Email

jeroen.pollet@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Pediatrics-Tropical Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Addresses

TX Childs Feigin Ctr (Office)

1102 Bates St.
office: TXFC-C.0940.29
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 824-0545
jeroen.pollet@bcm.edu

Education

PhD Biochemical Engineering from Catholic University of Leuven

06/2010 - Leuven, Vlaams Brabant Belgium

BSc from University Of Antwerp

06/2006 - Antwerp, Belgium

Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Houston

08/2012 - Houston, Texas United States

Professional Statement

I am a biochemical engineer with over a decade of experience in vaccine development. As an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine, I lead the Advanced Immunotechnologies and Vaccine Formulation Lab, where my research focuses on developing next-generation vaccine technologies to address the limitations of current platforms. I also serve as the head of the Formulation Unit at the Texas Children’s Center for Vaccine Development.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Jeroen Pollet, Wen-Hsiang Chen, Ulrich Strych "Recombinant protein vaccines, a proven approach against coronavirus pandemics." Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2021 Jan 7;
• Silva de Oliveira A, Versteeg L, Briggs N, Adhikari R, Villar MJ, Redd JR, Hotez P, Bottazzi ME, Pollet J "Altering the intracellular trafficking of Necator americanus GST-1 antigen yields novel hookworm mRNA vaccine candidates.." PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2025 Jan;19(1) Pubmed PMID: 39792959
• Kaundal S, Anish R, Ayyar BV, Shanker S, Kaur G, Crawford SE, Pollet J, Stossi F, Estes MK, Prasad BVV "RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of predominant human norovirus forms liquid-liquid phase condensates as viral replication factories.." Sci Adv.. 2024 Dec 20;10(51) Pubmed PMID: 39705355
• Oliveira AS, Alwan S, LoVerde PT, Shaheed R, Mandyam P, Adhikari R, Hotez P, Bottazzi ME, Pollet J. "mRNA vaccines encoding variant forms of Sm-TSP-2 confer protective immunity against Schistosoma mansoni.." NPJ Vaccines. 2025 Dec; Pubmed PMID: 40909773

Skills

Circular Dichroism

Light scattering (DLS/SLS)

Vaccine Formulation

Protein Formulation

IVT mRNA

Production and testing of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics

Languages

Dutch, French, German