Directory

Director

Research Interests: Dr. Klose’s lab is interested in bacterial pathogenesis; they are researching Vibrio cholerae and Francisella tularensis.

Associate Director

Research Interests: Dr. Lopez-Ribot's lab studies fungal infections, with an emphasis on the opportunistic pathogenic fungus Candida albicans.

Parliamentarian

Research Interests: Dr. Guentzel’s research interests are in the area of infectious diseases, specifically microbial pathogenesis and immunity to infectious diseases.

Research Interests: Dr. Cardona’s lab is interested in immune responses that develop in the central nervous system. She studies fractalkine and its role during multiple sclerosis inflammation, utilizing experimental models of brain autoimmunity.

Research Interests: Dr. Chambers’ research interests focus on biosensors, influenza epidemiology, and Francisella tularensis. He seeks to understand the processes that make it possible to develop new and novel treatment regimes, with special regard to treatments for illness associated with F. tularensis.

Research Interests: Dr. Chaturvedi’s primary research interests lie in fungal proteomics, fungal biofilm, and immunology.

Research Interests: Dr. Eppinger's research activities are aimed at the understanding of the pathogenome evolution and pathogenic potential of various human infectious microbes, their extant ecological diversity, and individual interplay of host and infectious agent.

Research Interests: Dr. Forsthuber’s lab researches the role of the immune system in human diseases, in particular on T lymphocytes in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, and in infectious diseases.

Research Interests: Researech in Dr. Hanson’s lab focuses on the cellular and developmental biology of Plasmodium parasites and host-parasite interactions, particularly in the asymptomatic liver stage of the parasite lifecycle.

Research Interests: Dr. Heidner’s research focuses on the replication of alphaviruses in vertebrate and mosquito cells, as well as the use of alphavirus-based vectors for cell targeting and vaccine applications and development.

Research Interests: Dr. Hung’s research focuses on the mechanisms of fungal virulence and on the development of a vaccine against the human respiratory disease coccidioidomycosis (San Joaquin Valley fever).

Research Interests: Dr. Lee's lab focuses on medical mycology and fungal pathogenesis, primarily mucormycosis, an emerging fungal infection that poses serious threats to public health.

Research Interests: Dr. Renthal’s research involves protein biochemistry, cell membranes, and insect pheromone signaling.

Research Interests: Dr. Saville’s lab focuses on the genetic regulation of Candida albicans cell shape and determining how morphological changes impact the ability of the fungus to cause disease in both mucosal and disseminated infection models.

Research Interests: Research in Dr. Seshu's lab is deals with bacterial pathogenesis, Lyme Disease, Q fever, and the biology of Spirochetes.

Research Interests: Research in Dr. Wang's lab focuses on the comparative genomics, molecular evolution, and population genetics of gene families.

Research Interests: Dr. Yu’s research interests are in the development of vaccines against respiratory bacterial pathogens and the elucidation of host immune responses to bacterial infection.

Research Interests: Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of protective immunity against aerosolized intracellular bacterial pathogens and developing novel approaches for discovery of safe, effective vaccines and immunotherapeutic strategies against aerosol-transmitted intracellular bacterial pathogens.

Research Interests: Dr. Zhang’s research interests involve the mechanisms of host cell-microbial pathogen interaction and developing vaccines against cancer and infectious diseases.

Sara Eppinger, MS
Laboratory Manager - Mark Eppinger Lab

Lab: BSE 3.410
Phone:
Email: Sara.Eppinger@utsa.edu

Ildiko Forsthuber
Research Scientist Associate I - Thomas Forsthuber Lab

Lab: BSE 3.250
Phone: (210) 458-5499
Email: Ildiko.Forsthuber@utsa.edu

Elizabeth Morris
Research Scientist Assistant I

Lab: MBT 1.202
Phone: (210) 458-7025
Email: Elizabeth.Morris@utsa.edu

Christopher Pierce, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Office: MBT 1.240
Phone: (210) 458-7023
Email: Christopher.Pierce@utsa.edu

Cheryl Sandoval
Senior Administrator Associate

Lab: MBT 1.202
Phone: (210) 458-7016
Email: Cheryl.Sandoval@utsa.edu