The faculty members in the Microbiology and Immunology PhD Program belong to the outstanding community of scientists that includes Stony Brook University and nearby Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Faculty Research interests span a wide range of topics and experimental approaches. To find out more about the faculty and their research interests, search by research area or use the alphabetical list for a comprehensive list of program faculty.
Training Faculty – Alphabetical List
| Faculty Member | Research Interest |
|---|---|
| Partha Biswas | Renal immunology |
| Prokaryotic nitric oxide biology, biofilm formation and dispersal | |
| Nicholas Carpino | Regulation of host responses to pathogen infection |
| Carol Carter | Retroviral assembly and post-assembly |
| Maurizio Del Poeta | Fungal pathogenesis and antifungal drug development |
| Priyadharshini Devarajan | Respiratory immunology, immune responses in the elderly |
| Retrotransposons and neurological disease | |
| Bettina Fries | Pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans chronic infections; staphylococcal enterotoxin B |
| Bruce Futcher | Cancer; cell cycle; microarrays; computational biology; yeast genetics |
| Ketaki Ganti | Influenza virus spread; impact of host immunity on influenza virus transmission and genetic variation |
| Lipid mediators of cancer cell signaling | |
| Galadriel Hovel-Miner | Drug resistance and functional biology in trypanosomatid parasites |
| Structure and function of RNA-binding proteins; SmpBÂ¥SsrA quality control system | |
| Hwan Kim | Tick-borne diseases |
| James Konopka | Signal transduction, morphogenesis and genetics of pathogenic fungi |
| Posttranscriptional gene regulation by pre-mRNA splicing; RNA splicing in cancer and genetic diseases | |
| Pawan Kumar | IL-17 signaling in human health and disease |
| Janet Leatherwood | Cell cycle control of DNA replication; cell cycle transcription; meiotic RNA processing |
| Membrane protein structure and function; cholesterol-rich membrane domains | |
| Erich Mackow | Determinants of viral pathogenesis; Hantaviruses, Rotaviruses, Dengue viruses, influenza viruses |
| Role of the p53/p73/p63 gene family in human cancer; transcription-independent mitochondrial apoptosis program of p53 | |
| David Montrose | Understanding and modulating host intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the GI tract to prevent and treat colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease |
| Molecular mechanism of spore formation | |
| Nancy Reich Marshall | Signaling switches in gene expression by hormones or viral infection |
| Daniel Salamango | Virus subversion of host antiviral responses; HIV-1, influenza viruses, SARS-CoV-2 |
| Synthesis and assembly of cell membranes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis | |
| Brian Sheridan | T cell memory and mucosal immunology |
| Mechanism and control of eukaryotic DNA replication | |
| David Thanassi | Bacterial virulence factor secretion, E. coli pilus biogenesis, F. tularensis virulence mechanisms |
| Enzyme mechanisms and rational drug design | |
| Chromatin regulatory pathways in the pathogenesis of cancer | |
| Adrianus van der Velden | Host interactions with Salmonella |
| Charles Vorkas | Innate lymphocyte biology of infections and cancer |
| Role of the immune system in shaping tumor evolution | |
| Molecular basis of cancer |