Sumant Puri is an associate professor at the Kornberg School of Dentistry and co-director of the Oral Microbiome Research Laboratory. He earned his master’s in microbiology from Delhi University in 2001, followed by a PhD in biochemistry from University at Buffalo (UB) in 2010. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University in Boston from 2010–2011. In 2011, he started as a postdoctoral fellow in the Oral Biology Department at the Dental School at UB. There, he studied the role of salivary iron on Candida albicans, the causative agent of OPC/thrush and denture stomatitis. He was promoted to research scientist and research assistant professor at UB before joining Kornberg. 

Dr. Puri has co-authored 22 publications—including reviews and book chapters—in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and books, and he is an invited reviewer for research articles in the field of oral microbiome and iron. His current research focuses on how changes in host iron levels affect fungal pathogenesis and the oral microbiome.
Phone: 215-707-5984
Email: sumantpuri@temple.edu