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
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
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@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
Microbiology Section Associate Chair, 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
Associate Professor, Biology
(she/her/hers)
- xindan@indiana.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@indiana.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
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