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Undergraduate Program

UW Microbiology

Research Opportunities

Faculty Accepting 499 Students

Faculty Member Research Topics
Roger E. Bumgarner
Associate Professor, Microbiology
Bacterial Comparative Genomics
Sharon Doty
Adjunct Professor, Microbiology
Ferric C. Fang
Professor, Microbiology
Salmonella-Host Interactions
Deborah Fuller
Professor, Microbiology
Molecular Virology, Vaccine, Transdermal Drug Delivery, HIV, Influenza, Biotechnology, SARS-CoV2
Denise A. Galloway
Professor, Microbiology
HPV, Polyomaviruses
E. Peter Greenberg
Professor, Microbiology
Sociomicrobiology, Quorum Sensing, Biofilm, Regulation of Virulence Genes
Caroline (Carrie) Harwood
Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Professor of Microbiology, Microbiology
Metabolic Networks, Bacterial Signaling, Bioenergy Production
Lucas Hoffman
Adjunct Professor, Microbiology
Respiratory Microbiology, Respiratory, Fecal Microbiomes, Interspecies Interactions, Bacterial Adaptation During Chronic Infection
Kevin J. Hybiske
Adjunct Associate Professor, Microbiology
Host-Pathogen Interactions, Chlamydia, Malaria
Tristan Jordan
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Host-virus, Innate Immunity, Antiviral, Evolution, DNA Virus Mechanisms of Evading Host Defenses, Amoeba, Virus Discovery
Mary E. Lidstrom
Professor Emeritus, Microbiology
Methylotrophic Bacteria, Metabolic Engineering
Samuel I. Miller
Professor, Microbiology
Salmonella, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas, Microbiota-E.Coli
Patrick Mitchell
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Immunity, Inflammasome, Host-pathogen, Pathogenesis
Joseph D. Mougous
Professor, Microbiology
Protein Secretion, Microbiome, Pathogens, Toxins
Sean C. Murphy
Adjunct Associate Professor, Microbiology
Parasitology, Malaria Vaccines, Malaria Diagnostics, Clinical Trials, Vaccine
Matthew R. Parsek
Professor, Microbiology
Microbial Communities, Biofilms, Quorum Sensing
Nina Salama
Professor, Microbiology
Helicobacter Pylori Pathogenesis
Jason G. Smith
Professor, Microbiology
Adenovirus, HPV, Rotavirus, Defensins, Enteroids, Paneth Cells, Parvovirus
Beth A. Traxler
Professor, Microbiology
Bacterial Conjugation, Horizontal Gene Transfer, Protein Folding