Faculty by Research Area
Cell Biology | Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Environmental Microbiology | Gene Regulation | Genetics
Genomics | Immunology | Microbe-Host Interactions/Symbioses | Microbial Pathogenesis | Mycology
Nucleic Acid Structure and Function | Parasitology | Physiology | Protein Structure and Function | Virology | Yeast Genetics and Biology
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Margaret Alexander
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Interactions between diet, microbiota and immune response
Daniel Amador-Noguez
Position title: Associate Professor
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Bacteriology
Metabolic regulation in biofuels
Karthik Anantharaman
Position title: Associate Professor
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Bacteriology
Microbial and viral ecology, bioinformatics and metagenomics, sulfur metabolism, biogeochemistry
Matt Anderson
Position title: Associate Professor
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Genetics
Genetic diversity in Candida and eukaryotic microbial diversity in the microbiome
David Andes
Position title: Professor
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Antifungal activity and drug resistance
Jean-Michel Ané
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology
Symbiotic associations between plants and microbes
Adam Bailey
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Viral Pathogenesis, Zoonosis, & Medical Countermeasures
Jeri Barak
Position title: Professor
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Plant Pathology
Phyllosphere biology of bacteria, plant - bacterial interactions
Helen Blackwell
Position title: Professor
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Chemistry
Quorum sensing in human, animal and plant-associated bacteria, artificial bacterial signaling molecules
Curtis Brandt
Position title: Professor
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Ophthalmology/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Virology, pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus, gene therapy and antiviral drugs
Briana Burton
Position title: Associate Professor
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Bacteriology
Molecular mechanisms of macromolecule transport across membranes
Gustavo Caballero-Flores
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Host-pathogen-microbiota interactions during establishment and resolution of infection
Silvia Cavagnero
Position title: Professor
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Chemistry
Protein folding and aggregation in the bacterial cell: role of ribosome, molecular chaperones and prions
Kerri Coon
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Bacteriology
Insect-microbe interactions, impacts of gut microbes on the biology of disease vectors
Michael Cox
Position title: Professor
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Biochemistry
Molecular biology and enzymology of genetic recombination and DNA repair
Joseph Dillard
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Johanna Elfenbein
Position title: Associate Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella gut colonization and transmission
David Evans
Position title: Professor
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Host-pathogen interactions for the human and simian immunodeficiency viruses
Zac Freedman
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Soil Science
Environmental microbial ecology, biogeochemistry and sustainability
Thomas Friedrich
Position title: Professor
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Pathobiological Science
RNA virus evolution and pathogenesis
Paul Friesen
Position title: Professor
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Biochemistry
Molecular biology of eukaryotic DNA viruses, apoptosis and retrotransposons
Marta Gaglia
Position title: Associate Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Virus-cell interactions in influenza A virus and oncogenic herpesviruses
Audrey Gasch
Position title: Professor
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Genetics
Fungal stress responses and genotype-phenotype relationships
Emile Gluck-Thaler
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Plant Pathology
Molecular and evolutionary determinants of fungal pathogenesis
Tony Goldberg
Position title: Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Jenny Gumperz
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular and functional analyses of T lymphocytes in innate immunity
Jo Handelsman
Position title: Professor
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Plant Pathology
Genetic and biochemical processes within plant and human microbiomes
Katie Henzler-Wildman
Position title: Professor
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Biochemistry
Molecular mechanisms of drug efflux and bacterial secondary active transport
David Hershey
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Bacteriology
Mechanisms of surface colonization in bacteria
Gaelen Hess
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Biomolecular Chemistry
Molecular Mechanisms of Secreted Effectors from Bacterial Pathogens
Chris Hittinger
Position title: Professor
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Genetics
Evolutionary genomics and synthetic biology of yeast carbon metabolism
Andrew Hryckowian
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Gut microbiome-host interactions
Christina Hull
Position title: Professor
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Biomolecular Chemistry/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of development and disease among human fungal pathogens
Anna Huttenlocher
Position title: Professor
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Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte chemotaxis and inflammation
Tu Anh Huynh
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Food Science
Mechanisms of bacterial signaling, adaptation, pathogenesis, and antibiotic resistance
Betül Kaçar
Position title: Associate Professor
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Bacteriology
Origins and early evolution of life, ancient proteins, functional evolution over geologic time
Robert Kalejta
Position title: Professor
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Oncology
Human cytomegalovirus chromatin structure, transcription, and immune evasion
Charles Kaspar
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology
Molecular and physiological basis of stress tolerance
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
Position title: Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanism of interspecies transmission of virus leading to pandemics in humans
James Keck
Position title: Professor
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Biomolecular Chemistry
Structure and function of proteins involved metabolic pathways
Nancy Keller
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Host and pathogen signals governing pathogenesis by fungi
Patricia Kiley
Position title: Professor
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Biomolecular Chemistry
Transcriptional control of anaerobic gene expression in E. coli
Bruce Klein
Position title: Professor
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Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Microbial-host interactions and pathogenesis
Laura Knoll
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Molecular mechanisms of development and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii
Jason Kwan
Position title: Associate Professor
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Pharmacy
How and why uncultured bacteria produce bioactive small molecules
Robert Landick
Position title: Professor
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Biochemistry
Transcriptional regulation/RNA polymerase structure and function
Erica Majumder
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Bacteriology
Anaerobic metabolism, microbe-metal and microbe-plastics interactions, biodegradation
Kinjal Majumder
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Molecular Virology and Oncology
How viruses navigate the nuclear environment to establish viral replication centers.
Mark Mandel
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Bacterial colonization of host epithelial tissue, Vibrio fischeri-squid symbiosis
Elebeoba May
Position title: Associate Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Multi-scale, predictive models of host-pathogen interactions and biological systems
Megan McClean
Position title: Associate Professor
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Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidic and optogenetic tools for studying microbial signal processing
Katherine McMahon
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology/Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental microbiology and molecular microbial ecology
Andrew Mehle
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Influenza virus polymerase
Charlie Mo
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Bacteriology
Interface between CRISPR-Cas systems, bacterial variation and selection
Jeniel Nett
Position title: Associate Professor
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Immune responses to fungal biofilm infection
Donna Neumann
Position title: Associate Professor
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Ophthalmalogy and Visual Sciences
Epigenetic and 3-dimensional chromatin control of Herpes virus transcriptional programs
David O'Connor
Position title: Professor
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Genomics, pathogenesis, and immunology of viral diseases
Shelby O'Connor
Position title: Professor
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Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Host and vaccine-elicited pathogen immunity
Claire O'Leary
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Pediatrics
Interactions among epithelial cells, the immune system, and the microbiome
Caitlin Pepperell
Position title: Professor
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Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Ecology and evolution of infectious diseases
Jason Peters
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Pharmacy
CRISPR-based exploration of biological networks in antibiotic-resistant and biofuel-relevant bacteria
Brian Pfleger
Position title: Professor
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Chemical Engineering
Synthetic biology, metabolic and protein engineering, natural products
Anne Pringle
Position title: Professor
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Botany and Bacteriology
Evolution and ecology of natural populations of fungi
Vatsan Raman
Position title: Associate Professor
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Biochemistry
Understanding bacteriophage-host interactions, designing bacteriophages to combat bacterial pathogens and for precision microbiome editing
Federico Rey
Position title: Associate Professor
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Bacteriology
Diet-microbe interactions and human health
Matt Reynolds
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Investigate adaptive immune responses to prevent or eliminate AIDS virus infections
Eric Roden
Position title: Professor
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Geoscience
Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of soils, ecophysiology of anaerobic microorganisms
Suzana Salcedo
Position title: Associate Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
How bacteria subvert host responses to cause disease
David Schwartz
Position title: Professor
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Genetics
Development of new genomic approaches to important biological problems
Nathaniel Sharp
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Genetics
Evolutionary genetics of spontaneous mutation
Nathan Sherer
Position title: Professor
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Oncology/Molecular Virology
Virus-host interactions focusing on HIV/AIDS and viruses that cause cancer
Judy Smith
Position title: Associate Professor
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Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology and Immunology
The intersection of endoplasmic reticulum stress, infectious and inflammatory diseases
Vanessa Sperandio
Position title: Professor
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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Enteric pathogens sensing and responding within the intestine.
Garret Suen
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology
Symbiotic microbes and microbial communities associated with herbivores
Marulasiddappa Suresh
Position title: Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Regulation of T-cell proliferation, apoptosis and memory
Adel Talaat
Position title: Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular pathogenesis of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis
Michael Thomas
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology
Biosynthesis of bacterial secondary metabolites
Victor Ujor
Position title: Assistant Professor
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Food Science
Metabolic engineering towards bioconversion of organic residues to fuels and chemicals.
JP van Pijkeren
Position title: Associate Professor
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Food Science
Microbiota-host interactions and development of biotherapeutics
Thea Whitman
Position title: Associate Professor
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Soil Science
Microbial ecology, terrestrial biogeochemistry, bioinformatics, and stable isotopes
Jae-Hyuk Yu
Position title: Professor
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Bacteriology
Molecular genetics of asexual sporulation and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous fungi
Mostafa Zamanian
Position title: Associate Professor
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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular communication and drug discovery at the host-parasite interface