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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.



Director Areas of Specialty Contact
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Claire Fraser-Liggett, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine and Microbiology & Immunology

 Human Microbiome, Comparative microbial genomics, Pathogen diversity and evolution, Host-pathogen interactions, Microbial forensics cmfraser [at] som.umaryland.edu


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Rebecca Brotman, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

 Reproductive & Infectious Diseases Epidemiology rbrotman [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Joana Carneiro da Silva, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Pathogen Diversity & Evolution jcsilva [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Scott Devine, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Medicine (Endocrinology)

 Human Genetic Variation sdevine [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Mark Eppinger, Ph.D.
Research Associate

 Microbial Genomics, Pathogen Diversity & Evolution meppinger [at] som.umaryland.edu
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W. Florian Fricke, Ph.D.
Research Associate

 Microbial Genomics wffricke [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Pawel Gajer, Ph.D.
Research Associate

 Microbiology, Immunology pgajer [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Michelle Gwinn Giglio, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Medicine

 Genomics, Biocuration, Ontologies, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics mgiglio [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Julie Hotopp, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Host-Microbe Interactions, Vaccine Development jdhotopp [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Emmanuel Mongodin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Human Microbiome, Comparative, Functional & Microbial Genomics, Host-Pathogen Interactions emongodin [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Garry Myers, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Cancer Genomics; Comparative, Microbial & Functional Genomics gmyers [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Andrew Neuwald, Ph.D.
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

 Predicting Protein Function & Mechanisms, Bioinformatics aneuwald [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Pablo Rabinowicz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

 Plant Genomics prabinowicz [at] som.umaryland.edu
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David Rasko, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Infectious Diseases, Enteric Pathogenesis, Functional Genomics drasko [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Jacques Ravel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Host-Microbe Community Interaction, Food-Borne Pathogen Genomics, Chemical Genomics jravel [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Lynn Schriml, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine

 Infectious Diseases, Disease Ontology lschriml [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Hervé Tettelin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology

 Bioinformatics, Reverse Vaccinology tettelin [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Owen White, Ph.D.
Professor, Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine; Director, Bioinformatics

 Bioinformatics, Epidemiology, Comparative Genomics owhite [at] som.umaryland.edu
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Jennifer Russo Wortman
Assistant Professor, Medicine

 Bioinformatics, Genome Annotation, Large-Scale Data Management jwortman [at] som.umaryland.edu