Faculty and Staff | Department of Immunology and Microbiology (UTRGV School of Medicine)

Faculty & Staff

Immunology and Microbiology

Subhash Chauhan, PhD: Professor; (956) 296-5000; Subhash.Chauhan@utrgv.edu

Subhash Chauhan, PhD

Subhash Chauhan, PhD
Professor
Immunology and Microbiology
Email: Subhash.Chauhan@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-5000

Curriculum Vitae

Nikita Chavarria, PhD: Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology; (956) 296-1578; Nikita.Chavarria@utrgv.edu

Nikita Chavarria, PhD

Nikita Chavarria, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology
Immunology and Microbiology
EMEBL 3.143 (Edinburg)
Email: Nikita.Chavarria@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-1578

Dr. Chavarria received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida working with the regulation and roles of ubiquitin-proteasome homologs in microbial systems.

After completion of her doctorate, Dr. Chavarria received a postdoctoral intramural training award to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the Cell and Structural Biology group in Bethesda, Maryland. During her time at the NIH, she focused on genetic and biochemical characterization of small proteins (less than 50 amino acids) in Escherichia coli. After her postdoctoral training program, she accepted a teaching faculty position at the University of South Florida in the Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology. In 2017, Dr. Chavarria was recruited to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine where she serves a module co-director for microbiology and immunology and was promoted to the position as Assistant Dean of Education Affairs, Pre-Clerkship.

Seratna G. Beltran, PhD: Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology; (956) 296-1447; Seratna.Guadarrama@utrgv.edu

Seratna G. Beltran, PhD

Seratna G. Beltran, PhD
Assistant Professor of Immunology and Microbiology
Immunology and Microbiology
EMEBL 3.151 (Edinburg)
Email: Seratna.Guadarrama@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-1447