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 | |
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![]() Dean E. Albert Reece Endowed Professor in the 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 |
![]() Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine Associate Director, Genomics, Institute for Genome Sciences Interim Director, Institute for Genome Sciences |
Host-Microbe Community Interaction, Food-Borne Pathogen Genomics, Chemical Genomics Lab Site |
jravel [at] som.umaryland.edu | |
![]() Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences Co-Director, Center for Health-related Informatics and Bioimaging, University of Maryland School of Medicine |
Areas of Specialty: Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Comparative Genomics | Contact: | owhite [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Faculty Member | Areas of Specialty | Contact |
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![]() Seth Ament PhD
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Human Genetics, Neuroscience, Systems Biology Lab Site |
sament [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Rebecca Brotman PhD, MPH
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Reproductive & Infectious Diseases Epidemiology |
rbrotman [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Vincent Bruno PhD
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Fungal Pathogenesis
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Functional Genomics
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vbruno [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Joana Carneiro Da Silva PhD
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Eukaryotic pathogen genomics; Pathogen evolution; Genome Evolution; Vaccine Development |
jcsilva [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Scott Devine PhD
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Human Genetic Variation |
sdevine [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Franck Dumetz PhD
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Molecular Parasitology, RNA biology, Leishmania, Plasmodium |
fdumetz [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Julie Dunning Hotopp PhD
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Host-Microbe Interactions Lab Site |
jdhotopp [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Vonetta Edwards PhD
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Host-Pathogen Interactions, Vaginal Microbiome, STI co-infections |
vedwards [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Michael France PhD
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Ecology, microbiology, microbiome analysis and genomics |
mfrance [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Pawel M. Gajer PhD
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Microbiology, Immunology |
pgajer [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Daria Gaykalova PhD
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Cancer Epigenetics |
dgaykalova [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Michelle Gwinn-Giglio PhD
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Genomics, Biocuration, Ontologies, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics |
mgiglio [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Tracy Hazen PhD
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Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics |
thazen [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Brian Herb PhD
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Bioinformatics |
bherb [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Johanna Holm PhD
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Host-Microbe Community Interaction |
jholm [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Bing Ma PhD
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Human Microbiome, Comparative Genomics, Host-Microbe Interaction |
bma [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Andrew Neuwald PhD
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Predicting Protein Function & Mechanisms, Bioinformatics |
aneuwald [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Timothy O'Connor PhD
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Human Evolutionary Genomics; Genotype/Phenotype Architecture; Computational Biology
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toconnor [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() David Rasko PhD
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Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics Lab Site |
drasko [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Lynn Schriml PhD
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Infectious Diseases, Disease Ontology |
lschriml [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Chamindi Seneviratne MD
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Molecular genetics, genomics and pharmacogenetics of Alcohol and other drug use disorders |
csenevi [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() David Serre PhD
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Genomics Lab Site |
dserre [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Michelle Shardell PhD
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Biostatistics, gerontology |
mshardell [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Herve S.G. Tettelin PhD
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Infectious diseases, Functional Genomics, Bioinformatics Lab Site |
tettelin [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Affiliate Faculty Member | Areas of Specialty | Contact | |
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![]() Susan Dorsey PhD
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Areas of Specialty: Genetic and genomic
alterations; neuromuscular performance and chronic pain plasticity.
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Contact: | sdorsey [at] son.umaryland.edu |
![]() W. Florian Fricke PhD
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Areas of Specialty: Human microbiome, strain-level microbiota dynamics, microbial genomics, applied bioinformatics
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Contact: | wffricke [at] som.umaryland.edu |
Brantley Hall PhD
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Areas of Specialty: Gut Health, Metabolomics
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Contact: | brantley [at] umd.edu |
![]() Iqbal Hamza Ph.D.
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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/
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Contact: | ihamza [at] som.umaryland.edu |
![]() Ronna Hertzano MD, PhD
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Areas of Specialty: Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Lab Site |
Contact: | rhertzano [at] som.umaryland.edu |