Suresh Mittal

Distinguished Professor of Virology

I completed my DVM and MS degrees in 1982 and 1984 in India and a PhD in virology from the University of Cambridge, U.K. in 1989. Between 1989 and 1995, I worked with internationally known scientists, initially at McMaster University and subsequently at the Vaccine & Infectious Disease Organization and International Vaccine Center in Canada.I joined Purdue University in 1995 and served as the Interim Head of the Department of Comparative Pathobiology twice (2008-10 and 2016-17).I was promoted to Distinguished Professor of Virology in 2018.I also serve as the Infectious Diseases Program Leader for the Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease.I have over 30 years of experience designing human and nonhuman adenoviral vector-based recombinant vaccines. My laboratory is developing the next generation of vaccines for influenza viruses, SARS-CoV-2, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

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