Ankur Dalia

Professor, Biology

• ankdalia@iu.edu
• 812-856-1895
• Biology Bldg. 469A

Research Interests
mechanisms of biofilm formation, horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation, and metabolism in the model facultative pathogen Vibrio cholerae

Pranav Danthi

Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• pdanthi@iu.edu
• 812-856-2449
• Simon Hall 220B

Research Interests
reovirus-host interactions

Adarsh Dharan

Assistant Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• adharan@iu.edu
• 812-856-5522
• Simon Hall 200C

Research Interests
HIV-1- host interactions, role of nuclear pore complex in supporting viral infection, HIV-1 latency, nuclear pore complex biology

Clay Fuqua

Professor, Biology

Clyde Culbertson Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• cfuqua@iu.edu
• 812-856-6005
• Biology Bldg. 425E

• Twitter

Research Interests
attachment, biofilm formation, multicellularity and disease ecology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Richard Hardy

Professor, Biology

Provost Professor, Biology

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts & Sciences

Associate Director, ASURE

• rwhardy@iu.edu
• 812-856-0652
• Simon Hall 220E

Research Interests
eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling, virology, genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors

Daniel Kearns

Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• dbkearns@iu.edu
• 812-856-2523
• Biology Bldg. 469

Research Interests
bacterial multicellular behavior

David Kehoe

Professor, Biology

• dkehoe@iu.edu
• 812-856-4715
• Biology Bldg. A413A

Research Interests
environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria

Cristina Landeta

Assistant Professor, Biology

• clandeta@iu.edu
• 812-856-3473
• Biology Bldg. 418A

• Twitter

Research Interests
disulfide bond formation in pathogenic bacteria and microbial communities; antimicrobial discovery by high throughput screening

Dominique (Nicki) Limoli

Associate Professor, Biology

(she/her/hers)

• dlimoli@iu.edu
• 812-856-7377
• Myers Hall 216B

• Twitter

Research Interests
multispecies bacterial interactions

Jake McKinlay

Professor, Biology

Director, Microbiology Graduate Program

(he/him/his)

• jmckinla@iu.edu
• 812-855-0359
• Biology Bldg. 447E

• Twitter

Research Interests
microbial metabolism and its role in cell physiology, the environment, and biotechnology

Tuli Mukhopadhyay

Professor, Biology

she/her/hers

@tulilab.bsky.social

• sumukhop@iu.edu
• 812-856-3686
• Simon Hall 220C

Research Interests
Assembly and spread of arboviruses

Irene Garcia Newton

Professor, Biology

Microbiology Section Associate Chair, Biology

(she/her/hers)

• irnewton@iu.edu
• 812-855-3883
• Myers Hall 216A

• Twitter

Research Interests
functional and evolutionary genomics of symbiosis

John Patton

Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• jtpatton@iu.edu
• 703-508-0673
• Simon Hall 220D

• Twitter

Research Interests
Virology; rotavirus molecular biology; vaccine development

Dean Rowe-Magnus

Associate Professor, Biology

• drowemag@iu.edu
• 812-855-8514
• Biology Bldg. 451

Research Interests
integrons and super-integrons; biofilm formation; c-di-GMP signalling pathways; natural competence; ecology and pathogenesis in the vibrionaceae

Jared Schrader

Associate Professor, Biology

he/him/his

• jaschrad@iu.edu
• 812-856-3952
• Simon Hall 405A

Research Interests
biomolecular condensates and RNA biology of bacteria

Julia van Kessel

Associate Professor, Biology

(she/her/hers)

• jcvk@iu.edu
• 812-856-2235
• Biology Bldg. 425K

• Twitter

Research Interests
bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), gene regulation, bacterial development, microbial genetics and biochemistry

Xindan Wang

Associate Professor, Biology

(she/her/hers)

• xindan@iu.edu
• 812-855-5584
• Biology Bldg. 221C

Research Interests
chromatin, chromosomes, and genome integrity; genome organization, interactions, and rearrangements; microbial cell biology, genetics, interactions, and environmental responses

Malcolm Winkler

Distinguished Professor, Biology

Adjunct Core Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

• winklerm@iu.edu
• 812-856-1318
• Biology Bldg. A414

Research Interests:
cell biology, physiology, and molecular genetics underlying the pathogenesis of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus); dynamics and regulation of peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall synthesis using single-molecule and high-resolution microscopic, genetic, and biochemical approaches

Farrah Bashey-Visser

Senior Lecturer, Biology and Human Biology

(she/her/hers)

• fbasheyv@iu.edu
• 812-855-1962
• Biology Bldg. 010

Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis

Matthew L. Bochman

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Affiliate, Biology

• bochman@iu.edu
• 812-856-2095
• Simon Hall 405B

Research Interests
maintenance of genomic integrity with a focus on DNA helicases and other factors involved in DNA replication, recombination, and repair; the evolution of DNA helicases

Karen Bush

Professor of Practice Emerita, Biology (Biotechnology)

(she/her/hers)

NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS:

The Bush lab is not accepting any new students or postdocs.

• karbush@iu.edu
• 812-855-1542
• Biology Bldg. A305

Research Interests
antibiotic mechanisms of action and resistance; antibacterial drug discovery and drug development.

Lingling Chen

Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Adjunct, Biology

• linchen@iu.edu
• 812-855-0491
• Simon Hall 305B

Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; evolution of chaperonin Hsp60; cryo-EM studies of human mitochondrial Hsp60

Kay Choi

Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Affiliate, Biology

• kaychoi@iu.edu
• 812-855-1159
• Simon Hall 320A

Research Interests
replication mechanism of RNA viruses; structure and function of viral RNA; development of RNA scaffolds to facilitate structure determination by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy

J.P. Gerdt

Assistant Professor, Chemistry

Adjunct, Biology

• jpgerdt@iu.edu
• 812-855-2068
• Chemistry A563

Research Interests
molecules that drive interkingdom symbioses

Roger Innes

Distinguished Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• rinnes@iu.edu
• 812-855-2219
• Myers Hall 316B

Research Interests
molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions

Jay T. Lennon

Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

• lennonj@iu.edu
• 812-856-0962
• Biology Bldg. 261B

Research Interests
microbial ecology and evolution

Marc Morais

Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Adjunct, Biology

• mcmorais@iu.edu
• 812-855-2706
• Simon Hall 320C

Richard Phillips

Professor, Biology

Director, EEB Graduate Program

Science Director, Research and Teaching Preserve

(he/him/his)

• rpp6@iu.edu
• 812-856-0593
• Biology Bldg. 247

• Twitter

Research Interests
ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry; consequences of human-accelerated environmental change on plant-soil-microbial interactions

Adam Zlotnick

Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Adjunct, Biology

• azlotnic@iu.edu
• 812-856-1925
• Simon Hall 220A

Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures