Microbiology & Immunology - Faculty Interests
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Chandra Shekhar Bakshi, DVM, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
Post Doctoral Studies: Institute for Animal Health, Compton, UK; Albany Medical College, Albany, New York. DVM, Indian Veterianry Research Institute, India; College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, India
Research/Interests - Immunopathogenesis of Francisella tularensis; defining virulence mechanisms and identification of F. tularensis encoded factors; improving therapeutics and effective vaccines against tularemia.
Ranjit Banerjee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1981, New York University
Research/Interests - Molecular biology and immunology of prostate cancer.
Debra Bessen, Ph.D.
Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
Ph.D. 1987, The Rockefeller University New York
Research/Interests - Bacterial pathogenesis and evolution.
Doris J. Bucher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
B.S. 1963, Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. 1968, University of California at Berkeley
Research/Interests - Structure, function and immunochemistry of viral antigens.
Felipe C. Cabello,
M.D.
Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
B.A. 1960, M.D. 1967; University of Chile
Research/Interests - Microbial genetics, infectious disease, recombinant DNA.
Jan Geliebter, Ph.D.
Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
Ph.D. State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Research/Interests – Molecular pathogenesis and biomarker discovery of thyroid cancer; antimicrobial products of natural materials
Carl V. Hamby, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
A.B. 1973, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1984, University of Missouri-Columbia
Research/Interests - Molecular biology and immunology of human tumors.
Dana Mordue,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
B.S. 1988, Mankato State University, Mankato MN; Ph.D. 1995, University of Iowa
Research/Interests - Molecular pathogenesis of protozoan parasites, innate immunity, functional genomics.
Mary M. Petzke,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
B. A., 1990, Boston University, Boston, MA; Ph. D., 1996, Brown University, Providence, RI
Research/Interests - Cellular and molecular innate immune responses to bacterial infections, especially Lyme disease; mechanisms of immune subversion; and the use of functional genomics to profile the complex interactions occurring at the host/pathogen interface.
Irving Rappaport,
Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of
Microbiology and Immunology
A.B. 1948, Cornell University; Ph.D. 1953, California Institute of Technology
Ira Schwartz, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman
of Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Professor of Medicine
B.S. 1968, City College of New York; Ph.D. 1973, City University of New York
Research/Interests - Molecular pathogenesis of Lyme disease and other tick-borne pathogens, functional genomics.
Stephen J. Seligman, M.D.
Research Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
A.B. 1952, Harvard: M.D. 1956, New York University
Research/Interests - Flaviviral infections: fusion peptide of protein E and immunopathogenesis
Raj Tiwari, Ph.D.
Professor of
Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate Program Director
M.S. 1979, Ph.D. 1983, University of Calcutta, India
Research/Interests - Chemoprevention, tumor immunology and cancer therapy.
Secondary and Tertiary Appointments
Zbigniew Darzynkiewcz,
M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Director, Cancer Research Institute
M.D. 1960, Ph.D. 1966, University of Warsaw (Poland)
Research/Interests - Flow cytometry, DNA synthesis.
Raymond J. Dattwyler, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Chief, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology
Bijan Safai, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
of Dermatology
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
M.D. 1965, Tehran University, Iran; D.Sc. 1981, University of Goteberg, Sweden
Research/Interests - Pathophysiology and pathogenesis of skin diseases.