Dr. Erica Ollmann Saphire The Scripps Research Institute, USA

Erica Ollmann Saphire is an Associate Professor in the Department of Immunology and Microbial Science at The Scripps Research Institute. Her research marries structural biology, immunology, and biochemistry to unravel the specific mechanisms of viral hemorrhagic fever pathogenesis. She holds a bachelors degree from Rice University with dual majors in... read moreBiochemistry and Ecology/Evolutionary Biology and a Ph.D. from the Dept. of Molecular Biology at The Scripps Research Institute, and is the recipient of a Career Award in the Biomedical Sciences and an Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease award from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, a Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Microbiology, and the Surhain Sidhu Award for the most outstanding contribution to the field of diffraction by a person within five years of the Ph.D., and a Presidential Early Career Award from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.