Kau Lab

Principal Investigator

Andrew L. Kau, MD/PhDPrincipal InvestigatorDepartment of Medicine, Allergy & Immunology Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research (cWIDR)akau[at]wustl.edu — Andrew L. Kau, MD/PhD
Principal Investigator
Department of Medicine, Allergy & Immunology
Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research (cWIDR)
akau[at]wustl.edu

Emory University: B.S. in Chemistry, degree in music (1994-98)
Fulbright Fellowship to Germany: Kekule Institute at Bonn University, in the lab of Dr. Konrad Sandhoff (1998-99)
Washington University Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP): PhD in Biochemistry in the lab of Dr. Scott Hultgren (1999-2006)
Internship/Residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital (2006-2008)

Fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (2008-2011)
Post-doctoral fellowship at Center for Genome Science and Systems Biology with Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon (2009-2015)

Board Certified Internal Medicine (2009-present)
Board Certified Allergy/Immunology (2010-present)
Associate Professor of Medicine (2023-present)

lab members

Anne Rosen, MA
Research Lab Supervisor
annerosen[at]wustl.edu
Anne is studying an antimicrobial peptide, secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), with many functions. Her primary interest is in the role SLPI plays as part of the host innate immune response to urinary tract infection.

Ariel Hernandez LeyvaMSTP Computational & Systems Biologya.hernandez-leyva[at]wustl.eduAriel is interested in the molecular mechanisms that regulate the interactions between commensal microbes and the host. He hopes to use our understanding of t… — Ariel Hernandez-Leyva, PhD
Staff Scientist
MSTP 2023 Graduate Computational & Systems Biology
a.hernandez-leyva[at]wustl.edu
Ariel is interested in the molecular mechanisms that regulate the interactions between commensal microbes and the host. He hopes to use our understanding of these interactions to design novel medical therapies that modulate the immune system and microbiome in disease.

Jesús Santiago BorgesDBBS Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesisjsantiago[at]wustl.eduJesús is interested in studying how the gut microbiota can be modulated by mucosal antibodies induced after vaccination. He hopes to target and deplete … — Jesús Santiago Borges
Graduate Student
DBBS Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
jsantiago[at]wustl.edu
Jesús is interested in studying how the gut microbiota can be modulated by mucosal antibodies induced after vaccination. He hopes to target and deplete uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) residing in the gut.

Michael LintResearch Technician IImichael.lint[at]wustl.edu — Michael Lint, MA
Senior Research Technician
michael.lint[at]wustl.edu
Michael is studying how some Haemophilus species may influence allergic airway inflammation through interaction with natural aeroallergens.

Christopher Tomera
Research Technician II
tomera.christopher[at]wustl.edu

Nikhilesh Joardar, PhD, MSc
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Allergy & Immunology
joardar[at]wustl.edu

Josh Magare
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Shreya Saxena
Undergraduate Research Assistant

Alumni

Natalia Jaeger, MSResearch Technician II — Natalia Jaeger, MS
Research Technician II

Allie Paharik, PhDPostdoctoral ResearcherMolecular Microbiology — Allie Paharik, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Molecular Microbiology

Ryan McDonoughSenior Research Technician — Ryan McDonough
Senior Research Technician

Dayne Voelker, MDAllergy and Immunologyd.h.voelker[at]wustl.edu — Dayne Voelker, MD
Clinical Research Fellow
Allergy & Immunology

Naomi WilsonDBBS Computational & Systems Biologyngwilson[at]wustl.eduNaomi is interested in using machine learning and other computational approaches to study the complex interactions between microbes and their hosts. — Naomi Wilson, PhD
DBBS 2023 Graduate
Computation-al & Systems Biology

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