Michael Wilczek received his PhD in Microbiology from the University of Maine, where he studied how a human-specific virus infects the central nervous system and causes fatal disease using bioinformatics and cell-based assays.
At Northeastern’s Roux Institute, he has expanded into comparative virology, applying data analytics to public genomic datasets to examine viral diversity, integrating his findings directly into his teaching in the Biotechnology and Bioinformatics MS programs. He also leads an augmented reality initiative bringing biology to life for STEM learners.