Microbiology and Immunology Faculty
Name | Research Focus |
Pankaj Baral | Neuroimmunology; infectious disease; innate immunity |
Walter Dodds | Water quality; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient criteria; Value of water; Nitrogen cycling |
Sherry Fleming | Innate immune response |
Revathi Govind (section chair) |
Pathogenic microbiology; Bacterial genetics |
Christopher Herren | Bacteriology, molecular pathogenesis, animal infection models, genomics, vaccines |
Ari Jumpponen | Mycology; Fungal ecology; Fungus-plant interactions |
Sonny Lee | Metagenomics, Bioinformatics, Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and cultivation |
Kristin Michel | Host-pathogen interactions; Bacterial and fungal entomopathogens; Vector biology |
Thomas Platt | Bacterial genetics; Quorum sensing; Microbial interactions; Virulence plasmid conjugation |
Martha Smith Caldas | General microbiology |
Nicholas Wallace | Human Papillomavirus; Viral Oncogenesis; DNA Damage Repair |
Lydia Zeglin | Microbial ecology, microbial diversity and nutrient cycling processes in streams/soils |