Interactions with Participating Faculty
The supervising faculty advisor for information regarding this major is Professor David Fruman (dfruman@uci.edu)
Other faculty participants will be involved in planning and developing the specific programs of individual students as well as to discuss alternatives, graduate and career plans, and other matters that arise.
1. Faculty in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
| Name | Rank | Specialization |
| Uli Bernard | Professor | Virology |
| David Camerini | Assistant Professor | Virology/Immunology |
| Paolo Casali | Professor | Immunology |
| Hung Fan | Professor | Virology, cancer biology |
| David Fruman* | Associate Professor | Immunology |
| Christopher Hughes | Professor | Cellular immunology |
| Anthony James* | Professor | Genetics, molecular parasitology |
| Thomas Lane | Professor | Virology/Immunology |
| Naomi Morrissette* | Assistant Professor | Molecular parasitology |
| Edward Nelson | Assistant Professor | Immunology |
| Markus Ribbe | Assistant Professor | Microbiology, structural biology |
| Ingrid Ruf | Assistant Professor | Virology |
| Andrea Tenner | Professor | Immunology |
| Sheryl Tsai | Assistant Professor | Microbiology, structural biology |
| Luis Villareal | Professor | Virology, molecular evolution |
| Craig Walsh | Associate Professor | Immunology |
| Greg Weiss | Associate Professor | Drug development |
* Member of the faculty board for this major
2. Other faculty specializing in microbiology, virology, parasitology and immunology
| Name | Rank | Specialization | Department |
| Ruslan Aphasizhev | Assistant Professor | Trypanosome molecular biology | Microbiology and Molecular Gen. |
| Francisco Ayala | Professor | Evolution of parasitic diseases | Ecology and Evolution |
| Alan Barbour | Professor | Molecular biology of Lyme disease | Microbiology and Molecular Gen. |
| Robin Bush | Assistant Professor | Evolution of infectious diseases | Ecology and Evolution |
| Michael Cahalan | Professor | Immunology, ion channels | Physiology and Biophysics |
| George Chandy | Professor | Immunology, ion channels | Physiology and Biophysics |
| Michael Demetriou | Assistant Professor | T cell dysfunction | Neurology |
| Donald Forthal | Associate Professor | Immunity to viral infections | Medicine and Infectious Dis. |
| Steven Frank | Professor | Host-parasite interactions | Ecology and Evolution |
| Wesley Hatfield | Professor | Pathogenic E. coli | Biological Chemistry |
| Sunny Jiang | Assistant Professor | Pathogenic viruses | Civil & Environm. Engineering |
| Haoping Liu | Associate Professor | Invasive Fungal Diseases | Biological Chemistry |
| Andy Ouellette | Professor | Antimicrobial peptides | Pathology |
| Michael Selsted | Professor | Antimicrobial peptides | Pathology |
| Ed Robinson | Associate Professor | HIV biology | Pathology |
| Suzanne Sandmeyer | Professor | Yeast retrovirus-like elements | Biological Chemistry |
| Rozanne Sandri-Goldin | Professor | Virology | Microbiology and Molecular Gen. |
| Bert Semler | Professor | RNA viruses | Microbiology and Molecular Gen. |
| Ming Tan | Associate Professor | Chlamydia pathogenesis | Microbiology and Molecular Gen. |
| Guiyun Yan | Associate Professor | Genetics, molecular parasitology | Health Sciences |