Below you will see a list of professors and scientists who are eager to work with you on your Ph.D. research. Please note, however, that affiliated training faculty members Karen Bush and Roger Innes are not accepting new students.
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
mechanisms of biofilm formation, horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation, and metabolism in the model facultative pathogen Vibrio cholerae
Professor, Biology
Associate Chair for Teaching, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
reovirus-host interactions
Assistant Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
HIV-1- host interactions, role of nuclear pore complex in supporting viral infection, HIV-1 latency, nuclear pore complex biology
Professor, Biology
Clyde Culbertson Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
attachment, biofilm formation, multicellularity and disease ecology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Professor, Biology
Provost Professor, Biology
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Director, ASURE
Research Interests
eukaryotic cell biology, cytoskeleton and signaling, virology, genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors
Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
bacterial multicellular behavior
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
environmental regulation of gene expression in bacteria
Assistant Professor, Biology
Research Interests
disulfide bond formation in pathogenic bacteria and microbial communities; antimicrobial discovery by high throughput screening
Associate Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
multispecies bacterial interactions
Professor, Biology
Director, Microbiology Graduate Program
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
microbial metabolism and its role in cell physiology, the environment, and biotechnology
Professor, Biology
Research Interests
virus assembly and spread
Professor, Biology
Microbiology Section Associate Chair, Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
functional and evolutionary genomics of symbiosis
Professor, Biology
Blatt Chair of Virology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
Virology; rotavirus molecular biology; vaccine development
Associate Professor, Biology
Research Interests
integrons and super-integrons; biofilm formation; c-di-GMP signalling pathways; natural competence; ecology and pathogenesis in the vibrionaceae
Associate Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), gene regulation, bacterial development, microbial genetics and biochemistry
Associate Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
chromatin, chromosomes, and genome integrity; genome organization, interactions, and rearrangements; microbial cell biology, genetics, interactions, and environmental responses
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Adjunct Core Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
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
Senior Lecturer, Biology and Human Biology
(she/her/hers)
Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Distinguished Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Research Interests
chromosome organization, gene expression and DNA replication
Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
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
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.
Research Interests
antibiotic mechanisms of action and resistance; antibacterial drug discovery and drug development.
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
Microbial structure, function and mechanism; evolution of chaperonin Hsp60; cryo-EM studies of human mitochondrial Hsp60
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Affiliate, Biology
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
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
molecules that drive interkingdom symbioses
Distinguished Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions
Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
microbial ecology and evolution
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Professor, Biology
Director, EEB Graduate Program
Science Director, Research and Teaching Preserve
(he/him/his)
Research Interests
ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry; consequences of human-accelerated environmental change on plant-soil-microbial interactions
Standiford H. Cox Professor, Chemistry
Affiliate, Biology
Research Interests
synthesis, study, and design of antibiotics that inhibit bacterial cell wall biosynthesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis and bacterial cell morphology; development of HBV capsid-binding probes and assembly-directed antivirals; oxidized phospholipids in disease and diagnostics
Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Adjunct, Biology
Research Interests
biophysics of virus assembly related to virus biology, development of antiviral strategies, and construction of virus nanostructures
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