Microbiology Faculty

Microbiology Training Faculty

Important note to prospective graduate students

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, Roger Innes and John Patton are not accepting new students.

Core Training Faculty

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

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

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

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

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

Tuli Mukhopadhyay

Professor, Biology

she/her/hers

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

Research Interests
functional and evolutionary genomics of symbiosis

John Patton

Professor, Biology

(he/him/his)

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

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

Julia van Kessel

Associate Professor, Biology

(she/her/hers)

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

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

Affiliated Training Faculty

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

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

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Department of Biology

Microbiology Faculty

Microbiology Training Faculty

Important note to prospective graduate students

Core Training Faculty

Ankur Dalia

Pranav Danthi

Adarsh Dharan

Clay Fuqua

Richard Hardy

Daniel Kearns

David Kehoe

Cristina Landeta

Dominique (Nicki) Limoli

Jake McKinlay

Tuli Mukhopadhyay

Irene Garcia Newton

John Patton

Dean Rowe-Magnus

Julia van Kessel

Xindan Wang

Malcolm Winkler

Affiliated Training Faculty

Farrah Bashey-Visser

Matthew L. Bochman

Karen Bush

Lingling Chen

Kay Choi

J.P. Gerdt

Roger Innes

Jay T. Lennon

Marc Morais

Richard Phillips

Adam Zlotnick

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Important note to prospective graduate students

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