Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics



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   Vasileios Petrou, PHD

Assistant Professor
Chancellor Scholar
Scientific Director - RNCCF

Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
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Overview

Vasileios Petrou earned a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, training in ion channel physiology and biophysics, and completed postdoctoral training in X-ray crystallography and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Dr. Petrou joined the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and the Center for Immunity and Inflammation on July 1, 2019, as an Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar. Since January 2023, Dr. Petrou has served as Scientific Director for the Rutgers NJMS Cryo-EM Core Facility (RNCCF). Dr. Petrou's research focus is to understand how membrane proteins and macromolecular complexes work at the atomic level, with emphasis on biological processes implicated in bacterial pathogenesis, neurobiology and cancer biology.

Education

PHD, 2012, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

Curriculum Vitae

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