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Department Head

(Interim)

Jeffrey Hadwiger, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and Professor
Research Areas: G protein mediated signal transduction pathways, dictyostelium
Dr. Hadwiger's Lab

Faculty

Sabrina Beckmann, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research Areas: environmental, microbiology, biogeochemical, methane cycle
Dr. Beckmann's Lab

Robert Burnap, Ph.D.

Regents Professor
Research Areas: cynobacteria, photosynthesis
Dr. Burnap's Lab

Matthew Cabeen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Research Areas: stress responses, biofilms
Dr. Cabeen's Lab

Tyrrell Conway, Ph.D.

Regents Professor
Research Areas: microbiome, genetic regulatory circuit
Dr. Conway's Lab

Mostafa Elshahed, Ph.D.

Regents Professor
Research Areas: environmental microbiology, uncultured microbial phyla
Dr. Elshahed's Lab

Babu Fathepure, Ph.D.

Professor
Research Areas: environmental microbiology, hydrocarbon degradation, halophiles
Dr. Fathepure's Lab

Jeffrey Hadwiger, Ph.D.

Interim Department Head and Professor
Research Areas: G protein mediated signal transduction pathways, dictyostelium
Dr. Hadwiger's Lab

Wouter Hoff, Ph.D.

Professor
Research Areas: photoreceptor proteins, golding, function, signaling
Dr. Hoff's Lab

Paul Kirchberger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research Areas: phage biology, microbial evolution

Erika Lutter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Research Areas: microbial pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, chylmydia trachomatis, cystic fibrosis
Dr. Lutter's Lab

Avi Mitra, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research Areas: microbial pathogenesis, iron, heme acquisition, mycobacterium tuberculosis
Dr. Mitra's Lab

Randy Morgenstein, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Research Areas: cell shape, bacterial cytoskeleton
Dr. Morgenstein's Lab

Marianna Patrauchan, Ph.D.

Professor
Research Areas: calcium signaling, pseudomonas aeruginosa
Dr. Patrauchan's Lab

Rolf Prade, Ph.D.

Professor
Research Areas: biomass conversion, biofuel production, bioinformatics and molecular genetics of fungi
Dr. Prade's Lab

Reed Stubbendieck, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Research Areas: bacterial interactions, microbiome, secondary metabolism

Karen Wozniak, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Research Areas: innate immune cells interaction with cryptococcus neoformans, fungal meningitis
Dr. Wozniak's Lab

Noha Youssef, Ph.D.

Professor
Research Areas: environmental microbiology, uncultured phyla, anaerobic gut fungi
Dr. Youssef's Lab

Staff

Teresa Blakley

Administrative Support Specialist

Connie Budd

Director of Undergraduate Microbiology Labs

Brooke Equinox

Academic Advisor Sr I

Garry Marley, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Will Whittington

Financial Assistant

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