Menu Close
Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University

Sharon Isern is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and has been at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2004. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She conducted postdoctoral fellowships in molecular virology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Tulane University. Dr. Isern is a molecular virologist and a science educator. She has received research support from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the US Department of Agriculture. Dr. Isern is a member of the National Institutes of Health Vaccines Against Microbial Diseases Study Section and has served as Course Director for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGES Program Phage Discovery Workshops. She studies the immunology, epidemiology, surveillance, prevention, and treatment of mosquito-transmitted viruses including dengue virus and Zika virus.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Biological Sciences , Florida Gulf Coast University