Primary Faculty
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
Dave Wang, PhD
Robert C Packman Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 314-286-1123
- Email: davewang@wustl.edu
Research Interest:
Detection, identification and characterization of novel and emerging viruses.
Sean Whelan, PhD
Marvin A. Brennecke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Department Head
- Phone: 314-286-1585
- Email: spjwhelan@wustl.edu
The Whelan lab studies gene expression and viral-host interactions in RNA viruses, including coronavirus/SARS-CoV-2 and Ebola
Meng Wu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology
- Phone: 3142738209
- Email: mengwu@wustl.edu
Research Interests:
We investigate the interplay among the microbiota, stromal cells, and the immune system through the integration of microbiology and immunology with systems biology.