Utpal Pal MSc, PhD

Dr. Utpal Pal, PhD, is a Professor and Director of Veterinary Medical Sciences graduate program at the University of Maryland, College Park. For more than two decades, Pal laboratory is studying the molecular mechanisms of microbial persistence, pathogenesis, vector biology and transmission events relevant to Lyme disease. This multi-system infection in human is caused by an atypical group of bacterial pathogens, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which are transmitted by Ixodes ticks.