Office Location:
Whittier Science 127 (inside WS 126)
Office Available:
SPRING 2026
Mon 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Wed 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Thurs 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
or by appointment
After graduating from Westmont, Dr. Julio earned his doctorate at UC Santa Barbara,
where he studied bacterial pathogenesis. He spent two years as a research scientist
at a start-up focused on developing cancer vaccines. He returned to UCSB in 2003 to
study Bordetella, which causes whooping cough. He returned to Westmont in 2006 and
continues his work on Bordetella pathogenesis using a combination of genetics, biochemistry
and animal models of disease. He researches the bacteria’s ability to colonize respiratory
tracts and modulate host immunity and explores why some Bordetella strains infect
a variety of mammals but others target only humans. He and his wife, Cheryl, have
four daughters.