DeLeo Research Group

Frank R. DeLeo, Ph.D.

Education:

Ph.D., 1996, Montana State University

Dr. DeLeo received his Ph.D. in microbiology from Montana State University in 1996, studying the molecular basis of superoxide generation by human neutrophils. He did his postdoctoral training in the area of innate immunity and infectious diseases in the Department of Medicine at the University of Iowa (1996–2000). Dr. DeLeo joined the staff at the NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories in 2000 as a tenure-track investigator. He served previously as Acting Chief (2007-2013) and Chief (2013-2015) of the Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis. Dr. DeLeo was appointed to the NIH Senior Biomedical Research Service (2011-2017) and elected as an American Academy of Microbiology Fellow in 2017. He is currently Chief of the Laboratory of Bacteriology.

Brett A. Freedman, M.S.

Education:

M.S., 2005, Frostburg State University

I studied wildlife/fisheries biology in graduate school. I changed career paths, working with Dr. Mark Jutila’s immunology group at Montana State University in 2006. I have continued this work as a biologist at Rocky Mountain Laboratories since 2010.

Scott D. Kobayashi, Ph.D.

Education:

Ph.D., 1998, Microbiology, Montana State University

Languages Spoken: French

Natalia Malachowa, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Education:

Ph.D., Biochemistry, 2008, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland

M.Sc., Biology, Molecular Biology specialization, 2003 Jagiellonian University, Krakow Poland

Languages Spoken: Polish, Russian, German

Adeline Rose Porter, B.S. (She/Her/Hers)

As a member of the DeLeo research group in the Laboratory of Bacteriology, my research focuses primarily on the interaction of human neutrophils with bacterial pathogens.