Ty Sornberger

Originally from Erie, Pennsylvania, I graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2020 with a B.S. in Immunology & Infectious Disease and a B.S. in Pharmacology & Toxicology. For my undergraduate research, I worked with Dr. Suresh Kuchipudi to compare the pathology of a novel influenza D virus to established human influenza A, B, and C viruses in human lung cells. Upon graduation, I worked in the Pennsylvania State University COVID-19 Testing and Surveillance Center (TASC), running clinical diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 and assisting with research projects involving SARS-CoV-2 and High-Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI). I entered Vanderbilt University through the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (IGP) in Fall 2021 and joined the Crowe Lab in Spring 2022.