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Xingmin Sun, PhD
Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, College of Medicine
Contact Info
- Office: MDC 3523
- Academic Email: sun5@usf.edu
- Academic Phone: 8139744553
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Education
- PhD, Natural Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, 2002
- MS, Veterinary Microbiology & Immunology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 1994
Biography
Dr. Sun is a tenured Professor with early promotion in the Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF). He holds affiliation appointments in the Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Bioscience, Department of Chemistry at USF, and USF Genomics. He received his PhD (magna cum laude) in Natural Sciences from University of Kiel, Germany, and his Master Degree in Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology from Nanjing Agricultural University, China. He received his postdoctoral training in Molecular Microbiology and Biochemistry at Brown University, USA. He has a broad interest in microbial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. The research in his laboratory is focused on the pathogenesis of Clostridioides difficile and development of novel therapeutics including vaccines to prevent / treat C. difficile infection (CDI). He was an NIH (National Institutes of Health) Career Development K01 Awardee. His laboratory has been continuously funded by the NIH since 2012. He has been actively serving NIH study section panels including chairing the study section panel since 2016. He serves as an Associate Editor for “Molecular Medicine”, and “Frontiers in Immunology”, and editorial boards for “Infection and Immunity” and “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”. He received the "Tufts Institute for Innovation Inaugural Award" in 2014. In 2018, he was awarded "Faculty Outstanding Research Achievement Award" at USF. In 2020, he was awarded "Excellence in Innovation Award" at USF. He served as the Chairman for the Research Committee in the College of Medicine at USF from 2019 to 2020. He served as the President and Vice President for the USF Chapter, National Academy of Inventors, USA from 2022-2023. He enjoys music, workout, and cuisines from different cultures during spare time.