Kathy Spindler

Katherine R. Spindler, Ph.D., is an American virologist who is a co-host of the podcast This Week in Virology along with colleagues Vincent Racaniello, Brianne Barker, Rich Condit, Alan Dove, Angela Mingarelli, Jolene Ramsey, and the late Dickson Despommier.
Spindler, born 1 December 1953, is Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Medicine, specializing in adenoviruses. She has also worked on rhabdoviruses, bunyaviruses, and the bacteriophage phi X 174.
She was awarded the American Society for Virology Wolfgang and Patricia Joklik Distinguished Service Award in 2003.
As a senior scientist, Spindler has been recognized as a Fellow of both the American Association for the [Advancement of Science] and the American Academy of Microbiology, the leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology.
She served as secretary-treasurer of the American Society for Virology from 2004-2017. She taught undergraduate and graduate students and guided research in the Spindler Lab at the University of Michigan and the University of Georgia.