Microbiology
The Microbiology Concentration offers both Master of Science (MS) and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees. The faculty that participate in this Concentration are in the Microbiology Program of the School of Biological Sciences within the College of Agricultural, Life and Physical Sciences on the Carbondale campus. The Concentration is research based and provides hands on experience in the areas of bacteriology, immunology, pathogenesis, microbial physiology, molecular biology, biotechnology, environmental microbiology, and symbioses.
Contact:
Dr. Kelly Bender
Department of Microbiology
Carbondale, IL
| Research mentors | Research area |
|---|---|
| Kelly Bender, PhD | Environmental Microbiology; Microbes and Coal Mining Waste; Biomining of Rare Earth Elements; Anoxygenic Photosynthesis |
| Derek Fisher, PhD | Bacterial Pathogenesis, Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism, Molecular Biology, Protein Phosphorylation and Degradation |
| Scott Hamilton-Brehm, PhD | Anaerobic and aerobic cultivation of microorganisms, environmental sampling |
| Lahiru Jayakody, PhD | Synthetic Microbiology; Metabolic Engineering; Applied Microbiology; Microbial Fermentation; Microbial Stress Response; Molecular Biology |
| Vjollca Konjufca, PhD | Immunology and Host-Pathogen Interactions |
| Bethany Rader, PhD | Beneficial Host-Microbe Interactions, Innate Immunology, Microbial Ecology and Systems Biology |