External Advisory Committee
Aaron Mitchell, Ph.D. (Chair)
Department Head
Professor, Department of Microbiology
University of Georgia
Kirk Deitsch, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Weill Cornell Medical College
Dennis Kyle, Ph.D.
Director of the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases
GRA Eminent Scholar in Antiparasitic Drug Discovery
Professor, Departments of Cellular Biology and Infectious Diseases
University of Georgia
Maurizio Del Poeta, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Laurie Read, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University at Buffalo School of Medicine
Gary Ward, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Vermont
Internal Advisory Committee
Robert Anholt, Ph.D.
Provost’s Distinguished Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry
Director of Faculty Excellence, College of Science
Clemson University
Jeffrey Anker, Ph.D.
Wallace R. Roy Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry
Clemson University
Trudy Mackay, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Human Genetics
Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry
Clemson University
Richard Steet, Ph.D.
Research Professor, Department of Genetics and Biochemistry
Director of Research, JC Self Research Institute
Clemson University
Naren Vyavahare, Ph.D.
Hunter Endowed Chair
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Clemson University
Hai Yao, Ph.D.
Ernest R. Norville Endowed Chair in Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Clemson University