Faculty
Primary, Secondary, Research, & Emeritus
George B. Kyei, MBChB, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-454-8293
- Fax: 314-454-5392
- Email: gkyei@wustl.edu
Gaya Amarasinghe, PhD
Professor of Pathology & Immunology (Primary)
- Phone: 314-286-0619
- Email: gamarasinghe@wustl.edu
John P. Atkinson, MD
Samuel Grant Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-8391
- Email: j.p.atkinson@wustl.edu
Megan T. Baldridge, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-273-1220
- Email: mbaldridge@wustl.edu
Wandy L Beatty, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology & Director Molecular Microbiology Imaging Facility
- Phone: 314-362-4987
- Email: beatty@wustl.edu
Mailing Address: MSC 8230-16-10302, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis MO 63110
Shipping Address: MSC 8230-16-10302, 425 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis MO 63110
Douglas E Berg, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-2772
- Email: douglaseberg@wustl.edu
Research and Interests
Antibiotic resistance mechanisms
Bacterial virus and transposon molecular genetics
Helicobacter pylori population genetics and infection mechanisms
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.
Tarin Bigley, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (PEFA) (Primary)
- Phone: 314-454-6124
- Email: bigley@wustl.edu
Jacco Boon, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-286-0857
- Email: jboon@wustl.edu
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.
Gautam Dantas, PhD
Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Professor Department of Molecular Microbiology, Co-Director DBBS Computational and Systems Biology PhD Program
- Phone: 314-362-7238
- Fax: 314-362-2156
- Email: dantas@wustl.edu
Michael S. Diamond, MD, PhD.
The Herbert S. Gasser Professor, Department of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-2842
- Email: mdiamond@wustl.edu
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.
Deborah E Dobson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-2632
- Email: dedobson@wustl.edu
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.
Ali H. Ellebedy, PhD
Associate Professor, Pathology & Immunology (Primary)
- Phone: 314-747-0691
- Email: ellebedy@wustl.edu
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.
James Fleckentstein, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-9218
- Email: jflecken@WUSTL.EDU
Julian B Fleischman, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-2759
- Email: fleischmanj@wustl.edu
Daved H. Fremont, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology and Immunology (Primary)
- Phone: 314-255-6171
- Fax: 314-362-8888
- Email: fremont@wustl.edu
Daniel E. Goldberg, MD, PhD
David M. and Paula L. Kipnis Distinguished Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-1514
- Email: dgoldberg@wustl.edu
Jeffrey I. Gordon, MD
Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor of Pathology and Immunology (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-7243
- Email: jgordon@wustl.edu
Dennis E. Hallahan, MD, FASTRO
Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
- Phone: 314-362-9700
- Email: dhallahan@WUSTL.EDU
Jeffrey P. Henderson, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-747-0240
- Email: jhenderson@dom.wustl.edu
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
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.
David A. Hunstad, MD
Professor of Pediatrics (Primary)
- Phone: 314-286-2710
- Email: dhunstad@wustl.edu
Andrew B. Janowski, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Primary)
- Phone: 314-454-6050
- Email: abjanowski@wustl.edu
Andrew Kau, MD PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-8389
- Email: akau@wustl.edu
Anthony Kulczycki Jr., MD
Associate Professor, Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-454-7360
- Email: akulczyc@wustl.edu
Hrishikesh S. Kulkarni, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-4091
- Email: hkulkarn@wustl.edu
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.
George B. Kyei, MB, ChB, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-747-9867
- Email: g.kyei@wustl.edu
Deborah J. Lenschow, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-8637
- Email: dlenschow@wustl.edu
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
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.
Jennifer A. Philips, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-747-8058
- Email: jphilips@wustl.edu
Lee Ratner, MD, PhD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Oncology, Dept. of Medicine (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-8836
- Email: lratner@wustl.edu
David Rosen, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Primary)
- Phone: 314 286-1821
- Email: rosend@wustl.edu
Sondra Schlesinger, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Molecular Microbiology
- Email: sondra@wustl.edu
Research and historical Interests
structure and replication of alphaviruses and their potential as vectors of gene expression.
History of structural virology: virologyhistory.wustl.edu
Robert D. Schreiber, PhD
Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Distinguished Professor, Pathology & Immunology (Primary)
- Phone: 314-362-8747
- Email: schreiber@wustl.edu
Drew Schwartz, MD PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Disease (Primary)
- Phone: 314-273-6417
- Email: schwartzd@wustl.edu
L. David Sibley, PhD
Alan A. & Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-362-8873
- Email: sibley@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
We are using comparative genomics and genetics to define virulence determinants in the model intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii. and to examine the cellular and molecular basis of motility and host cell invasion.
Christina Stallings, PhD
Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-286-0276
- Email: stallings@wustl.edu
Gregory Storch, MD
Ruth L Siteman Professor of Pediatrics (Primary)
- Phone: 314-286-2887
- Email: storch@wustl.edu
Phillip I. Tarr, MD
Melvin E Carnahan Prof of Pediatrics (Primary)
- Phone: 314-286-2848
- Email: tarr@wustl.edu
Joseph Vogel, PhD
Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-747-1029
- Email: jvogel@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
We study the ability of Legionella pneumophila and Coxiella burnetii to replicate inside host cells, specifically focusing on the assembly and function of type IV secretion systems.