Each of the faculty members in the microbiology program are in the table below. Also listed are their primary affiliations or home departments and their main focus of research. Click on the name of professor to learn more about their research.
|
Name |
Primary Affiliation |
Research Program |
|
Paul
Ahlquist |
Molecular Virology |
Molecular mechanisms of viral replication, host interactions and oncogenesis |
Mark R. Albertini |
Medicine |
Host immunity against cancer |
|
Caitilyn
Allen |
Plant Pathology |
Physiology and genetics of bacterial plant pathogens |
|
Philip
Anderson |
Genetics |
Molecular genetics of C. elegans |
David Andes |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Antifungal activity and drug resistance |
Jean-Michel
Ané |
Agronomy |
Plant - microbe symbiotic associations |
|
Aseem
Ansari |
Biochemistry |
Chemical approaches to dissect and direct the genome
decoding machinery |
Teri C. Balser |
Soil Science |
Soil microbial community ecology and ecophysiology. Global change ecology |
|
James
Bangs |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular parasitology |
|
Stephen
Barclay |
Bacteriology |
Developmental microbiology of Dictyostelium,
Pneumocystis, and Cryptosporidium |
| Andrew Bent |
Plant Pathology |
Plant immune systems: molecular basis of pathogen recognition, defense activation, bacterial virulence |
Helen E. Blackwell |
Chemistry |
Chemical approaches to modulate quorum sensing in animal and plant-associated bacteria; Design of artificial bacterial signaling molecules |
|
Frederick
Blattner |
Genetics |
Molecular genetics/immunology |
|
Curtis
Brandt |
Opthalmology/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Virology; pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus; gene
therapy and antiviral drugs |
|
David
Brow |
Biomolecular Chemistry |
Mechanism of DNA transciption and RNA splicing |
|
Richard
Burgess |
Oncology |
Biochemistry and molecular biology of RNA polymerase
and transcription factors |
Amy Charkowski |
Plant Pathology |
Mechanisms of plant-bacteria interactions in the natural environment |
Michael Cox |
Biochemistry |
Molecular biology and enzymology of genetic recombination and DNA repair |
|
Elizabeth
Craig |
Biochemistry |
Genetics of environmental stress; protein translocation
and folding |
|
Michael
Culbertson |
Genetics |
Yeast genetics |
|
Cameron Currie |
Bacteriology |
Microbial ecology andevolution, symbiosis, evolutionary genomics, and host-pathogen interactions |
|
Charles
Czuprynski |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Immunology and pathogenic bacteria |
|
Joseph
P. Dillard |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular mechanisms of disease caused by the bacterium
Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
|
Timothy
Donohue |
Bacteriology |
bacterial renewable energy strategies |
|
Diana
Downs |
Bacteriology |
Metabolic regulation and pathway integration |
|
Jorge
Escalante-Semerena |
Bacteriology |
Genetics and biochemistry of anaerobic metabolism |
|
Marcin
Filutowicz |
Bacteriology |
Regulation of DNA replication |
|
Katrina
Forest |
Bacteriology |
Structural biology of pathogenesis |
|
Brian Fox
|
Biochemistry |
Biochemical, catalytic, and spectroscopic studies of
redox active enzymes; protein engineering. |
|
Catherine
Fox |
Biomolecular Chemistry |
The role of chromosome structure in gene expression
and DNA replication |
|
Paul
Friesen |
Biochemistry (Virology) |
Molecular biology of eukaryotic DNA viruses, regulation
of gene expression, programmed cell death (apoptosis),
and retrotransposons. |
Audrey Gasch |
Genetics |
Genomic expression in fungi |
| Tony L. Goldberg |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Ecology an evolution of infectious diseases, with an emphasis on zoonoses and emerging pathogens |
|
Heidi
Goodrich-Blair |
Bacteriology |
Mutalism annd pathogenesis: Molecular mechanisms of
nematode/bacterium/insect interactions |
|
Richard
Gourse |
Bacteriology |
Prokaryotic transcription/regulation of ribosome synthesis |
|
Jenny
Gumperz |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular and functional analyses of T lymphocytes
in innate immunity |
|
Kenneth
Hammel |
Forest Products Lab |
Lignocellulose degredation by filamentous fungi |
|
Jo
Handelsman |
Bacteriology |
Molecular and ecological basis of plant/bacterial interactions |
|
Colleen
E. Hayes |
Biochemistry |
Regulation of lymphocyte development and function |
| Warren Heidman |
Pharmaceutical Sciences |
Using the yeast S. cerevisiae to understand how cells move from quiescence to growth. |
|
William
J. Hickey |
Soil Science |
Soil microbiology, bioremdiation, physiology &
molecular ecology, functional genomics |
|
Christina
Hull |
Biomolecular Chemistry/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular biology of human fungal pathogens |
|
Anna
Huttenlocher |
Pharmacology and Pediatrics |
Molecular mechanisms of leukocyte chemotaxis and inflammation |
|
Thomas
Jeffries |
Bacteriology/Forest Products Laboratory |
Bioconversion of renewable resources; metabolic engineering
of pentose fermenting yeasts; enzyme processes for lignocellulosics |
|
Eric
Johnson |
Bacteriology |
Clostridium botulinum
and its toxins; food and industrial microbiology |
|
Robert
Kalejta |
Molecular Virology |
Viral modulation of the cell cycle |
| Charles Kaspar |
Bacteriology |
Molecular and physiological basis of stress tolerance |
|
Yoshihiro
Kawaoka |
Pathobiological Science |
Molecular mechanism of interspecies transmission of
virus leading to influenza pandemics in humans; molecular
pathogenesis of influenza in poultry and mammals; Ebola
virus |
|
James
Keck |
Biomolecular Chemistry |
Study the structure and function of proteins that are
involved in multiple nucleic acid metabolic pathways |
Shannon Kenney |
Medicine/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Epstein-Barr virus pathogenesis and treatment |
|
Nancy
Keller |
Bacteriology/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Host and pathogen signals governing toxin formation,
spore develpment and pathogenesis of seed by fungi |
| Laura L. Kiessling |
Biochemistry |
Molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial sensing and mycrobacterial cell wall biosynthesis. |
|
Patricia
Kiley |
Biomolecular Chemistry |
Transcriptional control of anaerobic gene expression
in E. coli |
|
Bruce
Klein |
Pediatrics/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Microbial-host interactions and pathogenesis |
|
Laura
Knoll |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular mechanisms of development and pathogenesis
of Toxoplasma gondii |
|
Ching
Kung |
Genetics |
Microbial ion channel proteins |
|
Robert
Landick |
Biochemistry |
Transcriptional regulation/RNA polymerase structure
and function |
| Sharon Long |
Soil Science and Wisconsin State Labratory of Hygiene |
Applied environmental microbiology focusing on indicator organisms, microbial source tracking, and microbial safety biosolids |
|
Miroslav
Malkovsky |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Cellular genes regulating expression of human and simian
immunodeficiency viruses; biological role of gamma/delta
T cells |
|
John
Mansfield |
Bacteriology |
Immunology and molecular biology of infectious disease |
|
Margaret
McFall-Ngai |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Host animal response interactions with beneficial bacterial
symbionts |
|
Katherine
McMahon |
Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Environmental microbiology and molecular microbial
ecology |
| David O'Connor |
Pathology |
Genetics and immunology of HIV |
| Jorge Osorio |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Molecular pathogenesis, antivirals and vaccines for emerging diseases and biodefense pathogens |
|
Sean
Palecek |
Chemical & Biological Engineering |
Genetics of fungal adhesion and biofilm formation;
Yeast dimorphism |
|
Ann
Palmenberg |
Biochemistry |
Molecular biology of RNA picornaviruses; protein translation,
proteolytic processing; RNA synthesis; viral pathogenesis;
viral vaccines, vaccine vectors; computer-based sequence
analysis |
|
Donna
Paulnock |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Cellular and molecular immunology |
Nicole Perna |
AHABS/Genome Center |
Genomic and organismal evolution of plant and animal-associated enterobacteria; Bioformatics and computational biology |
Brian Pfleger |
Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Synthetic Biology -- Metabolic Engineering -- Biotechnology -- Protein Engineering -- Natural Products |
| Jennie Reed |
Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Metabolic and regulatory models of organisms involved in bioremediation, bioenergy, and pharmaceutical applications |
|
Gary
Roberts |
Bacteriology |
Genetics and biochemistry of nitrogen fixation and
carbon monoxide oxidation |
Eric Roden |
Geology and Geophysics |
Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of soils and sediments; ecophysiologyof anaerobic respritory microorganisms |
|
Ned
Ruby |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Bacterial determinants of host-microbe interactions |
|
Matyas
Sandor |
Pathology |
Role of T cells in infectious diseases |
|
Ronald
Schell |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Immune responses to Borrelia
burgdorferi |
|
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
|
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular and cellular virology-basic cellular, biochemical,
and molecular biology of human influenza virus and astrovirus
pathogenesis |
|
David
Schwartz |
Genetics |
Development and application of new approaches of genomic
science to important biological problems |
|
Ben Shen |
Pharmacy |
Secondary metabolite biosynthesis and drug discovery |
|
Paul
M. Sondel |
Pediatrics |
Human genetics; immunology |
|
Gary
Splitter |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Immunology of infectious diseases |
|
James
Steele |
Food Science |
Genetics of lactic acid bacteria |
|
Rob
Striker |
Medicine/Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Nucleotide selectivity, error rate, and supramolecular
structure of the hepatitis C viral (HCV) polymerase |
|
M.
Suresh |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Regulation of T cell proliferation, apoptosis, and
memory |
|
Adel
Talaat |
Pathobiological Sciences |
Functional genomics for understanding the molecular
pathogenesis of tuberculosis and paratuberculosis |
|
Michael
Thomas |
Bacteriology |
Biosynthesis of bacterial secondary metabolites |
|
Karen
Wassarman |
Bacteriology |
Small RNAs in bacteria |
|
David
Watkins |
Pathology |
Interactions between the immune system and the AIDS
virus |
|
William
Weidanz |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Immunoparasitology; role of T cells in immunity to
malaria |
|
Paul
Weimer |
Bacteriology; Dairy Forage Research Center |
Rumen microbiology, anaerobic metabolism, biopolymer
degradation |
|
Rodney
Welch |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Molecular analysis of bacteria pathogens |
Amy Wong |
Bacteriology |
Virulence mechanisms of foodborne pathogens |
| Marv Wickins |
Biochemistry |
Understanding how RNAs and proteins interact, and on the biological importance of those interactions. |
|
Jon
Woods |
Medical Microbiology & Immunology |
Pathogenic mechanisms, host-parasite interactions,
and environmental and virulence-associated gene regulation
of the dimorphic fungus Histoplasma
capsulatum |
John Yin |
Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Systems biology, virus dynamics, virus-host interactions |
|
Timothy
Yoshino |
Animal Health & Biomedical Sciences/Pathobiological
Sciences |
Cellular and molecular biology of schistosome blood
fluke-snail host interactions |
|
Jaehyuk Yu
|
Bacteriology |
Fungi and mycotoxins: Molecular genetics of asexual
sporulation and mycotoxin biosynthesis in filamentous
fungi |
