Steven J. Moran
Steven completed his undergraduate work at Methodist University, during which he conducted microbial ecology research at UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences in Morehead City, NC. He then went on to receive his M.S. in Biology at UNC Greensboro and Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, where he fulfilled his training as a molecular virologist. Shortly after finishing graduate school, he completed postdoctoral training and a visiting postdoctoral scholarship at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine and Duke University School of Medicine in molecular virology and immunology. Steven joined the Starbird lab in June 2025 as a postdoctoral research associate investigating RNA virus spread through TAM receptor tyrosine kinases using biochemical and biophysical approaches. In his spare time, he is an avid music listener and vinyl collector, appreciator of flowers, and an iced chai latte enthusiast.
