Faculty

	Name	Title	Research
	Buchan, Alison	Carolyn W. Fite Professor, Associate Head of Microbiology	Molecular microbial ecology, bacterial aromatic compound catabolism, marine microbiology
	Fozo, Elizabeth	Associate Professor	Stress responses in pathogenic bacteria
	Ganusov, Vitaly V.	Associate Professor	Mathematical modeling of CD8 T cell responses to acute and chronic infections
	Goodrich-Blair, Heidi	David and Sandra White Professor, Head of Microbiology	Molecular mechanisms of bacteria-animal mutualism and pathogenesis
	Hazen, Terry	Professor, Governor's Chair	Systems biology approach to bioremediation, bioenergy and water quality
	Johnson, Jeremiah	Assistant Professor	Bacterial pathogenesis
	Lebeis, Sarah	Assistant Professor	Plant-associated microbial communities and innate immunology
	Lloyd, Karen	Associate Professor	Marine microbiology
	Loeffler, Frank	Professor, Governor's Chair	Environmental microbiology and microbial ecology
	Mikucki, Jill	Associate Professor	Polar microbial ecology; exploration of Antarctic subice environments
	Parker, Benjamin	Assistant Professor	Ecology and evolution of animal-microbe interactions
	Reynolds, Todd	Associate Professor	Lipids and signaling in fungal pathogenesis and biofilm formation; antifungal drug target identification
	Sparer, Tim E.	Associate Professor	Cytomegalovirus chemokines in pathology, obesity, atherosclerosis; constitutively active CXCR2 in cancer
	Steen, Andrew	Assistant Professor	Geomicrobiology and organic geochemistry
	Su, Chunlei	Associate Professor	Population genetics of Toxoplasma gondii
	Talmy, David	Assistant Professor	Ocean microbial ecology and biogeochemistry
	Wilhelm, Steven W.	Kenneth & Blaire Mossman Professor	Molecular ecology of viruses, bacteria and algae in oceans and large lakes
	Zinser, Erik	Associate Professor	Ecology and physiology of marine photosynthetic bacteria
	Bruce, Barry	Adjunct Professsor	Membrane biochemistry related to photosynthesis
	DeBruyn, Jennifer	Adjunct Associate Professor	Environmental microbiology
	Eda, Shigetoshi	Adjunct Professor	Cattle immunity to Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) surface molecules
	Graham, David	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Faculty, Associate Professor	Microbial ecology and physiology
	Hettich, Robert	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Faculty, Associate Professor	High performance Mass Spectrometry/Laser Spectroscopy
	Lin, Jun	Adjunct Professor	Infectious disease and food safety
	Podar, Mircea	Oak Ridge Natioal Laboratory Joint Faculty	Systems genetics and computational approaches to microbial evolution
	Radosevich, Mark	Adjunct Professor	Soil microbiology and biochemistry
	Schadt, Christopher	Oak Ridge National Laboratory Joint Faculty, Associate Professor	Microbial ecology and plant-microbe interactions
	Becker, Jeffrey M.	Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus	Yeast and fungal molecular biology. Dr. Becker has an active research program but is not accepting graduate students.
	Sayler, Gary S.	Professor Emeritus	Bioluminescent organisms for biotechnology applications
	Small, Pamela L.C.	Professor Emeritus	Microbial genetics and pathogenesis