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Floyd Wormley

Floyd Wormley, Ph.D.

Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

817-257-1226 Scharbauer Hall 1016

Program Affiliations

Davis CollegeBiology
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Education

BS, Tulane University (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
MS, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Microbiology/Immunology)
Ph.D., Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (Microbiology/Immunology)
Doctoral Fellowship, Duke University Medical Center (Infectious Diseases)

Areas of Focus

  • Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Medical Mycology
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions
  • Mucosal Immunology
  • Vaccine Development
  • Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Martinez, A. J., Olszewski, M. A., Ganguly, A., Leopold Wager, C., Hung, C. Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2020). CARD9 is required for classical macrophage activation and the induction of protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis.
  • Hole, C. R., Leopold Wager, C. M., Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Cai, H., Wozniak, K. L., Wang, Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2019). Induction of memory-like dendritic cell responses in vivo. Nature Communications, 10(1):2955.
  • Leopold Wager, C. M., Hole, C. R., Campuzano, A., Castro-Lopez, N., Wozniak, K. L., Cai, H., Wang, Y., and Wormley, F. L. (2018). IFN-g immune priming of macrophages in vivo induces prolonged STAT1 binding and protection against Cryptococcus neoformans. PLOS Pathogens, 14(10):e1007358.
  • Wall, G., Chaturvedi, A. K., Wormley Jr., F. L., Wiederhold, N. P., Patterson, H. P., and Lopez-Ribot, J. L. (2018). Screening a repurposing library for inhibitors of multi-drug resistant Candida auris identifies ebselen as a repositionable candidate for antifungal drug development. Antimicrobial Agents Chemotherapy, 62(10):e01084-18.
  • Esher, S. K., Ost, K. S., Kohlbrenner, M. A., Pianalto, K. M., Telzrow, C. L., Campuzano, A., Nichols, C. B., Munro, C., Wormley Jr., F. L., and Alspaugh, J. A. (2018). Defects in intracellular trafficking of fungal cell wall synthases lead to aberrant host immune recognition. PLOS Pathogens, 14(6):e1007126.

Last Updated: August 10, 2026

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