Moon Nahm
researcher
Moon H. Nahm (born 1948) is an American physician, inventor and scientist. He is an Emeritus Endowed Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, in the United States. He co-founded SunFire Biotechnologies, a biotechnology company in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, that works on pneumococcal vaccine testing. Nahm is known for discovering new pneumococcal capsule types and inventing the MOPA (Multiplexed Opsono-Phagocytosis Assay), which is a global standard for evaluating the protective efficacy of antibodies and is used for pneumococcal vaccine licensure.
Early life
Nahm was born and raised in South Korea. He came to St. Louis, Missouri, United States with his family as a senior in high school. He graduated summa cum laude with a BA in physics and MD from Washington University in St. Louis.
Academic career
Nahm joined the faculty at the Washington University School of Medicine in 1980, the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1996 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2001.
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