Our microbiologists and immunologists study the life cycles of bacteria and viruses, how they become pathogenic and how our immune systems combat infection. They develop new strategies to prevent and treat infectious disease, and their work has deepened our insight into how human immune systems distinguish self from non-self and how pathogenic microbes cause diseases.

Jeffrey E. Barrick
- Professor
- Benjamin Clayton Centennial Professor in Biochemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ethel Bayer-Santos
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
Telephone Number:(512) 471-0966
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Bryan W. Davies
- Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Professorship in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Jaquelin P. Dudley
- Professor
- Associate Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Professor of Oncology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Lauren I. Ehrlich
- Professor
- Associate Professor of Oncology
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- L. Leon Campbell, Ph.D. Distinguished Professorship in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Ilya J. Finkelstein
- Associate Professor
- Lorene Morrow Kelley Endowed Faculty Fellowship Fund
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

George Georgiou
- Professor
- Dula D. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering #2
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Rasika M. Harshey
- Professor
- Mary M. Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair in Microbiology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Zunlong Ke
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
The Ke Lab started in 2024 and is actively recruiting:
- graduate students
- postdoctoral fellows
Telephone Number:512-232-2429
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Ken Keiler
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Alan Lambowitz
- Professor
- Professor of Oncology
- Mr. and Mrs. A. Frank Smith, Jr. Regents Chair in Molecular Biology
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Despoina Mavridou
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Jason McLellan
- Professor
- Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs
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Ian J. Molineux
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Shelley M. Payne
- Professor
- Director, LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease
- Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Chair
- Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs

Christopher S. Sullivan
- Professor
- Molecular Biosciences
- Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Graduate Programs