Dr. Schiller is currently the Chief of the Neoplastic Disease section of the Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD. Prior to becoming a Senior Investigator in the NCI intramural program, he was a post-doctoral fellow, under the direction of Dr. Douglas Lowy, and then a Senior Staff Fellow in the same laboratory. In 20 years at the NCI, Dr. Schiller has studied various aspects of papillomavirus molecular biology, immunology and epidemiology. His current interests include papillomavirus virion assembly, infection, immunology and vaccine development. His laboratory has been involved in the initial development, characterization and clinical testing of virus-like particle based vaccines.

Dr. Schiller received his bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Microbiology from the University of Washington, Seattle.