How to Find Faculty Members in WashU's Department of Molecular Microbiology

The Department of Molecular Microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis lists its faculty through a "Meet our faculty" section on its website. That section is the starting point for identifying researchers, their degrees, and their areas of study. From there, you can navigate to individual profiles or lab pages for more detail. This guide covers what you'll find and how to use it.

Start with the "Meet our faculty" section

The department site's primary faculty directory is the "Meet our faculty" heading. This is where the department collects its researchers in one place rather than scattering names across separate pages.

From the page evidence, faculty are listed with their names and credentials, for example:

• Stephen Beverley, PhD
• Siyuan Ding, PhD
• Tamara L. Doering, MD, PhD
• Mario F. Feldman, PhD

The listing pattern shows name + degree(s), which lets you quickly distinguish PhD researchers from MD-PhD clinician-scientists.

What each faculty entry typically tells you

Individual faculty profiles generally include:

The department's research spans a range of organisms and questions. Examples visible in the site content include:

• Leishmaniasis — Stephen Beverley, former head of molecular microbiology, has spent most of his career studying this parasitic disease.
• Viruses in the gut — David Wang's lab studies gut viruses and their impact on health and disease.
• Virus–host relationships — Carolina Lopez, a BJC Investigator in molecular microbiology, studies the relationship between a virus and the organism it infects.
• Intestinal parasites — David Sibley's lab has worked on treatments for Cryptosporidium, a common cause of diarrhea.

How to navigate to a specific lab or researcher

1. Open the department site and locate the "Meet our faculty" section.
2. Scan the name list for the researcher or research area you need. Names are paired with degrees, so you can filter by credential if relevant.
3. Click through to the individual profile to see research interests and any linked lab page.
4. Follow lab links where available — lab pages often list current members, publications, and contact information beyond what the department listing shows.

If you already know the research topic but not the person, use the research descriptions in the faculty entries to match your interest (for example, parasitology, virology, or microbiome research) to the relevant faculty member.

Common sticking points

• Contact details may not be on the main listing. The department page surfaces names and research areas; direct contact information is more likely to appear on an individual profile or lab page reached through a link.
• Not every researcher appears in the same view. Some names in the site content appear in news or event captions (for example, lab members, postdocs, and graduate students) rather than the core faculty list. If you're looking for a specific person and don't see them under "Meet our faculty," check whether they are a trainee or staff member rather than faculty.
• Research areas are described in prose, not tags. You may need to read the short research description rather than scan a keyword list to confirm a match.

When this approach works best

Use the "Meet our faculty" section when you want to:

• Identify who works on a specific pathogen or research question
• Find a faculty member's degree and general research focus
• Get a starting point before reaching out about collaboration, graduate study, or media inquiries

For current contact information, publications, or lab openings, follow the links from the faculty listing to the individual or lab page, since the department directory itself is a starting point rather than a complete contact database.