MMG Directory

Welcome to the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Each of our faculty is listed below and their contact information, as well as lab team if applicable, can be found by clicking on the respective name or image.

You can reach the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Administration by emailing:mmg@med.uvm.edu 

MMG Faculty

Dani Brasino, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Gut Microbiome and Cancer Interactions

Emily Bruce, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Determinants of Viral Infectivity and Viral-Host Interaction

Jean Celli, Ph.D.

Professor • Cell biology of bacteria-phagocyte interactions

Alan Chant, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Biochemistry Program Director

Nimrat Chatterjee, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Genome Instability Mechanisms in Cancer and Host-Virus Interactions

Sean A Diehl, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Human Immune Responses to Infection and Vaccination

Sylvie Doublié, Ph.D.

Professor • Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair

Julie Dragon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Director of the Bioinformatics Shared Resource

Brian Eckenroth, Ph.D.

Faculty Scientist • Structural Biology of DNA Replication and Repair

Rebecca Guy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Karin (Kari) Hodge, M.A.

Instructor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Beth Kirkpatrick, M.D.

Department Chair • Professor

Leigh Knodler, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Accelerated Master's Program Advisor

Bruno Martorelli Di Genova, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Tony Mertz, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Janet Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Vice Chair of MMG Undergraduate Education

Princess Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • MMG Undergraduate Advisor

Marni Slavik, Ph.D.

Faculty Scientist • CALS Biological Sciences Director

Menelaos (Mel) Symeonides, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor • Impact of Viral Infections on Individual Cells and Cell Populations

Markus Thali, Ph.D.

Professor • Investigating Virus-Cell Relationships

Gary Ward, Ph.D.

Professor • Director, Vermont Immunobiology and Infectious Disease Training Program

Matthew "Matt" J. Wargo, Ph.D.

Associate Professor • Regulation of Bacterial Virulence and Catabolism

Administrative Team

Megan Bartlett, MPH

Senior Administrator

Francesca Werenko

Research Administrator - Pre and Post Award

Maiya Avisata-Sullivan

HR Coordinator and Chair Administrator

Linda Gregoire

Office Support Generalist

Cameron Ishee

Program Support Generalist - Vaccine Testing Center and TGIR COBRE

Diane Richer

Business Support