Department of Biology

Steven M Singer

Title

Chair and Associate Professor

Department

BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT
General profile

Portrait

Phone

202-687-5905

Alt. phone

202-687-5896 (Lab)

Fax

202-687-5662

Location

406 Reiss Science

Bio

Steven Singer is co-director of the Center for Infectious Disease, an associate professor in the Department of Biology and an adjunct associate professor at the Lombardi Cancer Center. He is an expert in the fields of immunology and parasitology, particularly intestinal parasites such as Giardia lamblia. Giardia is a waterborne parasite, common in rivers and lakes in the United States and is the leading parasitic cause of diarrhea in this country and around the world.

Education

  • Ph.D. (1993) Stanford University, Microbiology and Immunology
  • A.B. (1987) Princeton University, Molecular Biology