The Faculty and Their Research

Milton J. Allison, Animal Science;

Bacteriology of the rumen and large intestine, particularly the anaerobic bacteria involved in degrading naturally occurring toxic substances.

Robert E. Andrews Jr., Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology;

Mechanisms of bacterial genetic exchange; horizontal genetic change in the environment.

Dennis A. Bazylinski, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology;

Bacterial biogeochemical cycling; marine microbiology; physiology, ecology and genetics of biomineralization by magnetotactic bacteria

Gwyn A. Beattie, Plant Pathology;

Pathogenesis and ecology of bacterial plant pathogens; genetics and physiology of bacterial stress tolerance and bacterial-plant interactions.

Sam Beattie, Food Science and Human Nutrition;

Food and agricultural mycology with an emphasis on mycotoxigenic molds; food safety and security issues for food processors and consumers.

Jeffrey K. Beetham, Veterinary Pathology and Entomology;

Molecular and cellular pathology of human and animal pathogens, parasitology, oxidative stress, and gene regulation.

Donald C. Beitz, Animal Science;

Biochemistry and physiology of nutrition, including the role of microbes in cholesterol homeostasis in animals and humans.

Thomas Bobik, Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology;

Genetics and biochemistry of vitamin B12. Conversion of inactive cobalamins to coenzyme B12.

Adam J. Bogdanove, Plant Pathology;

Bacterial plant pathogenesis and plant disease resistance mechanisms, especially bacterial type III secretion and plant resistance gene function.

Bryony C. Bonning, Entomology;

Virus-based strategies for management of insect pests and plant disease.

Byron Brehm-Stecher, Food Science and Human Nutrition;

Food safety and biosecurity. Rapid molecular detection of foodborne pathogens and food spoilage organisms. Microbial flow cytometry, molecular detection of pathogens.

Charlotte R. Bronson, Plant Pathology;

Genetics and molecular biology of fungal pathogenesis to plants.

Nancy A. Cornick, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Mechanisms of bacterial colonization of the gastrointestinal tract; microbial ecology of gastrointestinal systems; zoonotic transmission of bacterial pathogens.

Joan E. Cunnick, Animal Science;

Immune regulation by stress (psychoneuroimmunology), neutraceuticals, and edible vaccines.

James S. Dickson, Animal Science;

Food microbiology, with emphasis on microbiological safety of foods of animal origins.

Timothy G. Ellis, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering;

Development of anaerobic biotechnology applications for converting agricultural byproducts to commercial products and for improving the treatment of waste streams.

Jiasong Fang, Geological and Atmospheric Sciences;

Marine biogeochemical cycles; biochemistry of extremophiles; microbial degradation of toxic organics.

Mark L. Gleason, Plant Pathology;

Control and etiology of horticultural diseases; diversity, persistence, and ecology of pathogens of horticultural crops.

Ronald W. Griffith, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Pre-harvest food safety of swine; bovine respiratory disease and hypersensitivity associated with infection and vaccination.

Larry J. Halverson, Plant Pathology;

Ecology, physiology and genetics of soil bacteria, with emphasis on stress tolerance and growth in biofilms.

Picture contributed by Larry Halverson.

Thomas C. Harrington, Plant Pathology;

Mycology and forest pathology, especially the genetics, evolution and ecology of fungi associated with insects and tree diseases.

D.L. Harris, Animal Science;

Infectious diseases of swine and humans, with emphasis on foodborne pathogens; xenotransplantation, probiotics, and prebiotics.

John H. Hill, Plant Pathology;

Plant virology, including applied and basic aspects of controlling virus diseases of soybean.

Thomas E. Loynachan, Agronomy;

Soil microbial ecology; field ecology of mycorrhizae and Bradyrhizobium on soybean.

Aubrey F. Mendonca, Food Science and Human Nutrition;

Food microbiology, with emphasis on stress adaptation, survival, injury, and destruction of food-borne pathogens.

W. Allen Miller, Plant Pathology;

Plant RNA virus replication, novel translation mechanisms, RNA structure and function.

F. Chris Minion, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Bacterial molecular pathogenesis and pathogenomics of Mycoplasmas and the food safety pathogens Listeria and Escherichia coli O157:H7.

Thomas B. Moorman, National Soil Tilth Laboratory;

Biodegradation of organic chemicals in terrestrial and aquatic systems; ecology and function of soil microorganisms; microbiological aspects of water quality.

Forrest W. Nutter, Plant Pathology;

Quantitative epidemiology and plant disease management; risk assessment of new agricultural biotechnologies.

Evelyn A. Nystrom, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis; intestinal colonization by Escherichia coli; vaccines against toxigenic E. coli.

Say Kee Ong, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering;

Microbial degradation of toxic compounds, bioremediation, and innovative bioreactors.

Timothy B. Parkin, National Soil Tilth Laboratory;

Environmental microbiology, with focus on carbon and sulfur cycling in natural aquatic systems and nitrogen transformations and pesticide degradation in soil systems.

Gregory J. Phillips, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Bacterial genetics and molecular biology of membrane protein localization in Escherichia coli; development of genetic tools for microbial genome analysis and functional genomics.

Picture contributed by Ed Braun.

Anthony Pometto III, Food Science and Human Nutrition;

Industrial microbiology, including microbial degradation of plastics, bioconversion of agricultural commodities into alternative products, and bioremediation.

Donald L. Reynolds, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Pathogenesis of viral enteric diseases and respiratory diseases of poultry; food safety.

Ricardo F. Rosenbusch, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Molecular events in mycoplasmal and bacterial infection of ruminants, emphasizing bovine respiratory disease and pinkeye.

Wayne A. Rowley, Entomology;

Biology of mosquitoes and ticks that vector microbial pathogens, particularly focusing on Lyme disease and the mosquito encephalitis virus.

Joseph G. Sebranek, Animal Science;

Control of pathogens during food processing.

Chad H. Stahl, Animal Science;

Recombinant protein expression, antimicrobial peptides, and intestinal ecology.

Thaddeus B. Stanton, National Animal Disease Center;

Genetics and transmission of antibiotic resistance in enteric pathogens; physiology, phage biology, and genetics of spirochete enteric pathogens of swine.

Eileen L. Thacker, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Pathogenesis and immune response of the swine respiratory tract to viral and bacterial diseases.

Daniel F. Voytas, Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology;

Retrotransposable elements, genome structure and evolution.

Michael Wannemuehler, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Interactions among bacterial pathogens, animal hosts, and the microflora regarding mucosal immunity and inflammatory diseases of the bowel.

Irene V. Wesley, National Animal Disease Center;

Detection techniques for improving food safety; ecology, epidemiology and control of foodborne pathogens in livestock and foods of animal origin.

Steven A. Whitham, Plant Pathology;

Molecular biology, genetic and genomic approaches to plant-virus interactions, with emphasis on the host responses to virus infection.

Qijing Zhang, Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine;

Antibiotic resistance, ecology and molecular basis of pathogen-host interaction of the foodborne human pathogenCampylobacter jejuni.

Jeffrey J. Zimmerman, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine;

Infectious diseases of livestock, particularly their epidemiology, transmission, prevention, and control.

Richard L. Zuerner, National Animal Disease Center;

Genetics of spirochete enteric pathogens and vaccine development.

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