Chris D. Platsoucas, an immunologist who is known throughout the world for his contributions to our understanding of how the human immune system functions in health and disease, is the new dean of the Old Dominion University College of Sciences. He is also director of the university's new Center for Molecular Medicine and professor of biological sciences.

Dr. Platsoucas came to Old Dominion in fall 2007 from Temple University, where he was since 1993 the L.H. Carnell Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.