Ragon Institute

About

Dr. DeKosky received a B.S. in chemical engineering from University of Kansas, and his Ph.D. in biochemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. His Ph.D. studies were supported by a Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship, an NSF Graduate Fellowship, and a Donald. D. Harrington Graduate Fellowship. Dr. DeKosky was also a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center near Washington, D.C., where he worked on new ways to analyze vaccine responses with a focus on major public disease health threats including HIV-1, Zika, and Ebola virus. Brandon launched his independent academic career in 2017 at the University of Kansas before joining The Ragon Institute and MIT Chemical Engineering 2021. Dr. DeKosky now works closely with researchers at The Ragon Institute, Mass General Hospital, and MIT, and he advises trainees from several affiliated academic centers including MIT Chemical Engineering, MIT Bioengineering, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Immunology, and Harvard Virology training programs.