Dr. Aarthi Narayanan is a Professor at the Department of Biology at George Mason University. Dr. Aarthi Narayanan graduated from the University of Georgia at Athens; she trained as a post-doctoral fellow at the NIH where the focus of her research was on the interaction of HSV with the host protein HCF-1. She joined the NCBID in February of 2007 as a Research Assistant Professor and devoted her time to proteomics studies of bacterial and viral pathogens and host-based biomarkers. Her research portfolio was focused on understanding the host response to acute viral infections. Dr. Aarthi Narayanan’s collaborations include academic and corporate entities within the United States and globally. She has served and continues to serve as PI and Co-PI on several federally and non-federally funded programs.