Chris Mores, ScD
Lab Director and Lead Researcher

Dr. Christopher (Chris) Mores is a virologist and epidemiologist whose research focuses on the role of viral characteristics in determining transmission potential. As director of a high-containment research laboratory at Milken Institute School of Public Health, he works closely with government and industry leaders on countermeasures to emerging disease threats. Dr. Mores is also a professor at George Washington University, where the lab is located.

Mores co-authored the 2020 DeMaND study that has been peer reviewed and published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2021) and follow-on studies which are peer-reviewed and published in theAmerican Journal of Infection Control (2022) – all of which further validate the Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation (aPDI) method for pathogen inactivation.

His credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Rutgers University, a Master of Science in Tropical Public Health, and a Doctor of Science in Immunology and Infectious Diseases from Harvard University. Dr. Mores completed postdoctoral training in vector-borne and viral hemorrhagic fever viruses as a National Research Council Fellow at the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). He was the head of the Virology and Emerging Infections Department at the U.S. Naval Research Unit No. 6 in Peru, during which he investigated viral disease outbreaks, including the initial spread of Zika virus. Dr Mores has been engaged in ebola outbreak responses in West and Central Africa, where he continues to collaborate with the U.S. CDC and local partners to build more resilient health systems.