Key Faculty & Specific Research Interests

Liang Shan, PhD

Liang Shan, PhD

Associate Professor in Medicine and of Pathology & Immunology

The Shan lab uses in vitro, ex vivo, and humanized mouse models to study basic immunobiology of HIV infection and develops immunotherapeutic strategies towards an HIV cure; HIV-1 infection and host immune responses

Jonathan H. Sheehan, PhD

Jonathan H. Sheehan, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Dr. Sheehan specializes in personalized structural biology, with a special focus on the molecular basis of disease mechanisms.

Chen Shen, PhD

Chen Shen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Shen studies the structural mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions with an emphasis on the signaling involving NOD-like receptors and other pattern recognition receptors. The ultimate goal is to provide the molecular basis for the development of therapeutics targeting various infectious diseases.

Eva-Maria Strauch, PhD

Eva-Maria Strauch, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

The main focus of Dr. Strauch’s research is on how to diagnose, prevent and treat viral infections with the aim to generate new antivirals and candidates for vaccination through protein design.

Larissa B. Thackray, PhD

Larissa B. Thackray, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Dr. Thackray specializes in basic research on RNA viruses with a specific focus on the role of the microbiome in host immunity and pathogenic outcome following systemic virus infection. She also uses model systems to characterize therapeutics and vaccines against emerging pandemic viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.