Dr. Konstantin Kousoulas is a professor of virology and biotechnology in the department of pathobiological sciences and director of the division of biotechnology and molecular medicine (BioMMED). He is the Director of the NIH-funded Center in Experimental Infectious Disease Research and the Director of the NIH-funded Louisiana Biomedical Research Network (LBRN) Molecular and Cell Biology Core. He is now serving as a Past President of NAIPI after completing successful 3 years as a President.
Kousoulas recently joined Rational Vaccines as vice president of Scientific Affairs where he will help to further the company’s core mission of eliminating the herpes simplex virus (HSV).
He is currently Professor of Virology and Biotechnology at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine with adjunct appointments at the Department of Biological Sciences, College of Basic Sciences, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and the LSU Health Sciences Center’s Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center in New Orleans.
He is also an affiliate member of the Tulane National Primate Research Center located in Covington, LA.
He is serving as the Head of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences and Director of the Division of Biotechnology & Molecular Medicine at LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine. He is the Principal Investigator of the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network funded by NIH: NIGMS and other extramural and intramural sources.
Dr. Konstantin Kousoulas- LSU SVM Faculty
NAIPI – The National Association of IDeA Principal Investigators