Microbiology
Our people
Department Chair
3023 Cowley Hall
mhoffman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6984
Specialty areas:
Virology
Chair, Department of Microbiology
Academic Department Associate
The Department Microbiology has ten Microbiologists with full time commitments in the Microbiology curriculum and ten additional faculty with partial responsibilities in Microbiology instruction. The Microbiology faculty strive to ensure that students master the material necessary to become competent, practicing Microbiologists. Each is dedicated, helpful, and interested in the student's success and is committed to quality undergraduate education. Faculty are supported by three staff members that run the Microbiology prep room. The prep room staff, along with numerous student employees, ensure that each Microbiology laboratory is set up to allow students maximum hands-on experience in state-of-the-art techniques in Microbiology.
Microbiology Graduate Programs Director
Associate Professor
3036 Cowley Hall
pschweiger@uwlax.edu
608.785.8254
Specialty areas:
Microbial Metabolism and Physiology
Synthetic and Molecular Biology
Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology
Contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research in these fields!
Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) Director
Clinical Professor
3003 Cowley Hall
mlazzari@uwlax.edu
608.785.6479
Specialty areas:
Clinical Laboratory Science advising
Teaching Professor
235A Cartwright Center
mbarbknecht@uwlax.edu
608.785.6968
Specialty areas:
Introductory Microbiology Education
Associate Professor
3029 Cowley Hall
bbratina@uwlax.edu
608.785.6994
Specialty areas:
Microbial ecology, Aquatic microbiology, Biogeochemistry
Assistant Professor
3030 Cowley Hall
dbretl@uwlax.edu
608.785.6969
Specialty areas:
Bacterial Genetics; Cellular Signaling
Professor
3023 Cowley Hall
mhoffman@uwlax.edu
608.785.6984
Specialty areas:
Virology
Chair, Department of Microbiology
Clinical Associate Professor
3013 Cowley Hall
kjohnson4@uwlax.edu
608.785.5264
Specialty areas:
Dept. Equity Liaison
Clinical Laboratory Science - academic advising; course instruction
Laboratory Management.
Clinical Professor
3003 Cowley Hall
mlazzari@uwlax.edu
608.785.6479
Specialty areas:
Clinical Laboratory Science advising
Associate Professor
3011 Cowley Hall
xli@uwlax.edu
608.785.8255
Specialty areas:
My research interests lie in the area of food microbiology, with the focus on antibiotic resistance in food chain and inactivation of foodborne viruses. I am currently accepting M.S. and undergraduate research students.
Professor
3027 Cowley Hall
wschwan@uwlax.edu
608.785.6980
Specialty areas:
Pathogenic bacteriology, drug discovery and preclinical testing, uropathogenic Escherichia coli virulence/gene regulation, Staphylococcus aureus virulence/gene regulation
Associate Professor
3036 Cowley Hall
pschweiger@uwlax.edu
608.785.8254
Specialty areas:
Microbial Metabolism and Physiology
Synthetic and Molecular Biology
Applied Microbiology
Biotechnology
Contact me if you have any interest in undergraduate or graduate (MS) research in these fields!
Assistant Professor
Cowley Hall
ztritz@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Immunology
Associate Professor
3033 Cowley Hall
pwilker@uwlax.edu
608.785.8248
Specialty areas:
Immunology, influenza viruses
Lab Supervisor - Microbiology
Prairie Springs Science Center
cdavis3@uwlax.edu
Laboratory Manager
4013 Prairie Springs Science Center
josborn@uwlax.edu
608.785.6466
Laboratory Supervisor
4017 Prairie Springs Science Center
rpolanowski@uwlax.edu
608.785.6987
Professor
3022 Cowley Hall
scooper@uwlax.edu
608.785.6983
Specialty areas:
Effects of hibernation on blood clotting in 13-lined ground squirrels.
Associate Professor
Prairie Springs Science Center
agalbraith@uwlax.edu
608.785.8246
Specialty areas:
Genetics, genetic disorders, genetics, molecular biology, genetics, baker's yeast, genetics, antimicrobials, genetics....
Professor
2032 Cowley Hall
gsandland@uwlax.edu
608.785.6982
Specialty areas:
Host-parasite interactions, life-history evolution, disease ecology, invasive species dynamics, mathematical biology, toxicology
Professor
2033 Cowley Hall
estrauss@uwlax.edu
608.785.8262
Specialty areas:
Limnology, Stream and River Ecology, Water Quality
| Adjunct and clinical faculty | |
| William A. Agger, M.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Mark Borchardt, Ph.D. Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
| Mauri Saeger Brueggeman, M.Ed., MLS(ASCP)CM, Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau, WI | Steven Callister, Ph.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
| Jeffrey Christensen, Ph.D. Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
Jay Ellingson, Ph.D. Food Safety & Quality Assurance, Kwik Trip, Inc. |
| Thomas Fritsche, M.D., Ph.D. Marshfield Medical Research Foundation |
Randall J. Hunt, Ph.D. US Geological Survey |
| Dean Jobe, M.S. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Todd Kowalski, M.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
| Becky A. Lasee, Ph.D. Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center, USGS |
Steven D. Lovrich, Ph.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
| Richard McLaughlin, Ph.D. Gateway Technical College |
Jennifer K. Meece, Ph.D. Marshfield Medical Research & Education Foundation |
| Derek Moore, M.P.H. Marshfield Medical Research & Education Foundation |
Mary S. Morris, M.D. Allergy Associates/Franciscan Skemp Mayo Healthcare |
| Darby Oldenburg, Ph.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Doug White, M.D., Ph.D Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
| Kurt Reed, M.D. Northwestern University |
Don Salter, Ph.D. Leuther Laboratories, LLC |
| Jeffrey S. Sartin, M.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Carl Shelly, D.Phil. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
| Mary E. Stemper, M.S. M.T.(ASCP) Marshfield Laboratories |
Purnendu C. Vasavada, M.D. University of Wisconsin - River Falls |
| Catherine Wright, Ph.D. | |
| Emeritus faculty | |
| Robert Burns, Ph.D. | S.N. Rajagopal, Ph.D. |
| Diane Sewell, Ph.D. MLS(ASCP) CM |
Martin Venneman, Ph.D. |
| Michael Winfrey, Ph.D. | Marc Rott, Ph.D. |