Prior to joining OSU, Brian was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda MD, where he began his studies on the cellular biology governing antigen presentation, the process by which the body's cells alert the adaptive immune system to the presence of intracellular pathogens. Brian received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2006 and his Bachelor of Science from Roger Williams University in 2000.