People at Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology

Principal/Primary Faculty

	Helene Andrews-Polymenis, DVM, PhD Professor and Presidential Impact Fellow Characterization of Salmonella enterica virulence genes
	Carolyn Cannon, MD, PhD Associate Professor
	Zhilei Chen, PhD Associate Professor Antiviral Discovery and Biotechnology
	K. Yeon Choi, PhD Research Associate Professor
	Jeffrey D. Cirillo, PhD Regents Professor Molecular genetic analysis of bacterial respiratory pathogens
	Karu Chockalingam, PhD Research Assistant Professor
	David P. Huston, MD Professor and Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Development
	Jenny Hyde, PhD Associate Professor Pathogenic mechanisms and immune modulation of Borrelia burgdorferi, etiologic agent of Lyme disease
	Julian Leibowitz, MD, PhD Professor Coronavirus replication and gene expression and the molecular basis of coronavirus pathogenesis
	Alistair McGregor, PhD Professor Herpes viruses, pathogenicity, vaccines and antivirals. Cytomegalovirus congenital infection.
	Kristin Patrick, PhD Assistant Professor Regulation of RNA metabolism during bacterial infection
	James Samuel, PhD Regents Professor and Head Wofford Cain Endowed Chair in Infectious Disease Molecular pathogenesis and vaccine development for Q fever
	Jon Skare, PhD Professor and Associate Head Molecular pathogenesis of Lyme borreliosis
	Jianxun (Jim) Song, PhD Professor Cellular regulation of T cell immunity and tolerance
	Vernon Tesh, PhD Professor Pathogenic mechanisms of Shiga toxins
	Erin Van Schaik, PhD Research Assistant Professor
	Hongbin Wang, PhD Professor Biomedical Informatics Core, Clinical Science & Translational Research
	Robert O. Watson, PhD, MPH Associate Professor Host-pathogen interactions responsible for M. tuberculosis virulence
	Van Wilson, PhD Professor Molecular biology of papillomaviruses

Joint/Adjunct Faculty

	Robert Chapkin, PhD Regents Professor
	Michael Criscitiello, PhD Assistant Professor
	Kevin Cummings, PhD Assistant Professor
	Jason Gill, PhD Associate Professor Bacteriophage Biology & Microbiology
	Magnus Höök, PhD Director, Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Interaction of pathogens with components of the extracellular matrix
	Julian Hurdle, PhD Associate Professor Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases
	Arul Jayaraman, PhD Associate Professor Holder of the Ray Nesbitt Development Professorship
	Amminikutty Jeevan, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Investigate whether ultraviolet radiation alters BCG vaccination-induced host resistance in the well-established guinea pig model of low dose pulmonary tuberculosis
	Koichi S Kobayashi M.D., Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Regulation of the innate and adaptive immune system
	Lan Ly, PhD Adjunct Assistant Professor Vaccine-induced resistance in the guinea pig model of tuberculosis
	Katja Mertens, PhD Assistant Professor
	Margarita Martinez-Moczygemba, PhD Assistant Professor Cytokine signaling and eosinophil biology
	Karen Newell-Rogers, PhD Professor
	Benjamin Neuman Biology Professor
	Daniel Paredes-Sabja Joint Associate Professor
	W.J. Treat, PhD Adjunct Research Professor
	Sunita Varghees, MD Assistant Professor
	A. Phillip West, PhD Assistant Professor Mitochondrial regulation of immune responses in health and disease
	Yi Xu, PhD Assistant Professor Bacteria and host interactions; bacterial pathogenesis; bacterial activation of the actin cytoskeleton; bacterial breaching of the mucosal barrier
	Zhilong Yang Joint Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
	Dekai Zhang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular mechanisms of innate immune recognition

Emeritus Faculty

	Roderick McCallum, PhD Professor Emeritus Community outreach programs to increase childhood vaccination rates
	David McMurray, PhD Professor Emeritus Regulation of infectious disease resistance by vaccination and diet
	John Quarles, PhD Professor Emeritus Antiviral vaccines and drugs and applications of flow cytometry in microbiology

Research Staff

Shannon Allen
Research Group: Skare
979.436.0355
Shannon.allen@tamu.edu
Associate Research Scientist

Madeline Colley
979-436-9407
Research Assistant
Research group: McGregor

Jugal Das
Research Group: Song
jugal@tamu.edu
979.436.0794
Assistant Research Scientist

Madison Ellis
Research group: Leibowitz
madison.ellis10@tamu.edu
979-436-0344
Research Assistant

Lisa Funkhouser-Jones
Research Group: Skare
l.funkhouser-jones@tamu.edu
979.436.0355
Assistant Research Scientist

Xiaofang Xiong
Research group: Song
xxiong@tamu.edu
979.436.0794
Senior Research Associate

Yu Zeng
Research Group: Chen
979.436.9494
zyqshshl66@tamu.edu
Assistant Research Scientist

Support Staff

Angela Corn
Business Coordinator II
979.436.0347
angelacorn@tamu.edu

Debra Dube
Business Coordinator I
979.436.0556
ddube@tamu.edu

Paula McCarver
Business Administrator I
979.436.0346
pmccarver@tamu.edu

LeeAnn Nichols
Senior Administrative Coordinator I
979.436.0348
nichols@tamu.edu

Graduate Students

Francesca Agobe
Research Group: Cannon
francesca@exchange.tamu.edu

Kaitlyn Armijo
Research Group: Patrick/ Watson
karmijo@tamu.edu

Darby Ballard
Research Group: Song
darbyballard@tamu.edu

Morgan Chapman
Research Group: Patrick
morganjames.chapman@tamu.edu

Sabrina Clark
Research Group: Samuel
coolclark@tamu.edu

Aja Coleman
Research Group: Patrick/Watson
coleman123@tamu.edu

Kennedy Coleman
Research Group: Hyde
klc9@tamu.edu

Jake Davis
Research Group: Patrick/Watson
jacob.r.davis@tamu.edu

Kaylee Delgado
Research Group: Song
kaylee_delgado@tamu.edu

Lily Ellzey
Research Group: Watson
lellzey@tamu.edu

Lauren Farris
Research Group: Hyde
lauren.farris@tamu.edu
979.436.0852

David Gafford-Gaby
Research Group: Hyde

rdavgaffordg@tamu.edu

Cory Mabry
Research Group: Patrick/Watson
cory1024@tamu.edu

Eduardo Martinez
Research Group: Patrick/Watson
emarti62@tamu.edu

Ricardo Munoz
Research Group: Cannon
ricardo.munoz01@tamu.edu

Anna Pinson
Research Group: Samuel
apinson@tamu.edu

Brittany Shapiro
Research Group: Skare
bshap48@tamu.edu

Mackenzie Smith
Research Group: Patrick
mackenzie.smith@tamu.edu
979.436.0352

Benjamin Thomas
Research Group: Chen
magicairben6@tamu.edu

Christina James Thomas
Research Group: Song
chrjamesthomas@tamu.edu

Liqing Wang
Research group: Song
wang1989@exchange.tamu.edu
979.436.0794

Michael Woolley
Research Group: Chen
michael.woolley@tamu.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Aryashree Arunima
Research Group: Samuel
aarunima@tamu.edu
979-436-0351

Aaron Benjamin
Research Group: Cirillo
aaronbbenjamin@tamu.edu
979.436.9164

Joshua Bryant
Research group: Chen
joshbryant@tamu.edu
979.436.9442

Kent Koster
Research Group: Cirillo
kkoster@tamu.edu
979.436.9164

Anil Kumar
Research Group: Song
anil85krp@tamu.edu
979.436.0794

Chuan Liang
Research Group: Cirillo
chuan@tamu.edu
979.436.9164

Sarisa Na Pomberja
Research Group: Leibowitz
snapombejra@exchange.tamu.edu
979.436.9013

Yushu Qin
Research Group: McGregor
yushu@tamu.edu
979-436-9407

Joana Rocha
Research Group: Andrews-Polymenis
joana1@tamu.edu
979.436.0341

Brandee Stone
Research Group: Hyde
brandee.stone@tamu.edu
979.436.0871

Nagaraja Sunnagatta, (Sunil) Sunilgowda
Research Group: Song
sunilgowda.sn4492@gmail.com
979.436.0794

Catherine Weindel
Research Group: Patrick/Watson
chiweindel@tamu.edu
979.436.0273