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Department of Microbiology and Immunology

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Nevada, Reno is a community of 13 faculty, 30 senior scientists, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and 7 support staff who are actively engaged in innovative research, discovery and education. Below are the Department's faculty participating in the undergraduate program.

David AuCoin, Ph.D.

Professor/Chair, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-4128

daucoin@med.unr.edu

Paul Brett, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-4109

pbrett@med.unr.edu

Mary Burtnick, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-4123

mburtnick@med.unr.edu

Deanna Colton, Ph.D.

Teaching Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-6183

dcolton@med.unr.edu

Thomas Kozel, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-4124

tkozel@med.unr.edu

Vincent Lombardi, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 682-8278

vlombardi@med.unr.edu

Rana Pooraiiouby, Ph.D.

Laboratory Coordinator

(775) 784-4904

rpooraiiouby@unr.edu

Paul Sumby, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 784-6105

psumby@med.unr.edu

Subhash Verma, Ph.D.

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology

(775) 682-6743

scverma@med.unr.edu