Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Isakson Center for Neurological Disease Research
Professor
Expertise

Infectious Diseases | Bacteriology | Microbiology | Microbiome

Biography

Education & Background

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, B.A.(1979) Biological Sciences
  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, M.A. (1981) Microbiology
  • University of Georgia, Athens, GA , Ph.D. (1987) Genetics
  • Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Postdoctoral Fellow (1990) Molecular Biology
  • College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA, Assistant Professor (1993) Biology
  • Iowa State University, Ames, IA, Professor, (2023) Veterinary Microbiology
  • University of Georgia, Athens, GA , Professor (current) Infectious Diseases

Research Interests

  • Development of live biotherapeutic products to treat disease
  • Investigating the role of the microbiome in neurological processes
  • Emergence of bacterial pathobionts
  • Mechanisms of antimicrobial persistence

Selected Publications

NCBI

going beyond the expected