Katherine L. Knight, PhD Professor and Chair Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>B-lymphocyte development and generation of the antibody repertoire.</li> </ul> 708-216-8723
kknight@luc.edu Prabhodh Abbineni, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: Molecular regulation of the secretory pathway to understand how this pathway modulates intercellular communication innate immunity, and inflammation. </ul> CTRE, Office #217 708-216-5685
pabbineni@luc.edu Jonathan Allen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Molecular mechanisms by which the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is able to cause severe and invasive infections.</li> </ul> 708-216-8183
jallen19@luc.edu Susan C. Baker, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Study how viruses replicate and cause disease,. Identifying and characterizing viral proteins that modulate host response to infection. </l 708-216-6910
sbaker1@luc.edu Edward Campbell, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Cellular factors promoting or inhibiting HIV-1 infection; prion-like spread of amyloid proteins in neurodegenerative diseases; the role of inflammation in disease pathogenesis.</li> </ul> 708-216-3345
ecampbell@luc.edu Thomas Gallagher, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Molecular Mechanisms of Virus Assembly and Entry.</li> </ul> 708-216-4850
tgallag@luc.edu David Hecht, MD Professor Emeritus 888-LUHS-888
Alyson M Hockenberry Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Quantitative and systems biology of infectious disease; bacterial pathogenesis</li> </ul> ahockenberry@luc.edu Makio Iwashima, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Cell biology of T cell subsets.</li> </ul> 708-216-5816
miwashima@luc.edu Abby Kroken, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Host-pathogen interaction at the ocular surface leading to bacterial keratitis.</li> </ul> 708-216-6357
akroken@luc.edu Phong T. Le, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Biology of human thymic cells</li> </ul> 708-216-3603
ple@luc.edu Herbert L. Mathews, PhD Professor Emeritus 708-216-4586
hmathew@luc.edu Bryan Mounce, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology <a href="https://www.mouncelab.com/">Mounce Lab</A> Research Interests: <ul><li>Virus-host interactions at the metabolic interface. </li> </ul> 708-216-3358
bmounce@luc.edu Clodia Osipo, PhD Professor 708-327-3177
cosipo@luc.edu Liang Qiao, MD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Innate immunity, mucosal immunity, and vaccine development.</li> </ul> 708-327-3481
lqiao@luc.edu Dorothy K. Sojka, PhD Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Advancing endometrial health to help treat pregnancy complications by targeting resident natural killer cells in the female reproductive tract. </li> </ul> 708-216-5367
dsojka@luc.edu Karen Visick, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Biofilm formation and dispersal in the context of an animal using the Vibrio fischeri-squid mutualism as a model. </li> </ul> 708-216-0869
kvisick@luc.edu Pamela Witte, PhD Professor Emeritus 708-216-3358
pwitte@luc.edu Alan J. Wolfe, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Bacterial protein acetylation and the urinary microbiome. </li> </ul> 708-216-5814
awolfe@luc.edu Yee Ling Wu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Immune regulation of antibody generation and genetic diversity of innate immunity in health and diseases.</li> </ul> 708-216-6748
ywu24@luc.edu Mashkoor Choudhry, PhD Professor Microbiology & Immunology Research Interests: <ul> <li>Gut immunity and epithelial barrier in response to injury.</li> </ul> 708-327-2463
mchoudhry@lumc.edu Kimberly E. Foreman, PhD Associate Professor 708-327-3320
kforma@luc.edu Catherine Putonti, PhD Professor 773.508.3277
cputonti@luc.edu Susan L. Uprichard, PhD Professor
Director, Hepatology Research Director, Infectious Disease and Immunology Graduate Program Director, Clinical Research Office Biobank 708-327-325
suprichard@luc.edu Qun Sophia Zang, PhD Associate Professor
Burn & Shock Trauma Research Institute Department of Surgery 708-216-8723
qzang@luc.edu Richard Schultz, PhD Professor Emeritus 708-216-9378
rschult@luc.edu