INFECTIOUS DISEASE TEAM

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Case W. McNamara, PhD
Director, Infectious Disease
cmcnamara@scripps.edu

I have more than fourteen years of experience in drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including contributions toward multiple clinical-stage antimalarial candidates. Since joining Calibr at Scripps Research in 2014, I have directed numerous and various drug discovery programs under funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ranging from parasites and worms to bacteria and viruses. The new investment from Wellcome Trust in Calibr to become an NTD Flagship will afford our team even greater opportunities to develop new medicines to improve global health.

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Team Leaders

Malina A. Bakowski, PhD
Principal Investigator
​Kinetoplastids, Antibiotics & Malaria
​mbakowski@scripps.edu
Melissa S. Love, PhD
Principal Investigator
​Cryptosporidiosis & Tuberculosis
​mlove@scripps.edu
Karen C. Wolff, MS
​Associate Director
​Antivirals & Program Management
​kwolff@scripps.edu

Team Members

Jenya Antonova-Koch, PhD
Research Scientist I, Malaria
McNamara Lab
jantonovakoch@scripps.edu
Alessandro Cascioferro, PhD
Research Scientist I, Tuberculosis
McNamara Lab
​acascioferro@scripps.edu
Eva Geierstanger
Intern
​McNamara Lab
​egeierstanger@scripps.edu
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Amal Gebara-Lamb
Research Assistant I, Antivirals
​Wolff Lab
​agebara@scripps.edu
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Lauren Huerta
Research Assistant II, Cryptosporidosis
Love Lab
lhuerta@scripps.edu
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Melanie Kirkpatrick
Research Assistant IV, Antivirals
Wolff Lab
​mkirkpatrick@scripps.edu
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Krittikorn Kumpornsin, PhD
Research Scientist I, Malaria
McNamara Lab
​kkumpornsin@scripps.edu
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Carolina Manchola Varon
Postdoctoral Associate, Kinetoplastids
Bakowski Lab
​nmanchola@scripps.edu
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Kastin Pan
Research Associate I, Kinetoplastids
Bakowski Lab
kapan@scripps.edu
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Paridhi Sukheja, PhD
Institute Fellow, Tuberculosis
McNamara Lab
​psukheja@scripps.edu
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Laura Riva, PhD
Investigator, Antivirals
Wolff Lab
​lriva@scripps.edu
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Amanda Ward
Research Assistant III, Kinetoplastids
Bakowski Lab
​award@scripps.edu
Previous Lab Members:
  • Peiting "Melanie" Kuo, Intern
  • Kerstin Gagaring, Research Scientist (currently at Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson)
  • Whitney Bullard, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at Boehringer Ingelheim)
  • ​Kush Rawal, Research Associate (currently at Rejuvenate Bio)
  • Surendra Jain, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at HD Biosciences)
  • Changyou Lin, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at Sorrento Therapeutics)
  • Michael Harbut, PhD, Investigator (currently at Janssen Pharmaceutical Company of Johnson & Johnson)
  • Victoria Parra, Research Technician 
  • Yuzhou Tu, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate
  • Hee Jin "Joyce" Kim, Intern (currently at City of Hope)
  • Amanda Nguyen, Intern
  • Huafeng Wang, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at Regulus)
  • Fred Beasley, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate (currently at Taconic Biosciences)