Emanual Maverakis was born in Oakland, California, and spent his early childhood in South Central Los Angeles.

He eventually completed his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he worked with and was mentored by the late Eli Sercarz, PhD, a notable immunologist.

Maverakis graduated from UCLA with departmental honors and the Latin distinction summa cum laude.

[1] Maverakis joined the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in 2007, where he held a joint appointment as an assistant professor in residence at the University of California, Davis.

After six years with the VA, he relocated his laboratory and clinical duties to the University of California, Davis, where he is now a full professor in the Department of Dermatology.