Faculty

	Jonathan Abraham, Assistant Professor Molecular biology, immunology, and structural biology
	Thomas Bernhardt, Professor Bacterial genetics; mechanism of cell division and regulation
	Lee Gehrke, Professor Emerging viruses; rapid virus detection technologies
	Sophie Helaine, Assistant Professor Salmonella persisters during infection and bacterial growth control
	Darren Higgins, Professor Host-pathogen interactions: intracellular bacterial pathogens
	Ann Hochschild, Professor and Chair Bacterial genetics; mechanisms of transcription and bacterial prions
	Marco Jost, Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of host-microbiome interactions
	David Knipe, Professor Molecular biology of herpes simplex virus; viral vaccines
	Alexander Kostic, Assistant Professor Microbiome-immune system interactions
	Philip Kranzusch, Associate Professor Enzyme biochemistry and innate immune signaling
	Mélissa Léger-Abraham, Assistant Professor Parasitic protein synthesis; structural and molecular biology
	Stephen Lory, Professor Bacterial pathogenesis: genomics
	John Mekalanos, Professor Protein chemistry and bacterial genetics
	Jeffrey Moffitt, Assistant Professor In situ single-cell ‘omics in the microbiome-gut-brain-axis
	Max Nibert, Professor Reoviruses and rotaviruses
	Silvi Rouskin, Assistant Professor RNA viruses and RNA-structure based gene regulation in disease
	David Rudner, Professor Cell envelope biogenesis in gram-positive bacteria; entrance/exit from dormancy
	Aaron Schmidt, Assistant Professor Protein engineering, antibody evolution and small-molecule discovery
	Joseph Sodroski, Professor Human immunodeficiency virus entry into host cells; HIV
	Michael Starnbach, Professor T-lymphocyte responses to bacterial pathogens
	Suzanne Walker, Professor Chemical biology applied to microbial systems
	Frederick Wang, Professor Molecular biology, pathogenesis, and therapy of Epstein-Barr virus infection
	Priscilla Yang (beginning June 2021) Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Stanford University School of Medicine