Faculty

	Ronald B. Corley, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Microbiology Director, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street · 617-358-9177 · rbcorley@bu.edu Immune responses; the innate-adaptive interface
	Hisashi Akiyama, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, R505 · 617-358-1773 · hakiyama@bu.edu Molecular and cellular biology of HIV
	Deborah J. Anderson, Ph.D. Professor of Obstetrics/Gynecology and Microbiology 670 Albany Street, Suite 516 · 617-414-8482 · Deborah.Anderson@bmc.org Mucosal immunology in genital tissues; mechanisms of HIV-1 transmission
	Jeffrey L. Browning, Ph.D. Research Professor of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, E520 · 617-638-4309 · browninj@bu.edu Control of fibroblastoid stromal networks by the immune system
	Jennifer Snyder-Cappione, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology 650 Albany Street, X325 · 617-358-7733 · cappione@bu.edu Immune cell exhaustion; iNKT cell differentiation; ex vivo cellular functional profiling
	Tonya Colpitts, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology Boston University School of Medicine Associate Director of Virology, Moderna, Inc tmcol@bu.edu Virus/Flavivirus pathogenesis, virus-host-vector interactions, dengue, Zika, arbovirus, mosquito-human immune cross-talk, transmission-blocking vaccines
	John H. Connor, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology 620 Albany Street · 617-358-9155 · jhconnor@bu.edu Virus/Host interaction; viral domination of protein synthesis; antiviral compounds, systems biology of viral hemorrhagic fever, novel approaches to virus detection
	Robert Davey, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street · 617-358-9166 · radavey@bu.edu Host factor-based therapy development and infection mechanism for filoviruses and other high containment viruses
	Hans Dooms, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, E519 · 617-358-6595 · hdooms@bu.edu T cell dysfunction and regulation in autoimmune disease
	Florian Douam, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Peter Paul Career Development Professor 620 Albany Street · 617-358-9174 · fdouam@bu.edu Molecular mechanisms regulating human immune responses during viral infection
	Rachel Fearns, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology 620 Albany Street, 501T · 617-358-9287 · rfearns@bu.edu Transcription and replication mechanisms of non-segmented negative strand RNA viruses
	Feng Feng, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology 700 Albany Street, W508C · 617-358-7676 · ffeng@bu.edu Computational immunology; innate immunity; toll-like receptors and their transcriptional network
	James Galagan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Microbiology 24 Cummington Mall, LSEB 1002 · 617-358-0695 · jgalag@bu.edu Mycobacterium tuberculosis regulatory networks
	Anthony Griffiths, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Microbiology 620 Albany Street, 503 · 617-358-2900 · ahgriff@bu.edu Filovirus pathogenesis, animal model development, viral persistence and latency, advanced development of vaccines and therapeutics for high consequence pathogens
	Suryaram Gummuluru, Ph.D. Professor and Vice-Chair of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, R512 · 617-358-1774 · rgummulu@bu.edu Enveloped Virus Entry Mechanisms; Innate Immune Evasion Mechanisms; Inflammation & HIV; Nanotherapeutics
	Andrew J. Henderson, Ph.D. Professor Medicine and Microbiology Assistant Dean, Division of Graduate Medical Sciences 650 Albany Street, X645 · 617-414-5240 · hender@bu.edu, andrew.henderson@bmc.org Cellular signals that regulate HIV transcription and replication
	Anna Honko, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor of Microbiology Associate Director, Nonclinical Studies Unit, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street, NEIDL 401S · 617-358-9284 · honko@bu.edu Hemorrhagic fever viral pathogenesis, animal model development, utilization of implantable telemetry for real-time physiologic data, advanced development of medical countermeasures
	Adam Hume, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor of Microbiology National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street, NEIDL 4 · 617-358-9151 · hume@bu.edu
	Linda E. Hyman, Ph.D. Volunteer Professor of Microbiology Burroughs Wellcome Director of Education, Marine Biological Laboratories lhyman@mbl.edu The fungal response to simulated microgravity
	Robin Ingalls, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Microbiology 650 Albany Street, X629 · 617-414-4778 · ringalls@bu.edu Reproductive immunology and the pathogenesis of gonococcal and chlamydia infections
	Thomas B. Kepler, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Director, Immunology Training Program 700 Albany Street, W508D · 617-358-5989 · tbkepler@bu.edu Quantitative systems immunology; vaccine development
	Igor Kramnik, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Director of the Aerobiology Core and Investigator, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street  · 617-358-9187 · ikramnik@bu.edu Genes controlling host resistance and susceptibility to tuberculosis; biology of tuberculosis granulomas; mechanisms of macrophage activation and differentiation
	David E. Levin, Ph.D. Professor and Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology, BUGSDM Professor of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, E430 · 617-414-1057 · delevin@bu.edu Stress signaling and cell wall biogenesis in fungi
	Joseph P. Mizgerd, D.Sc. Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Director, Pulmonary Center 72 East Concord Street, R-3 · 617-358-1186 · jmizgerd@bu.edu Acute lower respiratory tract infection; cytokines; innate immunity; neutrophil recruitment and activation; pneumonia; transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
	Gustavo Mostoslavsky, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology 670 Albany Street, Room 209 · 617-358-1018 · gmostosl@bu.edu Stem cell biology and gene therapy
	Elke Mühlberger, Ph.D. Professor of Microbiology Director, Integrated Science Services National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories 620 Albany Street · 617-358-9153 · muehlber@bu.edu Host response to filovirus infection; molecular mechanisms of filovirus replication and transcription
	Stephanie M. Oberhaus, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology Co-Course Director, Disease and Therapy (BUSM MS 220, 221, 223, 224, 225, 226) Course Director, Dental Microbiology & Immunology (SDM MD 515, GMS OH 740) 72 East Concord Street, R508 · 617-358-1777 · oberhaus@bu.edu Medical and Dental Education
	Lee Quinton, Ph.D. Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology Boston University School of Medicine Professor of Medicine University of Massachusetts Medical Center lquinton@bu.edu Mechanisms of pulmonary defense and tissue protection during pneumonia
	Ian R. Rifkin, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology 650 Albany Street, X514 · 617-638-7325 · irifkin@bu.edu Mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus-associated atherosclerosis
	Manish Sagar, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Microbiology 650 Albany Street, X647 · 617-414-5239 · msagar@bu.edu HIV transmission pathogenesis and role of antibodies in protecting against infection
	John C. Samuelson, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, BUGSDM Professor of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, E425 · 617-414-1054 · jsamuels@bu.edu Glycobiology, cell biology, pathogenesis, and evolution of parasites that cause diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, blindness, and/or birth defects
	Gregory A. Viglianti, Ph.D. Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Sciences Associate Professor of Microbiology 72 East Concord Street, L317 · 617-358-9543 · 617-358-9543 · gviglian@bu.edu
	Lee M. Wetzler, M.D. Professor of Medicine and Microbiology Director, Training Program in Inflammatory Disorders 650 Albany Street, X638 · 617-414-4394 · lwetzler@bu.edu Vaccine development; microbial immunity and pathogenesis; effect of bacterial products on eukaryotic cells