2012-2013 Catalogue
Faculty for Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
Richard Joseph Albertini
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emeritus
Professor of Pediatrics Emeritus
Appointed in 2004
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1960 University of Wisconsin Madison
MD 1963 University of Wisconsin Madison
PHD 1972 University of Wisconsin Madison
Jeffrey P. Bond
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Research Associate Professor of Computer Science
Appointed in 1995
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1983 University of Rochester
MS 1986 University of Rochester
PHD 1989 University of Rochester
Jason W. Botten
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Immunobiology
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2008
Immunobiology, College of Medicine
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BA 1996 Concordia College at Moorhead
PHD 2000 University of New Mexico
John MacKenzie Burke
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1988
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
AB 1975 Middlebury College
MS 1979 University of Vermont
Iwona Buskiewicz
Research Associate of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2009
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
MS 2000 Adam-Mickiewicz University Poznan
PHD 2005 University of Witten
Sylvie Doublie
Director of Undergraduate Biochemistry
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1998
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
DEA 1988 University of Paris XI
Julie Dragon
Research Associate of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1997
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BA 1991 University of Vermont
PHD 2006 University of Vermont
Christopher Steward Francklyn
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1992
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BA 1979 University of California Santa Barbara
Gregory Michael Gilmartin
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1990
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1978 Michigan State University
PHD 1983 University of Virginia
Kenneth J. Hampel
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1994
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BSC 1989 University of Saskatchewan
PHD 1994 University of Saskatchewan
Burt Benjamin Hamrell
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Emeritus
Appointed in 2003
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
MD 1962 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
PHD 1976 University of Vermont
Joyce E. Heckman
Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emerita
Appointed in 1994
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1969 University of Chicago
Nicholas H. Heintz
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Pathology
Appointed in 1983
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
Pathology - General, College of Medicine
BA 1971 Holy Cross College
MS 1977 University of Vermont
PHD 1979 University of Vermont
Christopher D. Huston
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Associate Professor of Medicine - Infectious Disease
Appointed in 2007
Infectious Disease, College of Medicine
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BA 1990 Cornell University
MD 1994 Cornell University
Douglas Ian Johnson
Director of the CALS Honors Program
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1988
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1978 Miami University Oxford
PHD 1983 Purdue University
Beth Diane Kirkpatrick
Associate Professor of Medicine - Infectious Disease
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1999
Infectious Disease, College of Medicine
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1988 Bates College
MD 1992 Albany Medical College
Dawei Li
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2012
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 2001 Northwest University
PHD 2006 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Mariana Laura Matrajt
Research Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2004
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
MS 1993 University of Buenos Aries
PHD 1997 University of Buenos Aries
Keith Peter Mintz
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1991
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1977 SUNY Binghamton
MS 1979 West Virginia University
PHD 1990 University of Vermont
Scott Walker Morrical
Professor of Biochemistry
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1992
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1982 Wichita State University
PHD 1987 University of Wisconsin Madison
David Scott Pederson
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1988
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
AB 1976 University of Chicago
MS 1980 University of Rochester
PHD 1983 University of Rochester
Stephanie F. Phelps
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2004
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1998 McGill University
MS 2004 University of Vermont
Carlene Allen Raper
Research Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Emerita
Appointed in 1983
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1946 University of Chicago
MS 1948 University of Chicago
PHD 1977 Harvard University
Indra N. Sarkar
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Assistant Professor of the Center of Clinical and Transational Science
Director for the Center of Clinical and Transational Science
Appointed in 2009
Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1999 Michigan State University
PHD 2004 Columbia University
MLIS 2008 Syracuse University
Aimee Shen
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2011
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
B.S. 2001 University of Alberta
Ph.D. 2007 Harvard University
Joann B. Sweasy
Adjunct Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2009
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BA 1980 Beaver College
PHD 1989 Rutgers University
Brenda V. Tessmann
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1981
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1973 University of Vermont
MS 1980 University of Vermont
Markus Josef Thali
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1999
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
DNAT 1985 University of Zurich
PHD 1990 University of Zurich
Mary Lauretta Tierney
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Associate Professor of Plant Biology
Director of the Graduate College
Appointed in 1993
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1976 Marywood University
PHD 1983 Michigan State University
Susan Scholes Wallace
Chairperson of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1988
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1959 Marymount College
MS 1961 University of California Berkeley
PHD 1965 Weill Cornell Medical College
Gary E. Ward
Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 1996
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BSC 1979 University New Brunswick
PHD 1985 University of California San Diego
Matthew Wargo
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Appointed in 2009
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1998 Susquehanna University
MS 2000 Texas A & M University
PHD 2005 Dartmouth College
Andre-Denis G. Wright
Associate Professor of Animal Science
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Chairperson of Animal Science
Appointed in 2009
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Department
BS 1988 Saint Mary's University
MS 1993 University of Guelph
PHD 1998 University of Guelph
