Physiology Research Area

Researchers interested in Physiology

Daniel Amador-Noguez

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: amadornoguez@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Metabolic regulation in biofuels

Jeri Barak

Position title: Professor

Email: jeri.barak@wisc.edu

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Plant Pathology
Phyllosphere biology of bacteria, plant - bacterial interactions

Briana Burton

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: briana.burton@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Molecular mechanisms of macromolecule transport across membranes

Tim Donohue

Position title: Professor

Email: tdonohue@bact.wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Bacterial renewable energy strategies

Johanna Elfenbein

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: jelfenbein@wisc.edu

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Pathobiological Sciences
Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella gut colonization and transmission

David Hershey

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: dhershey@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Mechanisms of surface colonization in bacteria

Chris Hittinger

Position title: Professor

Email: cthittinger@wisc.edu

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Genetics
Evolutionary genomics and synthetic biology of yeast carbon metabolism

Tu Anh Huynh

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: thuynh6@wisc.edu

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Food Science
Mechanisms of bacterial signaling, adaptation, pathogenesis, and antibiotic resistance

Betül Kaçar

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: bkacar@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Origins and early evolution of life, ancient proteins, functional evolution over geologic time

Charles Kaspar

Position title: Professor

Email: cwkaspar@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Molecular and physiological basis of stress tolerance

Patricia Kiley

Position title: Professor

Email: pjkiley@wisc.edu

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Biomolecular Chemistry
Transcriptional control of anaerobic gene expression in E. coli

Erica Majumder

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: emajumder@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Anaerobic metabolism, microbe-metal and microbe-plastics interactions, biodegradation

Claire O'Leary

Position title: Assistant Professor

Email: coleary@wisc.edu

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Pediatrics
Interactions among epithelial cells, the immune system, and the microbiome

Federico Rey

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: ferey@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Diet-microbe interactions and human health

Eric Roden

Position title: Professor

Email: eroden@geology.wisc.edu

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Geoscience
Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of soils, ecophysiology of anaerobic microorganisms

JD Sauer

Position title: Associate Professor

Email: sauer3@wisc.edu

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Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Bacterial pathogenesis

Garret Suen

Position title: Professor

Email: gsuen@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Symbiotic microbes and microbial communities associated with herbivores

Michael Thomas

Position title: Professor

Email: michael.thomas@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Biosynthesis of bacterial secondary metabolites

Jade Wang

Position title: Professor

Email: jade.wang@wisc.edu

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Bacteriology
Nucleotide signaling, Antibiotic persistence and resistance, Mechanisms of microbial evolution