Faculty

Research Interests: Innate and adaptive immune responses to Salmonella and Chlamydia infection; Mucosal Immunology; Vaccination against Salmonella

Research Interests: Beneficial bacteria associated with plants and animals

Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms of longevity

Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactivities in the phytosphere; microbial ecology of plants

Research Interests: Systems microbiology, microbial processes in natural and artificial ecosystems, microbes and microbial enzymes for agricultural, medical, and industrial applications, microbe-host interaction, gastrointestinal microbiology, biofuels, bioproducts, bioremediation, microbial dark matter

Research Interests: Immune control over chronic infections including HIV and HCV. Also interested in development of the immune system and how different developmental influences may control later responses to agents of chronic infection

Research Interests: Fungal pathogenesis of the central nervous system

Research Interests: Microbiota-gut-brain axis. Characterizing the microbiota-gut-brain axis in models of inflammatory bowel disease and following infection with an enteric bacterial pathogen. Determining the mechanisms involved in the development of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in early life.

Research Interests: Microbial gene regulatory networks

Research Interests: Microbial communities and molecular evolution