Andrew Read
Interim Senior Vice President for Research; Director, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences; Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology; Eberly Professor of Biotechnology

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401 Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA 16802 - He/Him
- afr3@psu.edu
- 814-867-2396
Research Summary
The ecology and evolutionary genetics of infectious disease.
Huck Affiliations
- Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics
- Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences
- Ecology
- Center for Malaria Research
- Ecology Institute
- Center for Mathematical Biology
- One Health Microbiome Center
- Center for Biorenewables
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Therapeutics Pharmaceutical Preparations Resistance Malaria Daptomycin Vaccines Pathogens Infection Virulence Culicidae Anti Bacterial Agents Parasites Drug Resistance Viruses Vaccination Chemotherapy Antimicrobial Agent Aquaculture Wastewater Population Dynamics Temperature Feeding Behavior Drug Therapy Phenotype DrugsMost Recent Publications
Divergent Evolutionary Pathways of Myxoma Virus in Australia: Virulence Phenotypes in Susceptible and Partially Resistant Rabbits Indicate Possible Selection for Transmissibility
Peter J. Kerr, Isabella M. Cattadori, Derek Sim, June Liu, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew F. Read, 2022, Journal of Virology
Ion Exchange Biomaterials to Capture Daptomycin and Prevent Resistance Evolution in Off-Target Bacterial Populations
Shang Lin Yeh, Naveen Narasimhalu, Landon G. Vom Steeg, Joy Muthami, Sean Leconey, Zeming He, Mica Pitcher, Harrison Cassady, Valerie J. Morley, Sung Hyun Cho, Carol Bator, Roya Koshani, Robert J. Woods, Michael Hickner, Andrew F. Read, Amir Sheikhi, 2022, ACS applied materials & interfaces on p. 42864-42875
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmaceuticals in wastewater treated for beneficial reuse: Two case studies in central Pennsylvania
Kathryn Hayden, Matthew Jones, Kyle Elkin, Michael Shreve, William Clees, Shirley Clark, Michael L. Mashtare, Tamie Veith, Hershel Elliott, J Watson, Justin Silverman, Thomas L. Richard, Andrew F. Read, Heather E. Preisendanz, 2022, Journal of Environmental Quality on p. 1066-1082
A longitudinal study of the impact of university student return to campus on the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the community members
Callum R.K. Arnold, Sreenidhi Srinivasan, Sophie Rodriguez, Natalie Rydzak, Catherine M. Herzog, Abhinay Gontu, Nita Bharti, Meg Small, Connie J. Rogers, Margeaux M. Schade, Suresh V. Kuchipudi, Vivek Kapur, Andrew F. Read, Matthew J. Ferrari, 2022, Scientific Reports on p. 8586
Pathogen evolution during vaccination campaigns
Troy Day, David Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, Sylvain Gandon, 2022, PLoS Biology on p. e3001804
An orally administered drug prevents selection for antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the gut during daptomycin therapy
Valerie J. Morley, Derek G. Sim, Aline Penkevich, Robert J. Woods, Andrew F. Read, 2022, Evolution, Medicine and Public Health on p. 439-446
The economics of managing evolution
Troy Day, David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, David McAdams, 2021, PLoS Biology
Daptomycin treatment impacts resistance in off-target populations of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
Clare L. Kinnear, Elsa Hansen, Valerie J. Morley, Kevin C. Tracy, Meghan Forstchen, Andrew F. Read, Robert J. Woods, 2020, PLoS Biology
Modifying adaptive therapy to enhance competitive suppression
Elsa Hansen, Andrew F. Read, 2020, Cancers on p. 1-13
An adjunctive therapy administered with an antibiotic prevents enrichment of antibiotic-resistant clones of a colonizing opportunistic pathogen
Valerie J. Morley, Clare Kinnear, Derek G. Sim, Samantha N. Olson, Samantha Olsen, Lindsey Jackson, Elsa Hansen, Grace Usher, Scott A. Showalter, Manjunath Pai, Robert Woods, Andrew F. Read, 2020, eLife on p. 1-17
Most-Cited Papers
Imperfect vaccination can enhance the transmission of highly virulent pathogens
Andrew F. Read, Susan J. Baigent, Claire Powers, Lydia B. Kgosana, Luke Blackwell, Lorraine P. Smith, David A. Kennedy, Stephen W. Walkden-Brown, Venugopal K. Nair, 2015, PLoS Biology on p. e1002198
The effect of temperature on Anopheles mosquito population dynamics and the potential for malaria transmission
Lindsay M. Beck-Johnson, William A. Nelson, Krijn P. Paaijmans, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, Ottar N. Bjørnstad, 2013, PLoS One
Antibiotic resistance management
Andrew F. Read, Robert J. Woods, 2014, Evolution, Medicine and Public Health on p. 147
Malaria-induced changes in host odors enhance mosquito attraction
Consuelo M. De Moraes, Nina M. Stanczyk, Heike S. Betz, Hannier Pulido, Derek G. Sim, Andrew F. Read, Mark C. Mescher, 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 11079-11084
Antibiotic Resistance: A Primer and Call to Action
Rachel A. Smith, Nkuchia M. M’ikanatha, Andrew F. Read, 2015, Health Communication on p. 309-314
Why does drug resistance readily evolve but vaccine resistance does not?
David A. Kennedy, Andrew F. Read, 2017, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Does High-Dose Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Prevent the Evolution of Resistance?
Troy Day, Andrew F. Read, 2016, PLoS Computational Biology
'Manipulation' without the parasite: Altered feeding behaviour of mosquitoes is not dependent on infection with malaria parasites
Lauren J. Cator, Justin George, Simon Blanford, Courtney C. Murdock, Thomas C. Baker, Andrew F. Read, Matthew B. Thomas, 2013, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Potential drivers of virulence evolution in aquaculture
David A. Kennedy, Gael Kurath, Ilana L. Brito, Maureen K. Purcell, Andrew F. Read, James R. Winton, Andrew R. Wargo, 2016, Evolutionary Applications on p. 344-354
How to Use a Chemotherapeutic Agent When Resistance to It Threatens the Patient
Elsa Hansen, Robert J. Woods, Andrew F. Read, 2017, PLoS Biology
News Articles Featuring Andrew Read
Sep 15, 2023
Seed grants fund research collaborations with minority-serving institutions
The first awardees of Penn State’s new Inter-Institutional Partnerships for Diversifying Research (IDPR) initiative have been selected, comprising a total of 16 collaborative projects that connect Penn State researchers with colleagues from minority-serving institutions (MSIs).
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Sep 07, 2023
Covid Continues to Rise, but Experts Remain Optimistic
Covid-19 numbers continue to rise and evolve but experts are optimistic
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Aug 24, 2023
Douglas Wolfe named AVP for Research, director of strategic initiatives
Douglas E. Wolfe has been named the new associate vice president for Research, director of strategic initiatives (AVPR-SI) within the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research (OSVPR) at Penn State, effective Sept. 18.
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Jun 27, 2023
Penn State Trustees Hear Plans to Boost Research Enterprise
Penn State achieved a record $1.03 billion in research expenditures in FY22 and is poised for continued growth as one of the nation's top research institutions, Lora G. Weiss, senior vice president for research, told the Board of Trustees' Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life on June 15.
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Jun 06, 2023
Andrew Read named interim senior vice president for research
Andrew Read, director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, has been selected to serve as interim senior vice president for research at Penn State during the two-year appointment of Lora Weiss as director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office. Read’s position will be effective July 1.
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Jun 06, 2023
Lora Weiss selected to serve as CHIPS R&D director
Lora Weiss, senior vice president for research at Penn State, has been selected to serve as director of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development (R&D) Office for a two-year appointment beginning July 1, pending final clearance. During Weiss’ assignment, Andrew Read, currently director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences and Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology and Eberly Professor of Biotechnology, will serve as interim senior vice president for research.
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May 16, 2023
PlantVillage receives $4.96 million grant to combat crop loss in Africa
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is awarding a $4.96 million grant to Penn State's PlantVillage to help increase food production for smallholder farmers who face pests and disease of their crops across sub-Saharan Africa.
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May 15, 2023
Penn State's renamed One Health Microbiome Center affirms broad expertise
The Microbiome Center in the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State has announced its renaming to the One Health Microbiome Center (OHMC), the first center in the world to integrate "One Health" with the microbiome sciences.
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Apr 13, 2023
Seed grants to foster research collaborations with Minority Serving Institutions
Penn State’s Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences has initiated a new grant program to seed collaborative, interdisciplinary projects that would bring together researchers from Penn State and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
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Jan 17, 2023
Crowley receives Huck Early Career Chair appointment
Nikki Crowley, assistant professor of biology and biomedical engineering, has been named the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Neurobiology and Neural Engineering by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences.
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