Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, M.D., Ph.D.

Title: Associate Professor
Email: dhartigan AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-752-7358

Interests: Relationship between variable development of such immune cells and variable control over chronic infectious diseases. Interactions between the normal gut microflora, pathogenic organisms, and immune cells within the intestine.

Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor at UC Davis

Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor at UCSF

Gema Méndez Lagares, Ph.D.

Title: Posdoctoral Fellow
Email: gemendez AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: HIV/SIV infection

Kawthar Machmach, Ph.D.

Title: Posdoctoral Fellow
Email: kmachmach AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: 

Nicole Narayan

Title: PhD Candidate (Genetics)
Email: nrnarayan AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: Gut microbiota interactions with the adaptive immune system.

David Merriam

Title: PhD Candidate (Microbiology)
Email: dpmerriam AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: ILC dynamics in SIV infection, Viral Pathogenesis and Treatment.

Ding Lu, M.S.

Title: Lab manager
Email: ddlu AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: Pathogenesis of SIV, HIV and HCV infection and interactions between viruses and host immune systems

Justin Fontaine

Title: SRA
Email: jhfontaine AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: Immunology/Virology/Molecular Biology

Connie Chen

Title: Research Assistant 
Email: cochen AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests: Immunology and Infectious Diseases

Gayane Malayan

Title: Undergraduate Researcher
Email: gamalayan AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests:

Michael Lostica

Title: Undergraduate Researcher
Email: mlostica AT ucdavis DOT edu
Phone: 530-754-6088

Interests:

Former Members:

Steven Laing, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Former Title: Veterinary Pathologist/Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: 

Jonathan Liu

Former Title: Junior Specialist
Current position: Student at Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine