Vaccines & Infectious Diseases

Stock photo of vaccines vials and syringes

Researchers in the vaccines and infectious diseases space combine engineering design, materials science, and computational tools to develop advanced adjuvants (vaccine boosters), discover new immunomodulators, and understand how pathogens interact with the immune system.

Faculty

Nicolas Chevrier

Nicolas Chevrier

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Immunology
Systems Biology
Research Groups
Chevrier Lab
Aaron Esser-Kahn

Aaron Esser-Kahn

Professor of Molecular Engineering, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Co-Director of the Immunoengineering and Bioengineering Institute, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Vascular Tissue Engineering
Immune Programming Polymers
Carbon Capture Methods
Research Groups
Esser-Kahn Group
Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson

Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Molecular Simulation
Statistical Thermodynamics
Machine Learning
Inverse Materials Design
Enhanced Sampling
Protein Folding
Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Ferguson Lab
Jun Huang

Jun Huang

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, Chair of the Admissions Committee, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
T Cell Immunology
mRNA Nanotechnology
T Cell Receptor
Chimeric Antigen Receptor
Immunotherapy
Research Groups
Huang Lab
Mark Mimee

Mark Mimee

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Microbiology
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Synthetic Biology
Microbiome
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Antimicrobials
Biosensors
Research Groups
Mimee Lab
Melody Swartz

Melody Swartz

William B. Ogden Professor of Molecular Engineering, Co-Director of the Immunoengineering and Bioengineering Institute, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Lymphatic Physiology
Cancer Research
Immunotherapy
Research Groups
Swartz Lab