Background
Guirakhoo, Farshad was born on November 21, 1953 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Ebrahim and Akhtar (Mohammadi) Guirakhoo. came to the United States, 1990.
microbiologist researcher virologist
Guirakhoo, Farshad was born on November 21, 1953 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Ebrahim and Akhtar (Mohammadi) Guirakhoo. came to the United States, 1990.
Bachelor of Science, National University Iran, Tehran, 1976. Master of Science, University Tehran, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Virology, University Vienna, Austria, 1987.
Assistant professor University of Technology and Sciences, Tehran, 1979-1980. Research associate Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Vienna, 1981-1982. Research scientist Institute Virology, University Vienna, 1982-1990, postdoctoral research scientist, 1987-1990.
National Research Council postdoctoral fellow Centers for Disease Control, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1990-1992. Head of antibody engineering OraVax, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1992.
Member American Society for Virology, Society for Mucosalimmunology, New York Academy of Sciences, European Group for Rapid Viral Diagnosis, Austrian Society for Hygiene and Microbiology.
Married Susanne Maria Pfauser, July 2, 1992. 1 child, Alexander Peter.