Highly pathogenic viruses, including filoviruses, continue to pose a significant threat to humans with their potential to cause global public health crises. We are investigating host-filovirus interactions to decipher mechanisms of pathogenesis. Additionally, we develop vaccines based on vesicular stomatitis virus for emerging viral infections and conduct preclinical efficacy studies in various animal models.

Immunobiology and Molecular Virology Unit, 2023. Left to right: Kyle O’Donnell, Ph.D.; J. Fred Rhoderick, B.Sc.; Hanna Anhalt, B.Sc.; Andrea Marzi, Ph.D.; Olivia Durant, B.Sc.; Corey Henderson, B.Sc.; Paige Fletcher, Ph.D.
Andrea Marzi, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)
Chief, Immunobiology and Molecular Virology Unit
Education:
Dr. rer. Nat. (Ph.D.), Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Diplom (M.Sc.), Freidrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg,, Germany
Languages Spoken: German

Hanna Anhalt, B.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)
Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow
Education:
B.Sc., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Languages Spoken: Spanish

Olivia G. Durant, B.Sc. (She/Her/Hers)
Postbaccalaureate IRTA Fellow
Education:
B.Sc., Northeastern University
Languages Spoken: Spanish

Paige L. Fletcher, Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)
Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow
Education:
Ph.D., University of Montana
B.Sc., Central Connecticut State University

Corey W. Henderson, B.Sc. (He/Him/His)
Biologist
Education:
B.Sc., University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kyle L. O’Donnell, Ph.D. (He/Him/His)
Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow
Education:
Ph.D., University of North Dakota
B.Sc., Minnesota State University, Mankato

J. Fred Rhoderick, B.Sc. (He/Him/His)
Biologist
Education:
B.Sc., University of Tampa

Former Research Group Members
Wakako Furuyama, D.V.M., Ph.D. (postdoc 2017-2021) Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University, Japan
Tylisha Gourdine, B.Sc. (postbac 2020-2022) Contractor, Vaccine Research Center, NIAID
Amanda Griffin, Ph.D. (biologist 2019-2021) Microbiologist, LV-OOC, NIAID
Benjamin Kaza, B.A. (postbac 2021) Graduate Student, Cornell University
Brody Mann, B.Sc. (postbac 2022-2023) Medical Student, Tufts University School of Medicine
Cecilia Prator, Ph.D. (postdoc 2021-2023) Senior Scientist, Gingko Bioworks, Boston, Massachusetts
Kyle Shifflett, B.Sc. (postbac 2019-2021) Graduate Student, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill