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Person Card — Andrew Flyak, Ph.D.

2026

Cornell University

Microbiology & Immunology

Structural biology; immunology

Person Card — Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Ph.D.

2012

Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Immunology

Person Card — Allison Lopatkin, Ph.D.

2024

University of Rochester

Chemical Engineering; Microbiology and Immunology

Systems and synthetic biology

Person Card — Chi-Min Ho, Ph.D.

2024

Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Microbiology and Immunology

Structural biology; Parasitology

Person Card — Wenhan Zhu, Ph.D.

2023

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology

Microbiology

Person Card — Christoph Thaiss, Ph.D.

2020

University of Pennsylvania

Microbiology

Immunology; Microbiology; Metabolism

Gianna E. Hammer, Ph.D.

University of Utah

Microbiology and Immunology

Person Card — Hui Zong, Ph.D.

2008

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Genetics; Developmental Biology; Cancer Biology

Person Card — Bennett Penn, M.D., Ph.D.

2021

University of California, Davis

Department of Medicine; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Microbiology

Person Card — James B. Bliska, Ph.D.

1994

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Microbiology