Aanuoluwa A. Adelani, DVM, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Email: Aanuoluwa.Adelani@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Antimicrobial Activities
- Biosciences
- Immunology
- Microbiology
Hamid Badali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-7545
Email: Hamid.Badali@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Antifungal Screening and Drug Development
- Biofilm (C. albicans and C. auris)
- Development of Nano Drug Delivery for Fungal Infection
- Mechanisms of Antifungal Resistance
- Medical Mycology
- Nanoparticulate of Antifungal Drug Delivery
Hong Cai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-6493
Email: Hong.Cai@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Bioinformatics
- Genomic Signal Processing
- Systems Biology
Astrid E. Cardona, Ph.D.
Professor and Department Chair
Phone: (210) 458-5071
Email: Astrid.Cardona@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Neuroinflammation and Mechanisms of Tissue Damage in Diabetic Retinopathy and Multiple Sclerosis
- Neuroprotective Approaches via Modulation of Innate Immune Function
Sandra Cardona, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-4089
Email: Sandra.Cardona@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Function of Glial Cells in Neuroinflammation
- Neurodegeneration during Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetic Retinopathy
James P. Chambers, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5477
Email: James.Chambers@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Acinetobaster baumannii Enzymology
- Biosensor Sensing Element Development
- Francisella tularensis Enzymology
- Glycoconjugate Isolation/Characterization
- Influenza Nucleic Acid Based Detection
Ashok Chaturvedi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-7023
Email: Ashok.Chaturvedi@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Fungal Biofilm
- Fungal Proteomics
- Immunology
Mark Eppinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (210) 458-6276
Email: Mark.Eppinger@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Bioinformatics
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbial Genomics
Thomas G. Forsthuber, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5760
Email: Thomas.Forsthuber@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Mechanisms Promoting Autoimmune Diseases
- Translational Research That Can Be Directly Applied
Jettin Fuqua, M.S.
Lecturer
Email: Jettin.Murphy@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- General Biology Labs
- Microbiology Lab
M. Neal Guentzel, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-4473
Email: Neal.Guentzel@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Acinetobacter baumanii
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Francisella tularensis
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Microscopy
- Vaccines
Kirsten Hanson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5904
Email: Kirsten.Hanson@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Antimalarial Drug Discovery
- Automated high Content Imaging
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Plasmodium Cell and Developmental Biology
Hans W. Heidner, Ph.D.
Professor and Assistant Department Chair
Phone: (210) 458-5767
Email: Hans.Heidner@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Alphavirus-Based Vectors for Cell Targeting and Vaccine Applications and Development
- Replication of Alphaviruses
Chiung-Yu Hung, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7018
Email: Chiungyu.Hung@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Fungal Immunology
- Fungal Pathogenesis
- Medical Mycology
- Vaccine Development
Karl E. Klose, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-6140
Email: Karl.Klose@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Bacterial Pathogenesis
- Francisella tularensis
- Vibrio cholerae
Soo Chan Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (210) 458-5398
Email: SooChan.Lee@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Fungal Morphogenesis
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
- Medical Mycology
- Mucormycosis
- Mycobiome
Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Phone: (210) 458-7022
Email: Jose.LopezRibot@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Antifungal Drug Development
- High Throughput Screening
- Immunopathogenesis of Fungal Infections
- Medical Mycology
- Microbial Biofilms
Rahul Raghavan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: Rahul.Raghavan@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Coxiella burnetii Evolution and Virulence
- Microbial Genomics
- Regulatory RNA Evolution and Function
- Tick Endosymbionts Evolution and Function
Jesús A. Romo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: Jesus.Romo@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Clostridioides difficile
- Fungal-Bacterial Interactions
- Gastrointestinal Infections
- Medical Mycology
- Microbiome
- Microbial Biofilms
Stephen P. Saville, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7023
Email: Stephen.Saville@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Genetic Regulation of Candida albicans Cell Shape
- Role of Morphogenetic and Associated Changes in Candida albicans Virulence
Janakiram Seshu, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-6578
Email: J.Seshu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Lyme Disease
- Q-Fever
Sara Shields-Menard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Instruction
Phone: (210) 458-3990
Email: Sara.Shields-Menard@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Biofuels
- Bioremediation
- Biosciences II Lab
- Diversity and Inclusion in STEM
- Environmental and Industrial Microbiology
Yufeng Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-6492
Email: Yufeng.Wang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
- Comparative Genomics
- Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics
- Systems Biology
Jieh-Juen Yu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-5210
Email: Jiehjuen.Yu@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Mucosal Immunity
- Vaccine Development against Bacterial Infection
Guoquan Zhang, DVM, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (210) 458-7020
Email: Guoquan.Zhang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Immunology
- Vaccine Development
- Vector-Borne, Emerging, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
Yan Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-7020
Email: Yan.Zhang@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Developing Vaccines against Cancer and Infectious Diseases
- Mechanisms of Host Cell-Microbial Pathogen Interaction
Xhavit Zogaj, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Research
Phone: (210) 458-7033
Email: Xhavit.Zogaj@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Bacterial Biofilms
- Vaccine Development against Tularemia
Adjoint
Bernard Arulanandam, Ph.D., M.B.A.
Vice Provost for Research
Tufts University
Email: Bernard.Arulanandam@tufts.edu
Garry Sunter, Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Illinois University
gsunter@niu.edu
Floyd L. Wormley Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies
Texas Christian University
Email: floyd.wormley@tcu.edu
Texas Biomedical Research Institute (TBRI)
Timothy Anderson, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
tanderso@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Epidemiology and Evolutionary Biology
- Genetics and Genomics
- Parasite Biology
Ricardo Carrion, Jr., Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
rcarrion@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Hemorrhagic Fever
- Vaccine Development
Ian Cheeseman, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor
ianc@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Complex Malaria Infections
- Drug Resistance in Malaria Parasites
Marcel Daadi, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor
mdaadi@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Therapeutic Neural Stem Cell Lines
Diako Ebrahimi, Ph.D.
Adjoint Assistant Professor
debrahimi@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Quantitative Biology
Marie Claire Gauduin, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor
mcgauduin@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Correlate of Protection
- Infectious Diseases
- Mucosal Immunity
- Vaccine Development
Deepak Kaushal, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
dkaushal@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
lmartinez@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- DNA Viruses
- Negative-Strand and Positive-Strand RNA
Smriti Mehra, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor
skulkarni@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Crohn’s Disease
- HIV Disease
- Immunogenetics
Corinna Ross, Ph.D.
Adjoint Associate Professor
cross@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Development of the Marmoset as a Model for Human Health and Disease
Larry Schlesinger, M.D.
Adjoint Professor
lschlesinger@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Cellular Immunology
- Lung Innate Defense and Models
- Microbial Pathogenesis
- Tuberculosis
Diana Scorpio, D.V.M.
Adjoint Professor
DScorpio@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Laboratory Animal Care and Medicine
Vinay Shivanna, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
VShivanna@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Animal Model Development for Infectious, Metabolic, and Toxicology Studies
- Comparative Pathology
- Confocal Microscopy
Jordi Torrelles, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
JTorrelles@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Bacterial Cell Wall Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Immunology
Joanne Turner, Ph.D.
Adjoint Professor
joanneturner@txbiomed.org
Areas of Specialization
- Aging
- Immunology
- Tuberculosis
Emeritus
Judy M. Teale, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (210) 458-7024
Email: Judy.Teale@utsa.edu
Areas of Specialization
- Neurocysticercosis
