Menelaos Symeonides, PhD

Assistant Professor

menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu
menelaos.symeonides@med.uvm.edu

318/208 Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Dr
Burlington, VA 05405
United States
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Alma mater(s)
  • University of Vermont
Affiliated Department(s)

Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

BIO

Dr. Symeonides received his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Vermont in 2015, studying cell-to-cell transmission of HIV with Dr. Markus Thali. For his postdoctoral research, he stayed in the Thali group at UVM and continued working on HIV, while expanding into endogenous retroviruses and placental biology, and also joined Dr. Benjamin Lee’s group at UVM, studying human immune responses to rotavirus vaccination and natural infection. Dr. Symeonides was promoted to Faculty Scientist in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in October 2021 and to Assistant Professor in April 2024. 

Area(s) of expertise

cell biology of viral infections

Bio

Dr. Symeonides received his Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Vermont in 2015, studying cell-to-cell transmission of HIV with Dr. Markus Thali. For his postdoctoral research, he stayed in the Thali group at UVM and continued working on HIV, while expanding into endogenous retroviruses and placental biology, and also joined Dr. Benjamin Lee’s group at UVM, studying human immune responses to rotavirus vaccination and natural infection. Dr. Symeonides was promoted to Faculty Scientist in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in October 2021 and to Assistant Professor in April 2024. 

Areas of Expertise

cell biology of viral infections