Our Team

Microbiology and Immunology Microbiology, Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Immunology
David AuCoin
David AuCoin, Ph.D.
Professor/Chair, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4128
daucoin@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Euan Allan
Euan Allan, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 682-6468
eallan@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Judith Cruz Amaya
Judith Cruz Amaya
Staff Research Associate 2
jcruzamaya@unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Vanessa Berner
Vanessa Berner, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
(775) 784-6253
vberner@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Microbiology and Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Major
Paul Brett
Paul Brett, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4109
pbrett@med.unr.edu
2334 Microbiology and Immunology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Immunology Undergraduate Major
Microbiology and Immunology
Mary Burtnick
Mary Burtnick, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4123
mburtnick@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Deanna Colton
Deanna Colton, Ph.D.
Teaching Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-6183
dcolton@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
David Hess
David Hess, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Nevada State Public Health Lab
(775) 682-6240
dhess@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Michael Hitchcock
Michael Hitchcock, Ph.D.
Adjunct Faculty
(415) 999-1649
mickhitchcock@unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Marcellene Hollingsworth
Marcellene Hollingsworth
Staff Research Associate 4
(775) 784-6253
mhollingsworth@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Liming Huang
Liming Huang, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-7599
huang@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Mechanisms of lymphocyte-mediated cytotoxicity; Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity by natural killer cells
Dorothy Hudig
Dorothy Hudig, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4430
dhudig@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Immunoregulation in cancer, infectious and autoimmune diseases; fluorescence-based biosensors
Kenneth Hunter
Kenneth Hunter, Jr. Sc.D.
Professor; Emeritus
(775) 327-5255
khunter@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS; biodefense; diagnostics development for global health
Thomas Kozel
Thomas Kozel, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4124
tkozel@med.unr.edu
2334 Opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS; biodefense; diagnostics development for global health
Microbiology and Immunology
Mikayla Lanasa
Mikayla Lanasa
Staff Research Associate 2
mlanasa@unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Innate immunity and its contribution to the gut-brain axis in neuroimmune disease
Vincent C. Lombardi
Vincent C. Lombardi, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 682-8278
vlombardi@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
David McIlwain
David McIlwain, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-4824
davidmcilwain@unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Nasrin Noori
Nasrin Noori
Accountant Technician 1
(775) 784-1090
nnoori@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Caitlyn Orne
Caitlyn Orne, Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
corne@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Generation, purification and characterization of monoclonal antibody libraries for bacterial and viral pathogens that will be utilized for diagnostics and therapeutics in the Diagnostics Discovery Laboratory
Sujata Pandit
Sujata Pandit, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-6251
spandit@med.unr.edu
2334 Generation, purification and characterization of monoclonal antibody libraries for bacterial and viral pathogens that will be utilized for diagnostics and therapeutics in the Diagnostics Discovery Laboratory
Microbiology and Immunology
Rana Pooraiiouby
Rana Pooraiiouby, Ph.D.
Laboratory Coordinator
(775) 784-4904
rpooraiiouby@unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Karen Schlauch
Karen Schlauch, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Bioinformatics and Genetics, Medicine/Healthy Nevada Project
schlauch@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Sineenart Sengyee
Sineenart Sengyee, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-6177
ssengyee@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Timothy Southern
Timothy Southern, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology/Director, NSPHL
tsouthern@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Paul Sumby
Paul Sumby, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 784-6105
psumby@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology Biodefense and emerging infectious diseases; BSL-3 laboratory manager
Peter Thorkildson
Peter Thorkildson
Staff Research Associate 4
(775) 784-6251
pthorkildson@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Federico Urbano-Munoz
Federico Urbano-Munoz, M.S.
Staff Research Associate 3
(775) 784-6177
furbanomunoz@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Subhash Verma
Subhash Verma, Ph.D.
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
(775) 682-6743
scverma@med.unr.edu
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Microbiology and Immunology
Zhimei Wang
Zhimei Wang
Laboratory Technician 1
zhimeiy@unr.edu
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