Management
Vilasack Thammavongsa, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Research
Chief Executive Officer and Director of Research
A passionate immunologist with broad expertise in the areas of microbial pathogenesis and vaccine development, Vilasack Thammavongsa joined IMMUNARTES shortly after formation of the company. Originally from Laos in SE Asia, Dr. Thammavongsa received his Ph.D. in Immunology from The University of Michigan in Ann arbor and conducted his postdoctoral fellowship in bacterial pathogenesis at the University of Chicago. He has acquired valuable experience in discovery and strategies for drug development as a former scientist in the biotech industry and is a well-published scientist with first-authored publications in prestigious biomedical journals such as Science, Nature Reviews and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.
Dominique Missiakas, Ph.D.
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Dominique Missiakas was born in France and received her PhD degree from the Université Paris XI. She is a Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Microbiology and Director of the Howard Taylor Ricketts Laboratory at Argonne National Laboratory. For more than 20 years, Dr. Missiakas has been engaged in scientific research and teaching at first-class universities in Europe and in the United States. Dr. Missiakas has carried out extensive research in bacterial genetics and physiology, bacterial pathogenesis, molecular biology and animal models for the study of disease and the development of vaccines or therapeutics. Dr. Missiakas has published more than 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and has been awarded more than fifteen patents. Dr. Missiakas’ research elucidated the molecular underpinnings of staphylococcal coagulation and escape from host phagocytic killing.
Hwan Keun Kim, Ph.D.
Scientific advisor
Scientific advisor
A native of South Korea, Hwan Keun Kim received his Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies in microbiology from the University of Chicago where he elucidated the molecular biology of staphylococcal immune evasion and B cell suppression. He is an assistant professor in The Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University focusing his studies on Rickettsia caused human diseases. He is an expert in the development of animal models for infectious diseases as well as in the analysis of vaccine antigens and antibody development.
Advisory board
To be Announced
To be Announced