Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Seminars are held at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays unless otherwise noted. Location: BSB Auditorium 3 (Watzke).
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Fall 2026 Seminar Schedule

DateSpeakerHost                                                Faculty Profile or Lab
Aug. 25           Ryan Burdick, PhDAlex Kleinpeter, PhDhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-burdick-68038911/?isSelfProfile=false
    
Sept. 1        Lijun Rong, PhD, University of Illinois at ChicagoBalaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/microbiology/profiles/rong-lijun/
    
Sept. 8Holiday - No Seminar  
    
Sept. 15             Jane Carlton, PhD, John HopkinsMary Wilson, MD, PhDhttps://publichealth.jhu.edu/faculty/1515/jane-m-carlton 
    
Sept. 22M. Stephen Trent, PhD, University of Georgia Michael Gebhardt, PhDhttps://mib.uga.edu/directory/people/m-stephen-trent
    
Sept. 29Fabienne Paumet, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University Mary Weber, PhDhttps://www.jefferson.edu/academics/colleges-schools-institutes/skmc/departments/microbiology/faculty-staff/faculty/paumet.html
    

Thursday,
Oct. 1

Watzke
3pm

Virology Faculty Candidate
Ian Boys, PhD,  University of Utah		Virology Search Committeehttps://www.cellvolution.org/ian-boys
    
Oct. 6Junji Zhu, PhD, Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC), Cleveland Clinic Balaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Junji-Zhu
    
Oct. 13Rong Hai, PhD, University of California - Riverside Balaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/ronghai
    

Thursday,
Oct. 15

Watzke
3pm

Virology Faculty Candidate
Huibin (Tomas) Lyu, PhD,  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign		Virology Search Committeehttps://wchnicholas.github.io/people/
    
Oct. 20Reserved for Faculty Recruitment   
    
Oct. 27Reserved for Faculty Recruitment   
    

Thursday,
Oct. 29

Watzke
3pm

Sarah van Tol, PhD, ScM, Rocky Mountain Labs (NIH/NIAID)Balaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CdM7mAUAAAAJ&hl=en
    
Nov. 3Reserved for Faculty Recruitment   
    
Nov. 10Sumit Chanda, PhD, Scripps ResearchLi Wu, PhDhttps://www.scripps.edu/faculty/chanda/
    

Thursday,
Nov. 12

Watzke
3pm

Sarah Leist, PhD, Tulane UniversityBalaji Manicassamy. PhD 
    
Nov. 17David Evans, PhD, University of WisconsinAmanda Dudek, PhDhttps://pathology.wisc.edu/staff/evans-david/
    

Thursday,
Nov. 19

Watzke
3pm

Virology Faculty Candidate
Carolina Rezende Melo Da Silva, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University		Virology Search Committeehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-rezende-melo-da-silva-phd-9135391b5/
    
Nov. 24Thanksgiving Break  
    
Dec. 1Matthew Jorgenson, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesDavid Weiss, PhDhttps://medicine.uams.edu/mbim/faculty/primary/matthew-jorgenson-ph-d/
    

Thursday,
Dec. 3

Watzke
3pm

Abhishek Verma, PhD, University of IowaBalaji Manicassamy, PhDhttps://perlman.lab.uiowa.edu/
    
Dec. 8Reserved for Faculty Recruitment