People - Faculty
The faculty at the Institute for Genome Sciences have multi-disciplinary backgrounds in microbiology, infectious disease, epidemiology, immunology and other fields that further their genome research.
Our specialty areas include microbial genomics, infectious diseases, plant biology, cancer genomics, human genetic variation, bioinformatics, organismal diversity and evolution, metagenomics, and protein function. We collaborate with other investigators worldwide to help translate the data from our research into developing new diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics. Click here to view IGS Faculty Publications.
We also have appointments at the world-renowned University of Maryland School of Medicine, where we teach medical and graduate students.
| Leadership | Areas of Specialty | Contact |
|---|---|---|
Professor, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Director, Institute for Genome Sciences |
Human Microbiome, Comparative microbial genomics, Pathogen diversity and evolution, Host-pathogen interactions, Microbial forensics | cmfraser [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Associate Director, Genomics, Institute for Genome Sciences |
Host-Microbe Community Interaction, Food-Borne Pathogen Genomics, Chemical Genomics | jravel [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Professor, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine Director of Bioinformatics, School of Medicine Associate Director, Bioinformatics, Institute for Genome Sciences |
Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Comparative Genomics | owhite [at] som.umaryland.edu |
| Faculty Member | Areas of Specialty | Contact |
|---|---|---|
 Rebecca Brotman, Ph.D., M.P.H. |
Reproductive & Infectious Diseases Epidemiology | rbrotman [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Vincent Bruno, Ph.D. |
Fungal Pathogenesis Host-Pathogen Interactions Functional Genomics | vbruno [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Joana Carneiro Da Silva, Ph.D. |
Eukaryotic pathogen genomics; Pathogen evolution; Genome Evolution; Vaccine Development | jcsilva [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Marcus Chibucos, Ph.D. |
Biomedical Ontologies, Host-Microbe Interactions, Fungal & Oomycete Comparative Genomics | mchibucos [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Scott Devine, Ph.D. |
Human Genetic Variation | sdevine [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Julienne Mullaney, Ph.D. |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | jmullaney [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 W. Florian Fricke, Ph.D. |
Microbial Genomics | wffricke [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Pawel M. Gajer, Ph.D. |
Microbiology, Immunology | pgajer [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Michelle Gwinn-Giglio, Ph.D. |
Genomics, Biocuration, Ontologies, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics | mgiglio [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Julie Hotopp, Ph.D. |
Host-Microbe Interactions | jdhotopp [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D. |
Human Microbiome, Comparative, Functional & Microbial Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions | emongodin [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Garry S. A. Myers, Ph.D. |
Cancer Genomics; Comparative, Microbial & Functional Genomics | gmyers [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Andrew Neuwald, Ph.D. |
Predicting Protein Function & Mechanisms, Bioinformatics | aneuwald [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 David Rasko, Ph.D. |
Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics | drasko [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Lynn Schriml, Ph.D. |
Infectious Diseases, Disease Ontology | lschriml [at] som.umaryland.edu |
 Hervé S.G. Tettelin, Ph.D. |
Bioinformatics, Reverse Vaccinology | tettelin [at] som.umaryland.edu |
