Microbiology Track Faculty

Dwight L. Anderson, Ph.D.
Research Description: Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage o29 morphogenesis

Sandra K. Armstrong, Ph.D. Director of Graduate Studies, MICaB
Research Description: Iron acquisition and iron-regulated gene expression in pathogenic bacteria

Judith G. Berman, Ph.D.
Research Description: Morphogenesis in Candida albicans; Telomere function, Aging and Chromatin Assembly in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Wade A. Bresnahan, Ph.D.
Research Description: Molecular mechanisms of human cytomegalovirus replication and pathogenesis

Daniel R. Bond, Ph.D.
Research Description: Physiology and functional genomics of dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacteria; Microbial fuel cells

Mark Cannon, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Description: Viral Tumorigenesis

P. Patrick Cleary, Ph.D.
Research Description: The molecular basis for streptococci disease

Anath Das, Ph.D.
Research Description: Molecular mechanism of DNA transport across cell membranes

Dana Davis, Ph.D.
Research Description: C. albicans genetics and pathogenesis

Gary M. Dunny, Ph.D.
Research Description: Molecular biology of conjugative gene transfer in Gram-positive bacteria

Lynda B.M. Ellis, Ph.D.
Research Description: Computational biology and protein structure predictions

Jeffrey A. Gralnick, Ph.D.
Research Description: Physiology and Genetic Engineering of Environmental Bacteria

Ashley T. Haase, M.D. Head, Department of Microbiology
Research Description: Viral pathogenesis, HIV

Yinduo Ji, Ph.D.,
Research Description: Molecular pathogenesis of staphylococcal infection

Arkady Khodursky, Ph.D.
Research Description: Functional genomics and bioinformatics

Louis M. Mansky, PhD.
Research Description: Cell and Molecular Biology of HIV and HTLV; HIV drug resistance; HTLV particle assembly and release; Evolution of emerging viruses

Chris Mohr, Ph.D.
Research Description: Molecular Pathogenesis of Burkholderia cepacia

Kirsten Nielsen, Ph.D.
Research Description: Central Nervous System Penetration by Cryptococcus neoformans

Steve Rice, Ph.D.
Research Description: Herpes simplex virus gene expression

Michael J. Sadowsky, Ph.D.
Research Description: Soil microbiology, Biodegradation, Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium-host interactions

Leslie A. Schiff, Ph.D.
Research Description: Virus-host cell interactions, viral protein structure-function

Patrick M. Schlievert, Ph.D.
Research Description: Immunobiology and genetic control of staphylococcal and streptococcal pyrogenic toxins

Janet L. Schottel, Ph.D.
Research Description: Regulation of Gene Expression; Stress Responses; Microbial-based Cancer Therapies

Pamela J. Skinner, Ph.D.
Research Description: Neurodegenerative disease and HIV pathogenesis

Peter J. Southern, Ph.D.
Research Description: Molecular basis of persistent virus infection and virus-induced disease

Larry P. Wackett, Ph.D.
Research Description: Biodegradation and biocatalysis

Carol L. Wells, Ph.D.
Research Description: Virulence factors of normal flora intestinal bacteria