Members
The program includes faculty, graduate students and postdocs from multiple departments spanning over four different colleges. When a faculty joins the program, his/her lab members (all or selected) are also given membership in the program.
Faculty (in alphabetical order)
Faculty List by Research Area / Faculty List by Graduate Field (both to be created)
The faculty in the program work in wide range of research areas.
| Faculty | Research Interest | Department | Graduate Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig
Altier ca223@cornell.edu (607)253-3926 |
Pathogenesis of Salmonella, regulation of virulence. | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences |
| Doug
Antczak dfa1@cornell.edu (607)256-5633 |
Pregnancy immunology; immunogenetics; equine immunology. | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Judy
Appleton jaa2@cornell.edu (607)256-5648 |
Mucosal immunity in the intestinal tract, specifically intestinal immunity expressed against parasitic nematodes | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Avery
August averyaugust@cornell.edu (607)253-3401 |
Signal transduction pathways that regulate immune cell activation and function in vitro and in vivo, particularly those signals regulated by Tec family tyrosine kinases | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Pharmacology |
| Gary
Blissard gwb1@cornell.edu (607)254-1366 |
Structure and function of baculovirus envelope proteins and their roles in viral entry into host cells, and exit by virion budding. Genetics and molecular biology of baculovirus gene expression | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Comparative Biomedical Sciences |
| Kathryn
Boor kjb4@cornell.edu (607)255-3111 |
Pathogenesis of foodborne diseases, particularly links between bacterial stress response systems and virulence and regulation of gene expression during infection | Food Science | Food Science & Technology; Microbiology |
| Dwight
Bowman ddb3@cornell.edu (607)253-3406 |
Soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, biosurveillance | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Paul
Bowser prb4@cornell.edu (607)253-4029 |
Infectious and non-infectious diseases of fish, pathogenesis of important bacterial pathogens of cultured and wild fish, evaluation of new therapeutic compounds for use in cultured food fish | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology |
| Ilana Brito ibrito@cornell.edu (607)254-2938 |
Human microbiome in health and disease, international health, antibiotic resistance, horizontal gene transfer | Biomedical Engineering | Biomedical Engineering; Computational Biology; Microbiology; Genetics, Genomics & Development |
| Nicolas
Buchon nsb56@cornell.edu (607)255-7828 |
Host-microbe interactions in Drosophila. Impacts of pathogens on intestinal homeostasis, immune activation and stem cell mediated repair | Entomology | Entomology |
| Elizabeth
Buckles elb36@cornell.edu (607)253-3826 |
Molecular pathogenesis of avian viruses and effects of disease on wild animal populations | Biomedical Sciences | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Margaret
Bynoe mab76@cornell.edu (607)253-4023 |
The molecular basis of antigen induced immune suppression and the modulation of the innate immune system response in immunity against cancer | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| James
Casey jwc3@cornell.edu (607)253-3579 |
Eukaryotic gene regulation, oncogenic transformation, viral replication, viral pathogenesis, toxicology | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Environmental Toxicology; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology |
| Pamela
Chang pamela.chang at cornell.edu (607)253-4079 |
Identification of metabolites produced by the gut microbiota that regulate the host immune system and the development of chemical tools to modulate the immune response | Microbiology & Immunology | Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology; Chemistry & Chemical Biology; Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology |
| Yung-Fu
Chang yc42@cornell.edu (607)253-3675 |
The molecular biology of bacterial pathogens of veterinary and zoonotic importance, vaccine development, and immunopathogenesis of Lyme arthritis and ehrlichiosis | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Zoology & Wildlife Conservation |
| Ted
Clark tgc3@cornell.edu (607)253-4042 |
Biology of the parasitic protist Ichthyophthirius multifilis (Ich), fish immunology, vaccine development | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Alan
Collmer arc2@cornell.edu (607)255-7843 |
Explores the molecular basis of bacterial plant pathogenicity, with a focus on effector proteins, secretion pathways, and functional genomics of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology; Microbiology |
| Susan
Daniel sd386@cornell.edu (607)255-4675 |
Virus entry, particularly binding and fusion between virus and cell membrane Impact of cell membrane chemistry on virus entry processes | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering |
| Matthew
DeLisa md255@cornell.edu (607)254-8560 |
Molecular mechanisms that facilitate protein secretion of virulence determinants in bacteria | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Rod
Dietert rrd1@cornell.edu (607)253-4015 |
Genetic regulation of macrophage function; immunotoxicity | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Environmental Toxicology |
| Julia
Felippe mbf6@cornell.edu (607)253-3119 |
Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in B cell response; neonatal immunology and response to vaccination; immunomodulation using biologic response modifiers; cancer immunotherapy; characterization of primary and secondary immunodeficiency | Clinical Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Julia
Finkelstein jfinkelstein@cornell.edu (607)255-9180 |
Nutrition, infectious diseases, and perinatal health, particularly HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases in Latin America and India | Nutritional Science | Nutrition; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| William
Fry wef1@cornell.edu (607)255-7863 |
Investigates the basic biology and genetics of oomycete pathogens and their interactions with plant hosts | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology; Plant Protection |
| Jerrie Gavalchin jg234@cornell.edu (607)255-1182 |
Autoimmunity. The development of immunologic strategies to inhibit or prevent autoimmune responses and the effect of infection on the development of autoimmune conditions | Animal Science | |
| Maureen
Hanson mrh5@cornell.edu (607)254-4833 |
RNA editing and gene expression; infection and immunity in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; expression of therapeutic proteins and industrial enzymes in plants | Molecular Biology and Genetics | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Genetics & Development; Plant Biology; |
| David Holowka dah24@cornell.edu (607)255-6140 |
Molecular basis and cell biology of immunoreceptor signaling; roles for specific lipids and membrane structure in signal transduction and trafficking processes | Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Biophysics; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Renata Ivanek ri25@cornell.edu (607)253-4383 |
Epidemiology and ecology of infectious and foodborne diseases, Mathematical modeling, Spatial epidemiology | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Food Science & Technology |
| Daniel
Klessig dfk8@cornell.edu (607)254-4560 |
The major focus of his research is to help determine, at molecular and cellular levels, how plants protect themselves against microbial pathogens | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| Cynthia
Leifer cal59@cornell.edu (607)253-4258 |
Understanding innate immunity from the inside out: Toll-like receptors, signaling, dendritic cells, and controlling microbial infection | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Hélène
Marquis hm72@cornell.edu (607)253-3273 |
Pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes, mechanisms of regulation of specific virulence factors | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Food Science & Technology; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology |
| Greg
Martin gbm7@cornell.edu (607)254-1208 |
Investigates molecular basis of plant disease resistance and susceptibility. Research in his laboratory focuses on understanding how plants recognize and defend themselves against pathogens | Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research | Plant Biology; Plant Pathology& Plant-Microbe Biology; |
| Mary Martin mem235@cornell.edu (607)253-3520 |
Center for Animal Resources & Education | ||
| Saurabh
Mehta sm939@cornell.edu (607)255-2640 |
Tuberculosis, HIV, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Vitamin D, Nutritional Immunology, Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Global Health | Division of Nutritional Sciences | Nutrition; Epidemiology |
| John
Parker jsp7@cornell.edu (607)256-5626 |
Cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology of mammalian orthoreovirus-host cell interactions. Use of reoviruses as oncotherapeutic agents | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Colin
Parrish crp3@cornell.edu (607)256-5649 |
Structure and function of canine parvovirus, crystallography, virus assembly, mechanism of host cell invasion | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Genetics & Development |
| Keith
Perry klp3@cornell.edu (607)254-8243 |
Vector transmission of plant viruses, structure of cucumber mosaic virus, plant pathogen detection, disease-free foundation potato seed production | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology | Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
| Joseph
Peters jep48@cornell.edu (607)255-2271 |
Molecular mechanisms that facilitate the dissemination of mobile DNA elements encoding antibiotic resistance and other pathogenicity determinants. Transposition as a tool for functional genomics | Microbiology | Genetics & Development; Microbiology; |
| Brian
Rudd bdr54@cornell.edu (607)253-4418 |
Developmental immunology; host response to infection | Microbiology & Immunology | Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| David
Russell dgr8@cornell.edu (607)253-4272 |
The biology of intracellular infection, with emphasis on Mycobacteria | Microbiology & Immunology | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology |
| Luis Schang lms428@cornell.edu (607)256-5615 |
Chemical virology to study viral entry, gene expression, epigenetics, replication, and pathogenesis while discovering new opportunities for antiviral development | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Kenneth
Simpson kws5@cornell.edu (607)253-3251 |
Pathogenesis, immunology, and zoonotic transmission of Helicobacter infection | Clinical Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Jeongmin
Song jeongmin.song@cornell.edu (607)253-4059 |
Pathogenesis of Salmonella Typhi; The role of Typhoid toxin in the development of Typhoid fever | Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; |
| Elia Tate Wojno edt42@Cornell.edu (607)256-5635 |
Innate immune responses at mucosal surfaces during helminth infection and allergic disease; regulation of type 2 inflammation by cytokines and prostaglandins | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Gerlinde Van de Walle grv23@cornell.edu (607)256-5624 |
Virus-natural host models to study herpesvirus pathogenesis with an emphasis on epigenetic dysregulation mechanisms in infected cells; adult stem cell biology | Baker Institute of Animal Health; Microbiology & Immunology | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Brian
VanderVen bcv8@cornell.edu (607)253-3586 |
Physiology of the intracellular pathogen M. tuberculosis | Microbiology & Immunology | |
| Bettina
Wagner bw73@cornell.edu (607)253-3813 |
Allergy and development of allergy predisposition in horses, Comparative analysis of immune system genes in veterinary species, Development of new tools for diagnosis of infectious diseases and immunological research in animals | Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sci. | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease |
| Gary
Whittaker grw7@cornell.edu (607)253-4019 |
Endocytosis of influenza virus, structure-function studies on influenza HA, entry of coronaviruses and rhabdoviruses into host cells | Microbiology & Immunology | Biochemistry, Molecular & Cell Biology; Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Immunology & Infectious Disease; Microbiology |
| Martin
Wiedmann mw16@cornell.edu (607)254-2838 |
Pathogenesis, evolution, molecular ecology and epidemiology of foodborne and zoonotic pathogens | Food Science | Comparative Biomedical Sciences; Microbiology |
| Steve
Winans scw2@cornell.edu (607)255-2413 |
Detection by pathogens of host-released chemical signal molecules, cell-cell signaling in bacteria | Microbiology | Microbiology; Plant Biology; Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology |
Other Programs
The Infection & Pathobiology are associated with the following programs. Many of our faculty members also participate in them: