John J. Psonis, M.D., Ph.D.
Outside of the lab, John likes to travel and experience different cultures and cuisines. His main hobbies include classical/flamenco guitar, coffee roasting, freediving/speargun fishing, skiing, soccer, ping pong and chess.
John J. Psonis, M.D., Ph.D.
John is a research-track infectious disease clinical fellow in the Rosenberg lab. He was born and raised in Athens, Greece and moved to the U.S. in 2007. After obtaining his B.A. in Biophysics and Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania, he matriculated into the MD/PhD program at Stony Brook University. He conducted his dissertation research in Dr. David Thanassi’s laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, where he focused on elucidating the mechanism by which the small molecule nitazoxanide inhibits chaperone-usher pilus biogenesis in uropathogenic Escherichia coli. After completing his MD studies, he enrolled in the American Board of Internal Medicine Research Pathway at Mount Sinai. He completed his internal medicine residency in 2023 and is currently a research-track fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases. He continues to build on his career as an academic physician-scientist, conducting research on virus-host interactions while also seeing patients in the clinical setting. In the Rosenberg lab, John is using high throughput experimental and analytical methods to explore the innate immune response to respiratory RNA viruses.
Outside of the lab, John likes to travel and experience different cultures and cuisines. His main hobbies include classical/flamenco guitar, coffee roasting, freediving/speargun fishing, skiing, soccer, ping pong and chess.