USA Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty
Academic Faculty
Kevin R. Macaluso, PhD
Chair, Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: (251) 460-7514
Fax: (251) 460-7931
kmacaluso@southalabama.edu
Jonathon P. Audia, PhD
Professor
Infectious Disease and Host Defense (IDHD) Track Director
Phone: (251) 460-6929
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jaudia@southalabama.edu
Robert A. Barrington, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Office of Research, Education, and Training (ORET)
Phone: (251) 461-1718
FAX: (251) 460-7931
rbarrington@southalabama.edu
Michael R. Elliott, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: (251) 445-9800
mrelliot@southalabama.edu
Meghan E. Hermance, PhD
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID)
Phone: (251) 460-6957
mhermance@southalabama.edu
Jin Hyun Kim, DVM, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6204
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jinkim@southalabama.edu
Jonathan O. Rayner, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID)
Phone: (251) 414-8179
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jrayner@southalabama.edu
Allyson E. Shea, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6275
Fax: (251) 460-7931
aeshea@southalabama.edu
Emeritus Faculty
John W. Foster, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (251) 460-6323
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jwfoster@southalabama.edu
Robert N. Lausch, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (251) 460-6250
Fax: (251) 460-7931
rlausch@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
John E. Oakes, PhD
Professor Emeritus
David O. Wood, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Retired Faculty
Adel L. Barsoum, PhD
Retired Assistant Professor
Adjunct Appointments
James Lawrence, DVM, MD, FAAP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Jason Strickland, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Joint Appointments
Christopher Davies, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine
Joint Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
A. Michele Schuler, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Medicine
Joint Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
John A. VandeWaa, PhD, DO
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, College
of Medicine
Joint Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Instructors
Eliane Esteves, PhD
Instructor, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellows
Thitigun Jaimipuk, PhD
Macaluso Lab Group
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Trainees
Killian Brewer, BS
Barrington Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Bailey Hettinger, BS
Hermance Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Rachel Rodenberg, BS
Barrington Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Shovon Lal Sarkar, BS
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Chanakan (Nam) Suwanbongkot, BS
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Meagan Taylor, BS
Rayner Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Amanda Tuckey, BS
Audia Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Staff
Ahmed Garba, MS
Research Technologist III, Hermance Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Olena Gorodnya, BS
Research Technologist IV, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Juleigh Jeffreys, BS
Research Technologist III, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Elizabeth Lilly, MSFS
Research Technologist IV, Macaluso Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Meredith Moody, MA
Financial Operations Specialist, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Sienna Myers, BS
Research Technologist I, Macaluso Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Clémence Obellianne, BS
Research Technologist III, Hermance Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Rosemary Roberts, BS
Laboratory Manager, Rayner Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Madeline Wasden, MS
Program Coordinator, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine