![Stephen Beverley, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/05/Stephen-Beverley-280x386.jpg)
Stephen Beverley, PhD
Ernest St John Simms Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-2630
- Email: stephen.beverley@wustl.edu
Research Interests:
The Beverley lab studies the molecular genetics and genomics of the protozoan parasite Leishmania major, including virulence in the insect and mammalian hosts, and strategies for control.
![Michael Caparon, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/08/Caparon-Michael_880x320-280x386.jpg)
Michael Caparon, PhD
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-1485
- Email: caparon@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Pathogenesis of infections caused by Gram positive bacteria. Gene regulation and mechanisms of toxin secretion by Group A streptococci.
![Siyuan Ding, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/08/Ding-Siyuan_786x684-280x386.jpg)
Siyuan Ding, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-273-3963
- Email: siyuan.ding@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Molecular mechanisms of rotavirus replication and pathogenesis; Virus-host interactions; Innate immune signaling in the intestinal epithelium.
![Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2020/12/Doering-photo-for-DBBS-280x386.jpg)
Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhD
Alumni Endowed Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-5597
- Email: doering@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans, using biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and genomic approaches to elucidate its fascinating biology and pathogenesis.
![Mario F. Feldman, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2022/02/Mario-Feldman-Headshot-Feb-22-280x386.jpg)
Mario F. Feldman, PhD
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-4473
- Email: mariofeldman@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
My lab is focused in microbial glycobiology and its exploitation for vaccine development. We also work on outer membrane vesicles (OMV) biogenesis. We have a particular interest in Acinetobacter baumannii virulence and survival mechanisms.
![Henry Huang, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/08/Huang-Henry_2220x3088-280x386.jpg)
Henry Huang, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-2755
- Email: huang@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
RNA virus evolution. Molecular biology of alphaviruses. Alphavirus gene expression vectors. Antiviral drug design.
![Scott Hultgren, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/08/Hultgren-Scott_2592x3888-280x386.jpg)
Scott Hultgren, PhD
Helen L. Stoever Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-6772
- Email: hultgren@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Our lab blends genetic, genomic, imaging, structural, biochemical, clinical and translational strategies to study the interface between a pathogen and its host.
![Sebla Kutluay, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2021/08/Sebla_midres-headshot-280x386.jpg)
Sebla Kutluay, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-8908
- Email: kutluay@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Regulation of human immunodeficiency virus replication by viral and host RNA-binding proteins.
![Michele LeRoux, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2022/04/LeRoux-Michele_photo-2-280x386.jpeg)
Michele LeRoux, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology
Research Interest:
The LeRoux lab studies mechanisms by which bacteria defend themselves from their viral predators, bacteriophage, in the organisms Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
![Carolina B. Lopez, PhD](https://microbiology.wustl.edu/files/2020/10/Lopez-Headshot-2022-280x386.jpg)
Carolina B. Lopez, PhD
Theodore and Bertha Bryan Professor of Environmental Medicine
- Phone: 314-273-7026
- Email: clopezzalaquett@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Our goal is to understand how different components of a virus population affect the infected organism and how this interaction influences the virus evolution and its maintenance in nature.