Vitaly Ganusov, assistant professor of microbiology, works on the mathematical modeling of immunological response to infectious diseases. Recently he was the corresponding author, with his student Jeremy Auerbach as co-author, of an article entitled “Mathematical Modeling Reveals Kinetics of Lymphocyte Recirculation in the Whole Organism” in the peer-reviewed, highly-rated journal PLoS Computational Biology. This is an important and seminal finding concerning the speed at which local infections are detected and controlled by immune responses. Ganusov’s work is funded by the American Heart Association.