Institute for Genome Sciences

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. 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
Jacques Ravel PhD Acting Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Host-Microbe Community Interaction, Food-Borne Pathogen Genomics, Chemical Genomics Lab Site	jravel [at] som.umaryland.edu
Claire M. Fraser PhD Founding Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Areas of Specialty: Human Microbiome, Comparative microbial genomics, Pathogen diversity and evolution, Host-pathogen interactions, Microbial forensics	Contact:	cmfraser [at] som.umaryland.edu
Owen White PhD Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Director, Research Collaboration and Development, Institute for Genome Sciences Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Areas of Specialty: Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Comparative Genomics	Contact:	owhite [at] som.umaryland.edu
Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Director, Research, Institute for Genome Sciences Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Areas of Specialty: Eukaryotic pathogen genomics; Pathogen evolution; Genome Evolution; Vaccine Development	Contact:	jcsilva [at] som.umaryland.edu
Michelle Gwinn-Giglio PhD Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Director of Education and Outreach, Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Director for Analysis, Informatics Resource Center, Institute for Genome Sciences Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine	Areas of Specialty: Genomics, Biocuration, Ontologies, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics	Contact:	mgiglio [at] som.umaryland.edu

Faculty Member	Areas of Specialty	Contact
Seth Ament PhD Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry	Human Genetics, Neuroscience, Systems Biology Lab Site	sament [at] som.umaryland.edu
Rebecca Brotman PhD, MPH Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health	Reproductive & Infectious Diseases Epidemiology	rbrotman [at] som.umaryland.edu
Vincent Bruno PhD Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology	Fungal Pathogenesis Host-Pathogen Interactions Functional Genomics	vbruno [at] som.umaryland.edu
Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology	Eukaryotic pathogen genomics; Pathogen evolution; Genome Evolution; Vaccine Development	jcsilva [at] som.umaryland.edu
Scott Devine PhD Associate Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)	Human Genetic Variation	sdevine [at] som.umaryland.edu
Franck Dumetz PhD Research Associate	Molecular Parasitology, RNA biology, Leishmania, Plasmodium	fdumetz [at] som.umaryland.edu
Julie Dunning Hotopp PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology	Host-Microbe Interactions Lab Site	jdhotopp [at] som.umaryland.edu
Vonetta Edwards PhD Research Associate	Host-Pathogen Interactions, Vaginal Microbiome, STI co-infections	vedwards [at] som.umaryland.edu
Michael France PhD Research Associate	Ecology, microbiology, microbiome analysis and genomics	mfrance [at] som.umaryland.edu
Pawel M. Gajer PhD Research Associate, Microbiology & Immunology	Microbiology, Immunology	pgajer [at] som.umaryland.edu
Daria Gaykalova PhD Associate Professor	Cancer Epigenetics	dgaykalova [at] som.umaryland.edu
Michelle Gwinn-Giglio PhD Associate Professor, Medicine, Associate Director, Analysis	Genomics, Biocuration, Ontologies, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics	mgiglio [at] som.umaryland.edu
Tracy Hazen PhD Assistant Professor	Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics	thazen [at] som.umaryland.edu
Brian Herb PhD Research Associate	Bioinformatics	bherb [at] som.umaryland.edu
Johanna Holm PhD Assistant Professor	Host-Microbe Community Interaction	jholm [at] som.umaryland.edu
Ramaswamy Iyer PhD Associate Professor, Medicine; Executive Director, Clinical Genomics Lab	Clinical Genomics	riyer [at] som.umaryland.edu
Bing Ma PhD Assistant Professor	Human Microbiome, Comparative Genomics, Host-Microbe Interaction	bma [at] som.umaryland.edu
Timothy O'Connor PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine	Human Evolutionary Genomics; Genotype/Phenotype Architecture; Computational Biology	toconnor [at] som.umaryland.edu
David Rasko PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology	Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics Lab Site	drasko [at] som.umaryland.edu
Lynn Schriml PhD Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Public Health	Infectious Diseases, Disease Ontology	lschriml [at] som.umaryland.edu
Chamindi Seneviratne MD Assistant Professor	Molecular genetics, genomics and pharmacogenetics of Alcohol and other drug use disorders	csenevi [at] som.umaryland.edu
David Serre PhD Professor	Genomics Lab Site	dserre [at] som.umaryland.edu
Michelle Shardell PhD Professor	Biostatistics, gerontology	mshardell [at] som.umaryland.edu
Herve S.G. Tettelin PhD Professor, Microbiology & Immunology	Infectious diseases, Functional Genomics, Bioinformatics Lab Site	tettelin [at] som.umaryland.edu

Affiliate Faculty Member	Areas of Specialty	Contact
Susan Dorsey PhD Associate Professor	Areas of Specialty: Genetic and genomic alterations; neuromuscular performance and chronic pain plasticity.	Contact:	sdorsey [at] son.umaryland.edu
W. Florian Fricke PhD Professor, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany	Areas of Specialty: Human microbiome, strain-level microbiota dynamics, microbial genomics, applied bioinformatics	Contact:	wffricke [at] som.umaryland.edu
Brantley Hall PhD Affiliate Faculty	Areas of Specialty: Gut Health, Metabolomics	Contact:	brantley [at] umd.edu
Iqbal Hamza Ph.D. Professor, Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Animal and Avian Sciences, Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland College Park	Areas of Specialty: Genetics and Genomics of Heme Trafficking in Iron Metabolism and Anemia; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Chemical Genetics Lab site: https://hamza.umd.edu/	Contact:	ihamza [at] som.umaryland.edu
Ronna Hertzano MD, PhD Professor	Areas of Specialty: Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery Lab Site	Contact:	rhertzano [at] som.umaryland.edu
Andrew Neuwald PhD Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Areas of Specialty: Predicting Protein Function & Mechanisms, Bioinformatics	Contact:	aneuwald [at] som.umaryland.edu