Vicente Planelles, Ph.D.

University of Utah


Dr. Planelles is Professor of the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah. Previously, Dr. Planelles held a faculty position at the University of Rochester. He is a renowned expert in the study of HIV pathogenesis and other primate lentiviruses. He has authored more than 70 publications in this topic. His investigations have unraveled the molecular mechanisms governing the activity of the HIV-1 Vpr protein. Dr. Planelles is a permanent member of the AIDS Molecular and Cellular Biology review panel of the National Institutes of Health.