Dr. Kristian M. Hargadon is the Trinkle Professor of Biology at Hampden-Sydney College. He earned his PhD in Microbiology in 2007 at the University of Virginia, where he studied immune suppression by melanoma in the laboratory of Dr. Victor Engelhard. Upon earning his PhD, Dr. Hargadon completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UVA in the laboratory of Dr. Thomas Braciale, studying interactions between influenza virus and dendritic cells. In 2009 he returned to Hampden-Sydney College as a faculty member in the Dept. of Biology, where he teaches courses in Immunology, Microbiology, Virology, the Biology of Cancer, and Genetics. Dr. Hargadon has received over $300,000 in funding to support his cancer research program, which has resulted in 37 articles and book chapters. He is also the editor of the “Melanoma – Methods and Protocols” volume for the Methods in Molecular Biology book series. The recipient of numerous awards for his research and mentoring efforts, Dr. Hargadon was most recently recognized in 2023 with the University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Early Achievement Award in Biomedical Sciences and in 2024 with the Council on Undergraduate Research Biology Division’s Mid-Career Mentor Award, a national award given annually to a single biology faculty member from among all U.S. colleges and universities in recognition of sustained efforts in mentoring undergraduate research students, fostering their development, and providing an equitable learning environment.