Faculty Trainer Directory

The MS faculty trainers listed in the table below have demonstrated an interest in participating in the Bacteriology MS program and can serve as research mentors for research-track students. There are many additional microbiologists on campus who could serve as research mentors. A student interested in having an outside faculty member (i.e. one not listed in the table below) serve as research mentor must petition the MS advisory committee for approval of trainer status prior to initiating graduate work.

Are you a faculty member interested in becoming a trainer in the Bacteriology MS program? Information about expectations for trainers can be found here, and the trainer application form can be found here.

All Faculty Trainers

Daniel Amador-Noguez

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Metabolic regulation in biofuels

Karthik Anantharaman

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Microbial ecology, community interactions, biogeochemistry and metagenomics

David Andes

Credentials: Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Professor

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Antifungal activity and drug resistance

Jean-Michel Ané

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Symbiotic associations between plants and microbes

Briana Burton

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Molecular mechanisms of macromolecule transport across membranes.

Silvia Cavagnero

Credentials: Chemistry

Position title: Professor

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Mechanism of protein folding, misfolding and aggregation in the bacterial cell

Kerri Coon

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Insect-microbe interactions, impacts of gut microbes on the biology of disease vectors

Joseph Dillard

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Professor

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Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Tim Donohue

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Bacterial renewable energy strategies

Johanna Elfenbein

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Molecular mechanisms of Salmonella gut colonization and transmission

Katrina Forest

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Structural biology of pathogenesis

David Hershey

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Mechanisms of surface colonization in bacteria

Chris Hittinger

Credentials: Genetics

Position title: Associate Professor

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Diversity and evolution of yeast carbon metabolism

Tu Anh Huynh

Credentials: Food Science

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Bacterial signal transduction, bacterial pathogenesis and stress response

Betul Kacar

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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

Charles Kaspar

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Molecular and physiological basis of stress tolerance

Nancy Keller

Credentials: Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Position title: Professor

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Host and pathogen signals governing pathogenesis by fungi

Patricia Kiley

Credentials: Biomolecular Chemistry

Position title: Professor

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Transcriptional control of anaerobic gene expression in E. coli

Laura Knoll

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Professor

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Molecular mechanisms of development and pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii

Robert Landick

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Transcriptional regulation/RNA polymerase structure and function

Erica Majumder

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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

Kinjal Majumder

Credentials: Molecular Virology and Oncology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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How viruses navigate the nuclear environment to establish viral replication centers

Mark Mandel

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Bacterial colonization of host epithelial tissue, Vibrio fischeri-squid symbiosis

Katherine McMahon

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Environmental microbiology and molecular microbial ecology

Charlie Mo

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Bacterial anti-phage defense systems, phage-bacteria interactions, drug resistance

Jeniel Nett

Credentials: Medicine/Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Immune responses to fungal biofilm infection

Daniel Noguera

Credentials: Civil & Environmental Engineering

Position title: Professor

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Microbial communities, activated sludge and anaerobic digestion, valorization of residues using microorganisms

Sabine Pellett

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Research Associate Professor

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Bacterial virulence factors and toxins related to food and industrial microbiology

Brian Pfleger

Credentials: Chemical Engineering

Position title: Professor

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Synthetic biology, metabolic and protein engineering, natural products

Anne Pringle

Credentials: Botany and Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Evolution and ecology of natural populations of fungi

Federico Rey

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Diet-microbe interactions and human health

Eric Roden

Credentials: Geoscience

Position title: Professor

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Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of soils, ecophysiology of anaerobic microorganisms

Kristin Schill

Credentials: Food Research Institute

Position title: Assistant Research Professor

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Identify strategies to inhibit microbial growth and toxin production or to enhance the rate of inactivation of foodborne bacterial pathogens.

Garret Suen

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Associate Professor

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Symbiotic microbes and microbial communities associated with herbivores

Marulasiddappa Suresh

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences

Position title: Professor

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Position title: T cell responses to viral infections

Adel Talaat

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences

Position title: Professor

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Molecular pathogenesis of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis

Michael Thomas

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Biosynthesis of bacterial secondary metabolites

JP van Pijkeren

Credentials: Food Science

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Microbiota-host interactions and development of biotherapeutics

Ophelia Venturelli

Credentials: Biochemistry

Position title: Assistant Professor

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Synthetic biology of microbial consortia, design and analysis of gene regulatory networks

Jade Wang

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Bacterial stress response, replication transcription conflict, genome stability

Jon Woods

Credentials: Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Position title: Professor

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Pathogenic mechanisms host-parasite interactions

Jae-Hyuk Yu

Credentials: Bacteriology

Position title: Professor

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Molecular genetics of asexual sporulation and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous fungi

Mostafa Zamanian

Credentials: Pathobiological Sciences

Position title: Assistant Professor

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The study and treatment of parasite (helminth) infections