Other Positions
Affiliate Associate Professor, Biochemistry University of Washington
Affiliate Professor, Immunology University of Washington
Graduate Faculty, Biochemistry, Immunology and Biologic Physics, Structure and Design University of Washington
Education
Harvard University, 1990, PhD (Biophysics)
University of Michigan, 1984, BS (Biophysics)
Research Interests
- Structural molecular immunology and vaccinology: using biophysical approaches to study proteins and interactions mediating or modulating adaptive and innate immune responses
Teaching and Mentoring Interests
- Supervising undergraduate interns, doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows
- Instructor for CONJ 551 (Immunity), Hutchinson Center
Current Studies
- NK and αß/γδ T cell receptors and immunoevasion proteins that target them
- Immunorecognition of bacterial siderophores
- AIDS vaccine development
- Immunotherapeutics development