Assistant Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

jbazurto@umn.edu

Regulatory mechanisms; bacterial physiology; metabolic stress; methylobacterium

Associate Professor
Civil, Environmental, & Geo-Engineering

sbehrens@umn.edu

Microbial bioremediation; environmental contaminants; resource recovery

Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

dbond@umn.edu

Physiology and functional genomics of metal-reducing bacteria; microbial interactions with electrodes

Assistant Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

kcosta@umn.edu

Methanogen physiology; microbial metabolism; anaerobic microbiology

Professor
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior

deanx024@umn.edu

Molecular evolution; enzymology; isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (IDH)

Professor
Chemistry

diste001@umn.edu

Protein prenylation; molecular recognition and catalysis in proteins; protein engineering; bioorganic chemistry

Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics

mhelias@umn.edu

Microbial enzymes and systems; bio-remediation; cellular phosphate uptake mechanism

Assistant Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

kfixen@umn.edu

Redox regulation of metabolism; anoxygenic phototrophs; product formation

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics

mffreema@umn.edu

Natural product biosynthesis; microbial genetics; targeted metagenomics; radical-mediated chemistry

Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

gralnick@umn.edu

Microbial physiology; synthetic biology; geomicrobiology; Shewanella; bioenergy; bioremediation; biocatalysis

Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science

hackel@umn.edu

Protein engineering; molecular diagnostics; targeted therapy; oncology; infectious disease

Associate Professor
Plant and Microbial Biology

trinityh@umn.edu

Microbial photosynthesis; global biogeochemical cycles; microbial ecosystems, ecology, and evolution

Associate Professor
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior

harcombe@umn.edu

Cooperation and conflict; eco-evolutionary feedback; microbial communities; microbial interactions; systems biology

Professor
Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

bhu@umn.edu

Bioprocessing technologies; biofuels; biomass utilization; industrial fermentation; waste management and treatment

Professor
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science

acre@cems.umn.edu

Cell culture technology; tissue engineering; metabolic engineering; quantitative modeling of biological systems

Associate Professor
Soil, Water, and Climate

ishi0040@umn.edu

Applied microbiology and biotechnology; nitrogen pollution; genomics; metagenomics; meta transcriptomics; high-throughput sequencing; bioinformatics; bioreactors; mathematical modeling

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics

rjk@umn.edu

Green (sustainable) chemistry; enzyme modeling; enzyme design; enzyme engineering

Associate Professor
Computer Science and Engineering

dknights@umn.edu

Model host-microbiome interactions; microbial community patterns that predict and diagnose human diseases; computational microbiology

Professor
Civil, Environmental & Geo-Engineering

lapar001@umn.edu

Biological wastewater treatment; wastewater and environmental microbiology; microbial ecology and evolution; antibiotic resistance

Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental, & Geo-Engineering

novak010@umn.edu

Biological transformation of hazardous substances; biodegradation; PCB dechlorinators; dehalorespirers; estrogenic compounds; micropollutants; reactive membrane systems

Associate Professor
Center for Drug Design

csalomon@umn.edu

Biological control of plant disease; antibiotic resistance; communication networks among bacterial populations

Associate Professor
Earth & Environmental Sciences

santelli@umn.edu

Impact of microbial activity on geological and environmental processes; nutrient biogeochemical cycling; environmental remediation; influence of anthropogenic activity on biogeochemical processes

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, & Biophysics
Director, BioTechnology Institute

schmi232@umn.edu

Biosynthetic machinery; sustainable synthesis; multi-enzyme biocatalysis; genetically programmable, self-organizing protein-based functional materials

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

seelig@umn.edu

Darwinian molecular evolution; novel protein generation; synthetic biology; origin and evolution of functional proteins; history of the genetic code

Associate Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

smanski@umn.edu

Natural product discovery; genome mining; genetic systems engineering

Professor
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior

travisan@umn.edu

Ecological and evolutionary dynamics; evolutionary genetics; microbial ecology and evolution; yeast speciation

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

wacke003@umn.edu

Biodegradation; bioremediation; biosynthesis of natural products; enzymology; applications of enzymes in industrial processes

Professor
Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

ping@umn.edu

Enzyme engineering and nano biocatalysis; bioprocessing and bioreactors; biosensors; biodegradation; biofuels and bioenergy; biomass-based chemicals and materials; smart coatings and nano functional materials; carbon capture and conversion

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics

wilmo004@umn.edu

Structural enzymology; natural products; metalloenzymes; macromolecular X-ray crystallography; spectroscopic techniques; kinetics; mass spectrometry