Achenbach, Laurie A.
Professor.
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1988.
E-mail: laurie@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618- 453-7984

Research Interests : Molecular genetics of metabolic pathways involved in the bioremediation of environmental contaminants; bacterial diversity and evolution; molecular anaerobic microbiology.

Bender, Kelly
Assistant Professor.
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University, 2003.
E-mail: bender@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-2868

Research Interests : Molecular environmental microbiology.

Cho, KyuHong
Assistant Professor.
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
E-mail: cho@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-3817

Research Interests : Regulation of virulence factors such as the thermoregulation of capsule expression and regulation of CAMP factor expression as model systems for the virulence gene regulation by S. pyogenes; studying genes such as cvfA which are necessary for the virulence of S. pyogenes but whose functions are not well known.

Clark, David P.
Professor.
Ph.D., University of Bristol, 1977.
E-mail: clark@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-3737

Research Interests : Genetics and regulation of anaerobic growth in Escherichia coli.

Fix, Douglas F.
Associate Professor and Chair, Microbiology.
Ph.D., Indiana University, 1983.
E-mail: fix@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-2767

Research Interests : Molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis in Escherichia coli.

Haddock, John D.
Associate Professor.
Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1990.
E-mail: haddock@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-3818

Research Interests : Physiology and biochemistry of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria that degrade organic pollutants and naturally occurring aromatic compounds.

Madigan, Michael T.
Professor.
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1976.
E-mail: madigan@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-5130

Research Interests : General microbiology; bacterial diversity; phototrophic bacteria; microbiology of extreme environments; nitrogen fixation.

Martinko, John M.
Associate Professor and Director,
MBMB Graduate Program.
Ph.D., SUNY (Buffalo), 1978.
E-mail: martinko@micro.siu.edu
Ph. No. : 618-453-8116

Research Interests : Immunology; biochemistry, molecular biology, and evolution of mouse major histocompatibility complex molecules; mouse T-cell repertoires; molecular evolution of ABO glycosyltransferases in primates.