Associate Professor, Microbial Infection and Immunity
Associate Professor, Veterinary Biosciences

788 Biomedical Research Tower (BRT)
460 W 12th Ave, Columbus OH 43210
Namal.Liyanage@osumc.edu
614-293-9114

Membership:  Infectious Diseases Institute

Research Interests

Dr. Liyanage’s major research interests are to explore novel strategies to prevent and control chronic viral infections such as HIV through better understanding of the innate and adaptive immune responses. His recent studies have shown the critical role of mucosal innate lymphoid cells and natural killer cells in the prevention of SIV/HIV infections.

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Laboratory

740 Biomedical Research Tower (BRT)
460 W 12th Ave, Columbus OH 43210
614-688-2165

Personnel

Ilmini De Silva, Research Technician, desilva.121@osu.edu
Samuel Layman, Undergraduate Student, layman.220@osu.edu
Desmond Legu Ndia, Graduate Student, desmond.legundia@osumc.edu
Aiden Marrone, Undergraduate Student, aidan.marrone@osumc.edu
Jordan Parrish, Graduate Student, jordan.parrish@osumc.edu
Dilani Somasiri, Post Doc Scholar, galgodawattagedilani.somasiri@osumc.edu
Owen Summers, Undergraduate Student, summers.382@osu.edu