Microbiology
Our people
Relocation
Due to the demolition of Cowley Hall and construction of Prairie Springs Science Center Phase II, the Microbiology Department will be temporarily relocated to 404 Wimberly Hall. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Department Chair
- 404B Wimberly Hall
- pwilker@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8248
Specialty areas:
Immunology, influenza viruses
Academic Department Associate
- 405 Wimberly Hall
- shall@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6960
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
- 406A Wimberly 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
- 412B Wimberly Hall
- mlazzari@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6479
Specialty areas:
Clinical Laboratory Science advising
- Teaching Professor
- 406H Wimberly Hall
- mbarbknecht@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6968
Specialty areas:
Introductory Microbiology Education
- Associate Professor
- 406G Wimberly Hall
- bbratina@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6994
Specialty areas:
Microbial ecology, Aquatic microbiology, Biogeochemistry
- Associate Professor
- 406B Wimberly Hall
- dbretl@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6969
Specialty areas:
Bacterial Genetics; Cellular Signaling
- Teaching Assistant Professor
- 406D Wimberly Hall
- jgallagher@uwlax.edu
- Clinical Associate Professor
- 412A Wimberly Hall
- kjohnson4@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.5264
Specialty areas:
Dept. Equity Liaison
Clinical Laboratory Science - academic advising; course instruction
Laboratory Management.
- Clinical Professor
- 412B Wimberly Hall
- mlazzari@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6479
Specialty areas:
Clinical Laboratory Science advising
- Professor
- 406A Wimberly 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
- 406F Wimberly 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
- 406A Wimberly 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
- 406E Wimberly Hall
- ztritz@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Immunology
- Associate Professor
- 404B Wimberly Hall
- pwilker@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8248
Specialty areas:
Immunology, influenza viruses
- Laboratory Manager
- 4013 Prairie Springs Science Center
- josborn@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6466
- Laboratory Manager
- 4013 Prairie Springs Science Center
- rpolanowski@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6987
- Professor
- 4040 Prairie Springs Science Center
- scooper@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6983
Specialty areas:
Effects of hibernation on blood clotting in 13-lined ground squirrels.
- Associate Professor
- 210 Cartwright Center
- agalbraith@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8246
Specialty areas:
Genetics, genetic disorders, genetics, molecular biology, genetics, baker's yeast, genetics, antimicrobials, genetics....
- Professor
- 216 Cartwright Center
- gsandland@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.6982
Specialty areas:
Host-parasite interactions, life-history evolution, disease ecology, invasive species dynamics, mathematical biology, toxicology
- Professor
- 2010 Prairie Springs Science Center
- estrauss@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8262
Specialty areas:
Limnology, Stream and River Ecology, Water Quality
Adjunct and clinical faculty |
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| William A. Agger, M.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Dean Jobe, M.S. Western Technical College |
| Todd Kowalski, M.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Richard McLaughlin, Ph.D. Gateway Technical College |
| Darby Oldenburg, Ph.D. Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation |
Kurt Reed, M.D. Northwestern University |
| Don Salter, Ph.D. Leuther Laboratories, LLC |
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Emeritus faculty |
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Name
Email address |
Years | Principal Areas of Instruction |
| Sue Anglehart, M.S. | 1997-2024 | Fundamentals of Microbiology, Microbes & Society, Global Impact of Infectious Disease |
| Robert Burns, Ph.D. | -1998 | Pathogenic Microbiology |
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Michael Hoffman, Ph.D.
mahoffma9@gmail.com |
2000-2026 | Virology, Global Impact of Infectious Disease |
| S.N. Rajagopal, Ph.D. | Fundamentals of Microbiology, Food Microbiology | |
| Marc Rott, Ph.D. |
-2019 | Fundamentals of Microbiology, Microbial Genetics |
| Diane Sewell, Ph.D. MLS(ASCP) CM | 2004-2013 | Clinical Lab Science |
| Martin Venneman, Ph.D. | Immunology | |
| Michael Winfrey, Ph.D. | -2014 | Fundamentals of Microbiology, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Bacterial Diversity, Bacterial Physiology |