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Coronaviruses; systems biology; aging; immunology; genetics; SARS-CoV; MERS-CoV; viral emergence
Chad E. Mire, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Associate Director, GNL BSL-4 Core B
Johnny W Peterson, PhD
Samuel Baron Distinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Toxins; inflammation; molecular pathogenesis of bacterial infections of the intestine; therapeutics against diarrheal disease and anthrax
Ricardo Rajsbaum, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Innate immunity to virus infection (Influenza and other viruses); Pattern recognition receptor signaling and E3-ubiquitin ligases in antiviral responses; Antagonism of innate immune response by viruses
Shannan Rossi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Arboviruses; Zika virus; vaccines; alphaviruses; flaviviruses; animal models
Jian Sha, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Bacterial pathogens such as Aeromonas, Salmonella, and Yersinia
Lynn Soong, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Director, Microbiology & Immunology Graduate Program
Protective immunity and pathogenesis of intracellular pathogens; Dendritic cell-pathogen interactions; T cell priming; Cytokines/Chemokines; Vaccine development
Jiaren Sun, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Protective immunity and pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus infection
Kaori Terasaki, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Rift Valley fever; phleboviruses
Alfredo Torres, PhD, MS
Herman Barnett Distinguished Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Assistant Dean, Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development
Diarrheal pathogens; mechanisms of bacterial pathogenesis; biodefense-related microorganisms
Chien-Te (Kent) Tseng, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Virology and viral immunology - Ebola virus; Rift Valley Fever; Hantavirus; Nipah virus; Hepatitis C; SARS
Tian (Tina) Wang, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Flavivirus; West Nile encephalitis; immunity; vaccine; antiviral agents
Scott Weaver, PhD
Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Director, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity
Scientific Director, Galveston National Laboratory
Professor, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
Ecology, epidemiology, evolution, and pathogenesis of arboviral diseases; antiviral and vaccine development
Suxia Yao, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Analysis of unique murine models of inflammatory bowel disease
MinKyung Yi, PhD
Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Molecular biology of hepatitis C virus; virus-host interactions related to HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) and metabolic diseases