Farrah Bashey-Visser
Senior Lecturer, Biology and Human Biology
(she/her/hers)
- fbasheyv@indiana.edu
- 812-855-1962
- Biology Bldg. 010
Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Meet our "microbial interactions and pathogenesis" faculty
Ankur Dalia
Associate Professor, Biology
- ankdalia@indiana.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
Clay Fuqua
Professor, Biology
Clyde Culbertson Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
- cfuqua@indiana.edu
- 812-856-6005
- Biology Bldg. 425E
Research Interests
attachment, biofilm formation, multicellularity and disease ecology of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Roger Innes
Distinguished Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
- rinnes@indiana.edu
- 812-855-2219
- Myers Hall 316B
Research Interests
molecular genetics of plant/pathogen interactions
Daniel Kearns
Professor, Biology
(he/him/his)
- dbkearns@indiana.edu
- 812-856-2523
- Biology Bldg. 469
Research Interests
bacterial multicellular behavior
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
Jay T. Lennon
Professor, Biology
Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Section Associate Chair, Biology
(he/him/his)
- lennonj@indiana.edu
- 812-856-0962
- Biology Bldg. 261B
Research Interests
microbial ecology and evolution
Jake McKinlay
Associate Professor, Biology
Director, Microbiology Graduate Program
(he/him/his)
- jmckinla@indiana.edu
- 812-855-0359
- Biology Bldg. 447E
Research Interests
microbial metabolism and its role in cell physiology, the environment, and biotechnology
Irene Garcia Newton
Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- irnewton@indiana.edu
- 812-855-3883
- Myers Hall 216A
Research Interests
functional and evolutionary genomics of symbiosis
Heather Reynolds
Professor, Biology
Director of Graduate Studies, Biology
- hlreynol@indiana.edu
- 812-855-0792
- Biology Bldg. 155A
Research Interests
ecology; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Dean Rowe-Magnus
Associate Professor, Biology
- drowemag@indiana.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@indiana.edu
- 812-856-2235
- Biology Bldg. 425K
Research Interests
bacterial cell-cell communication (quorum sensing), gene regulation, bacterial development, microbial genetics and biochemistry
Michael J. Wade
Distinguished Professor, Biology
- mjwade@indiana.edu
- 812-856-4680
- Biology Bldg. 131C
Research Interests
behavior; evolution; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
Xindan Wang
Assistant Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- xindan@indiana.edu
- 812-855-5584
- Biology Bldg. 221C
Research Interests
chromosome dynamics, bacterial cell biology
Malcolm Winkler
Distinguished Professor, Biology
Adjunct Core Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- winklerm@indiana.edu
- 812-856-1318
- Biology Bldg. A414
Research Interests:
physiology, molecular genetics, and pathogenesis of the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus); genomics and bioinformatics, microbial cell biology; environmental responses; microbial interactions and pathogenesis
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