Virology Research Area

Researchers interested in Virology

Karthik Anantharaman

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: karthik@bact.wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Microbial and viral ecology, bioinformatics and metagenomics, sulfur metabolism, biogeochemistry

Adam Bailey

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: albailey@wisc.edu

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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Viral Pathogenesis, Zoonosis, & Medical Countermeasures

Curtis Brandt

Position title: Professor

Email: crbrandt@wisc.edu

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Ophthalmology/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Virology, pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus, gene therapy and antiviral drugs

David Evans

Position title: Professor

Email: dtevans2@wisc.edu

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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Host-pathogen interactions for the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses

Thomas Friedrich

Position title: Professor

Email: tfriedri@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Science
RNA virus evolution and pathogenesis

Paul Friesen

Position title: Professor

Email: pfriesen@wisc.edu

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Biochemistry
Molecular biology of eukaryotic DNA viruses, apoptosis and retrotransposons

Marta Gaglia

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: Marta.Gaglia@wisc.edu

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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Virus-cell interactions in influenza A virus and oncogenic herpesviruses

Tony Goldberg

Position title: Professor

Email: tony.goldberg@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases

Peter Halfmann

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: pjhalfma@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Pathogenicity of respiratory and hemorrhagic fever viruses

Robert Kalejta

Position title: Professor

Email: rfkalejta@wisc.edu

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Oncology
Human cytomegalovirus chromatin structure, transcription, and immune evasion

Yoshihiro Kawaoka

Position title: Professor

Email: kawaokay@svm.vetmed.wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanism of interspecies transmission of virus leading to pandemics in humans

Dan Loeb

Position title: Professor

Email: loeb@oncology.wisc.edu

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Oncology
Hepatitis B viruses

Kinjal Majumder

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: kmajumder@wisc.edu

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Molecular Virology and Oncology
How viruses navigate the nuclear environment to establish viral replication centers.

Andrew Mehle

Position title: Professor

Email: amehle@wisc.edu

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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Influenza virus polymerase

Emma Mohr

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: emohr2@wisc.edu

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Pediatrics
Pathogenesis of congenital viral infection

Donna Neumann

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: dneumann3@wisc.edu

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Ophthalmalogy and Visual Sciences
Epigenetic and 3-dimensional chromatin control of Herpes virus transcriptional programs

David O'Connor

Position title: Professor

Email: dhoconno@wisc.edu

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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Genomics, pathogenesis, and immunology of viral diseases

Shelby O'Connor

Position title: Professor

Email: slfeinberg@wisc.edu

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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Host and vaccine-elicited pathogen immunity

Matt Reynolds

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: mrreynol@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Investigate adaptive immune responses to prevent or eliminate AIDS virus infections

Nathan Sherer

Position title: Professor

Email: nsherer@wisc.edu

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Oncology/Molecular Virology
Virus-host interactions focusing on HIV/AIDS and viruses that cause cancer

Marulasiddappa Suresh

Position title: Professor

Email: suresh.marulasiddappa@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Regulation of T-cell proliferation, apoptosis and memory

John Williams

Position title: Professor

Email: jvwilliams2@wisc.edu

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Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Immunity and pathogenesis of human metapneumovirus