Titles and Education
- BA 1976, Knox College
- PhD 1980, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Postdoctoral Trainee, National Jewish Hospital, Denver CO 1980-1983.
- Professor in Microbiology
- Director, Food Research Institute
Research
The primary interest of our laboratory is studying mechanisms of resistance to bacterial infection. Under this broad heading major projects include: 1) Host, bacterial and environmental factors that influence the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal listeriosis and salmonellosis; 2) Immunotoxicology – adverse effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on bone marrow cells and hematopoiesis; 3) Bovine respiratory disease - focus on the effects of Mannheimia haemolytica and its leukotoxin on the activities of bovine leukocytes and lung cells; 4) Histophilus somni – adverse effects on bovine endothelial cells as it relates to vasculitis.
Responsibilities
Teach Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology (PBS 517); supervise graduate students in immunology, microbiology and toxicology; Director, UW-Madsion Food Research Institute; Director, Walter and Martha Renk Endowed Laboratory for Food Safety; Director, NIH Training Grant in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (provides research training to graduate veterinarians); Chair, Academic Committee of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences graduate program; Co-course coordinator Research Ethics and Survial Skills; Director; Coordinator, FRI Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars
Graduate Training
Recent and Current Graduate Students
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Name |
Degree |
Current position |
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Matt Sylte |
DVM PhD |
Research Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA ARS NADC, Ames, IA |
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Fabio Leite |
DVM PhD |
Assoc. Prof. Univ. Pelotas, Brazil |
|
Steve Giles |
PhD |
Big Rose Computing, Madison, WI |
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Erica Behling-Kelly |
DVM PhD |
Assoc. Prof. Cornell University, Sch Vet. Med. |
|
Chris Kuckleburg |
PhD |
Analyst, IPD Analytics, Aventura FL |
|
Dhammika Atapattu |
MD PhD |
Assistant Dean of Global Health; Professor of Medical Education |
|
Lyndsey Berryman |
MS |
Nurse Madison Metropolitan School District |
|
Nicole Aulik |
PhD |
Head of Bacteriology, WI Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |
|
Jose Rivera |
MS, DVM |
UW WisCares |
|
Robert Sahaghian |
DVM MS |
Private Practice, San Francisco CA |
|
Keith Poulsen |
DVM PhD | Director, WI Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |
|
Joanne Tsarouha |
MS student, Czuprynski lab Marketing, Thermo Fisher, Denver CO | |
|
Seng Ryong Woo |
PhD | Principal Scientist, AbbVie, Abbott Park, IL |
|
Ken Brandenburg |
PhD | Scientist, FDA, Rockville MD |
|
Ismail Boukahil |
PhD | Unknown |
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Hannah Pilch |
MS | Microbiologist, WI State Lab. of Hygiene |
|
Kirty Wadhawan |
MS |
Honorary Associate, UW-Madison |
Recent and Current Postdoctoral Trainees
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Dave McClenahan |
DVM PhD | Assoc. Professor, Univ. Northern Iowa |
|
Raksha Tiwari |
DVM PhD |
Scientist, Pfizer Animal Health, Kalamazoo MI |
|
Dagmara Kisiela |
PhD |
Scientist, Univ. Washington Med Ctr., Seattle WA |
|
Lewis Shi |
PhD |
Assoc. Prof. Univ. Alabama-Brimingham Med. Ctr. |
|
Alhaji N’jai |
PhD | Assoc. Prof. University of Sierra Leone |
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Karein Rodriguez |
PhD | Johnson & Johnson, Piscataway NJ |
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Kwadwo Owusu-Ofori |
PhD | CEO, Satori Food Project, Wauwatosa WI |
|
Josely Figueiredo |
DVM, PhD |
Scientist, WIL Research, Ashland OH |