David Perlin, Ph.D.

Program Director and Project Leader - (Project 2)
Chief Scientific Officer and Member,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director (Overall) and
Project leader (Project 3)
Chair, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair Professor
Daria Hazuda, Ph.D.
Daria Hazuda, Ph.D.
Expertise: Antivirals, antibacterials and vaccines; Extensive
Pharma/industry experience
Karen Shaw, Ph.D.
Karen Shaw, Ph.D.
Expertise: Antifungal and antibacterial drug discovery; Extensive
Pharma/industry experience
Michael R. Hodges, BSc., M.D.
Michael R. Hodges, BSc., M.D.
Expertise: Antifungal, antiviral and vaccine drug development; Extensive Pharma/industry and investor experience
Neil Clancy, M.D.
Neil Clancy, M.D.
Expertise: Medical Mycologist, Transplant ID, Therapeutic and diagnostic applications in invasive fungal diseases
Terry Roemer, Ph.D.
Terry Roemer, Ph.D.
Project leader - (Project 1)
Chairman, Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Prokaryotics, Inc.
David Perlin, Ph.D.

Program Director and Project Leader - (Project 2)
Chief Scientific Officer and Member,
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine

Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director (Overall) and
Project leader (Project 3)
Chair, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
Alfred & Jill Sommer Professor and Chair Professor
David Alland, M.D.
David Alland, M.D.
Project leader - (Project 4)
Professor and Chief, Department of Medicine - Division of Infectious Diseases, New Jersey Medical School
Director, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School
James Merritt, Ph.D.
James Merritt, Ph.D.
Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Member, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Joel Freundlich
Joel Freundlich, Ph.D.
Project leader 
(Project 2) and Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Medicinal Chemistry Core Director
Professor
Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience/ Medicine
Rutgers University–New Jersey Medical School
Vidmantas Petraitis, M.D.
Vidmantas Petraitis, M.D.
Pharmacology Core Director
Associate Member
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Matt Zimmerman
Matthew Zimmerman
Pharmacology Core
Co-Director
Manager, Head of Analytical Chemistry
Center for Discovery and Innovation
Milena Kordalewska
Milena Kordalewska, Ph.D.
Mycology Core Director
Research Asst Member, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine
Headshot of Andrew Nelson
Andrew Nelson, DVM
Animal Models Core Director
Director, Research Animal Models, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Alla Rabinovich
Alla Rabinovich, MBA
Business Director, Administrative Core
Chief Operations Officer, Center for Discovery and Innovation
Headshot of Madhuvika Murugan
Madhuvika Murugan, Ph.D.
Program Manager, Administrative Core
Special Research Programs and Communications Lead, Center for Discovery and Innovation