Expertise

With competitive funding from varied sources over the years, I have directed my group’s multidisciplinary research that encompasses many aspects of vector-borne viruses, with my particular interests focusing on mosquito-virus-vertebrate interactions.

Our research on a chikungunya virus (CHIKV) vaccine (Nature Medicine, 2010) was preceded by a long standing interest in this virus that began before the ongoing epidemic that has recently infected over 2M people.


Subject Area:

  • Virology
Past Affiliations

Peine Professor, Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (past)

Degrees
PhD, University of Reading, United Kingdom, Parasitology, 1985
BS, King's College London, United Kingdom, Zoology, 1980