Division Officer Contact Information

Divisional Groups

Divisional Groups

Divisions in Group

Divisional Group Representative 

I - Diagnostic Microbiology and Epidemiology

 C, F, L, V, Y, AA

Ellen Jo Baron
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, CA 
ejbaron@stanford.edu
650-380-6430

II - Pathogenesis and Host Response Mechanisms

 A, B, D, E, G, U, Z

Virginia Miller
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
vlmiller@med.unc.edu 

III - General and Applied Microbiology

 I, N, O, P, Q, R, W

Joy Doran Peterson
joydoranpeterson@gmail.com

IV - Molecular Microbiology, Physiology and Virology

 H, J, K, M, S, T, X

Paul Babitzke
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 
pxb28@psu.edu

 

 Divisions

Division Chair Chair-Elect Councilor
A -
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Jeffrey Alder
Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Montville, NJ
jeff.alder@bayer.edu
Keith Klugman
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
kklugma@emory.edu
Hannah M. Wexler
UCLA School of Medicine
Los Angeles, CA
hwexler@ucla.edu
310-268-3404

B -
Microbial Pathogens
Nicholas P. Cianciotto
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, IL
n-cianciotto@northwestern.edu
312-503-0385


Steven Blanke
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
sblanke@life.illinois.edu


Karen Ottemann
UC-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
ottemann@biology.ucsc.edu


C -
Clinical Microbiology
Sheldon M. Campbell
Yale University School of Medicine
West Haven, CT
sheldon.campbell@yale.edu
203-865-4171


Susan Sharp
Kaiser Permanente, NW
Portland, OR
susan.e.sharp@kp.org


Barbara Robinson-Dunn
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI
brobinson-dunn@beaumont.edu
D -
Microbe-Host Interactions
Marvin Whiteley
The University of Texas
Austin, TX
mwhiteley@mail.utexas.edu
Olaf Schneewind
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
oschnee@bsd.uchicago.edu

Kevin McIver
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
kmciver@umb.edu
E -
Immunology
Maya Saleh
McGill Life Sciences Complex
Montreal, QC, Canada
maya.saleh@mcgill.ca
514-398-2065
David Mosser
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
dmosser@umd.edu


Peter Murray
St. Jude Children's Res Hospital
Memphis, TN
peter.murray@stjude.edu

F -
Medical Mycology
John Perfect
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC
perfe001@mc.duke.edu
919-684-6854

Maurizio Del Poeta
Med University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
maurizio.delpoeta@stonybrook.edu
Jennifer Lodge
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
lodgejk@wustl.edu

G -
Mycoplasmology
John I. Glass
J. Craig Venter Institute
Rockville, MD
jglass@jcvi.org
Chris Minion
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
fcminion@iastate.edu

Lawrence Silbart
University of Connecticut
Storrs Mansfield, CT
lawrence.silbart@uconn.edu

H -
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Sidney R. Kushner
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
skushner@uga.edu
706-542-8000
Joseph Peters
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
jep48@cornell.edu


Susan Rosenberg
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
smr@bcm.tmc.edu
I -
General Microbiology
Joerg Graf
University of Connecticut
Storrs Mansfield, CT
joerg.graf@uconn.edu
860-486-9284
Eric Stabb
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
estabb@uga.edu


Esther Angert
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
era23@cornell.edu
J -
Cell and Structural Biology
Daniel B. Kearns
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
dbkearns@indiana.edu


Briana Burton
Harvard University
Somerville, MA
bburton@mcb.harvard.edu
Zemer Gitai
Princeton University
Berkeley, CA
zgitai@princeton.edu
K -
Microbial Physiology and Metabolism
Tyrrell Conway
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK
tconway@ou.edu
405-325-1683
Jared Leadbetter
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
jleadbetter@caltech.edu


Mechthild Pohlschroder
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
pohlschr@sas.upenn.edu
L -
Healthcare Epidemiology
Connie S. Price
University of Colorado
Denver, CO
connie.price@dhha.org


Tom Talbot
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
tom.talbot@vanderbilt.edu

Stephen Weber
University of Chicago Hospitals
Chicago, IL
sgweber@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
M -
Bacteriophage
Carlos E. Catalano
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
catalanc@uw.edu

Louis Temple
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA
templelm@jmu.edu

Graham Hatfull
University of Pittsburg
Pittsburg, PA
gfh@pitt.edu
N -
Microbial Ecology
Karsten Zengler
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
kzengler@ucsd.edu
K. Eric Wommack
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
wommack@dbi.udel.edu
 
Joel Kostka
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
joel.kostka@biology.gatech.edu
O -
Fermentation and Biotechnology
George M. Garrity
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
garrity@msu.edu
 
Badal Saha
USDA-ARS
Peoria, IL
badal.saha@ars.usda.gov
 
Zonglin Liu
USDA-ARS
Peoria, IL
zlewis.liu@ars.usda.gov
P -
Food Microbiology
Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN
fdiez@umn.edu
 
Pina Fratamico
USDA-ARS
Wyndmoor, PA
pina.fratamico@ars.usda.gov
 
Frank Burns
DuPont Qualicon
Media, PA
frank.r.burns@usa.dupont.com
Q -
Environmental and General Applied Microbiology
Jill Stewart
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
jill.stewart@unc.edu
919-966-7553
Donna Fennell
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
fennell@envsci.rutgers.edu
 

Gerben Zylstra
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey 
New Brunswick, NJ
zylstra@aesop.rutgers.edu
R -
Evolutionary and Genomic Microbiology
Rachel J. Whitaker
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
rwhitaker@life.uiuc.edu
217-337-7670
Jennifer Gardy
British Columbia Ctr. of Disease Control
Vancouver, BC, Canada
jennifer.gardy@bccdc.ca


Nicole Perna
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
ntperna@wisc.edu
S -
DNA Viruses
Lindsey M. Hutt-Fletcher
Louisiana State University
Shreveport, LA
lhuttf@lsuhsc.edu
318-675-4948
Katherine Spindler
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
krspin@umich.edu


Lou Laimins
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
l-laimins@northwestern.edu
T -
RNA Viruses
Leslie J. Parent
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
Hershey, PA
lparent@psu.edu
717-531-3997


Kim Green
NIAID
Bethesda, MD
kgreen@niaid.nih.gov


John Patton
NIAID/NIH
Bethesda, MD
jpatton@niaid.nih.gov
U -
Mycobacteriology

Sabine Ehrt
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
sae2004@med.cornell.edu

 

Kathleen McDonough
David Axelrod Institute
Albany, NY
kathleen.mcdonough@wadsworth.org
Miriam Braunstein
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
miriam_braunstein@med.unc.edu
V -
Clinical and Molecular Diagnostic Immunology

Moon H. Nahm
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
nahm@uab.edu
205-934-6421

 

Nahed Ismail
University of Pittsburg
Pittsburg, PA 
ismailn@upmc.edu
Deshratn Asthana
University of Miami
Miami, FL
desh@miami.edu
W -
Microbiology Education
Robert W. Bauman
Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX 
bauman-rw@actx.edu
806-371-7387
Laurie Caslake
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
caslakel@lafayette.edu


Laura Mays Hoopes
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
ihoopes@pomona.edu
X -
Molecular, Cellular and General Biology of Eukaryotes
George F. Sprague, Jr.
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR
gsprague@molbio.oregon.edu


N. Louis Glass
UC-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 
lglass@berkeley.edu
Michael Levandowsky
Pace University
New York, NY 
mlevandowsky@pace.edu
Y -
Public Health
Denise (Dee) A. Pettit 
North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health
dee.pettit@dhhs.nc.gov
Joanne Bartkus
Minnesota Department of Health
Saint Paul, MN
joanne.bartkus@state.mn.us

Michael Pentella
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
michael-pentella@uiowa.edu
Z -
Animal Health Microbiology
Shawn Bearson
US Department of Agriculture
Ames, IA
shawn.bearson@ars.usda.gov
515-663-7455
Paul Plummer
Iowa State University
Boone, IA 
pplummer@iastate.edu


Shelley Rankin
Matthew J. Ryan Vet Hospital
Kennett Square, PA
srankin@vet.upenn.edu
AA -
Free-Living, Symbiotic and Parasitic Protists
Peter J. Myler
Seattle Biomed Res Inst/Univ of WA
Seattle, WA
peter.myler@seattle.biomed.org
Gustavo Arrizabalaga
Indiana University School of Medicine
Bloomington, IN
garrizab@iupui.edu


Upinder Singh
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
usingh@stanford.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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