Graduate Group in Microbiology

Rodrigo Almeida

Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy and Management
Ecology of insect-associated microbes (disease ecology and insect symbiosis)

Lisa Alvarez-Cohen

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Application of biological processes for the elimination of environmental contaminants

Adam Arkin

Professor of Bioengineering (Affiliate)
Uncover the evolutionary design principles of cellular networks and populations and to exploit them for applications

Jillian Banfield

Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, Management
Microorganism and mineral interactions; geochemical cycling, bioremediation, human microbiome

Michelle Chang

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Biochemistry, Chemical Biology, and Synthetic Biology—Designing new biosynthetic pathways for in vivo cellular production of biofuels and pharmaceuticals

Laurent Coscoy

Associate Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology
The molecular mechanisms of immune evasion employed by KSHV (human herpesvirus 8)

John Dueber

Associate Professor, Bioengineering
Developing strategies for introducing designable, modular control over living cells; particularly interested in biofuel applications

Mary Firestone

Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, Management
Microbial community ecology in terrestrial systems

Suzanne Fleiszig

Professor, Optometry and Vision Science
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis: host-pathogen interactions determining health versus disease

Leah Guthrie

Assistant Professor, Bioengineering
Gut microbiome impact on host physiology; metabolomics; chemoinformatics