• Matthew Stier, M.D., Ph.D.

    Principal Investigator

    Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology

    I am a physician-scientist who earned my B.S. from the University of Michigan and completed my M.D./Ph.D., residency, and fellowship training at Vanderbilt. My research interests are in mechanistic immunology and metabolism in the context of human critical illness.

    ORCID

  • Abigail Copeland, M.S.

    Research Assistant

    Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care

    I earned my master's in professional science with a concentration in Biotechnology from MTSU. 

  • Casey Nichols, B.S.

    MD/PhD Candidate

    Molecular Pathology and Immunology

    I am a current MSTP student and a graduate of Saint Louis University studying T cell metabolism and survival during critical illness. My work investigates how AHR supports T cell resilience during widespread mitochondrial impairment in sepsis and how critical illness alters glutamine metabolism in CD8 T cells.

    ORCID

Join the Lab

We are currently recruiting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. We welcome applicants from immunology, cell biology, computational biology, engineering, metabolism, and related fields. Please contact us with a brief note about your background and interests and a current CV.