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
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.
Molecular mechanisms of human cytomegalovirus replication and pathogenesis

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

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 of Shewanella; Geomicrobiology

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.
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: mRNA Stability: Planet-Pathogen Interactions; Gene Expression

Pamela J. Skinner, Ph.D.
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