UMMC Department of Microbiology

Microbiology Faculty


Chairman - Dr. Richard J. O'Callaghan, Ph.D

Current Faculty with Primary Appointments in Microbiology:

  1. Eva M. Bengtén, Ph.D., Uppsala University (Associate Professor) - Immunology.
  2. Armando R. Caballero, Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ. Medical Center, New Orleans,      (Assistant Professor) - Bacterial Pathogenesis
  3. V. Gregory Chinchar, Ph.D., Indiana Univ. (Professor) - Virology.
  4. Craig J. Lobb, Ph.D., Utah State Univ. (Professor) - Immunology.
  5. Michael D. Lundrigan, Ph.D., Univ. Texas (Associate Professor) - Microbial Genetics.
  6. William B. Lushbaugh, Ph.D., Louisiana State Univ. Medical Center., New Orleans,     (Professor) - Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology.
  7. John Christopher Meade, Ph.D., Univ. Cincinnati (Associate Professor) -
        Molecular Parasitology.
  8. Larry McDaniel, Ph.D., Univ. Oklahoma (Professor) - Microbial Pathogenesis.
  9. Mary E. Marquart, Ph.D., St. Louis University (Assistant Professor) - Microbial Pathogenesis
  10. Norman W. Miller, Ph.D., Univ. Delaware (Professor) - Immunology.
  11. Richard J. O'Callaghan, Ph.D., UMMC, (Professor and Chairman) - Bacterial Pathogenesis
  12. Stephen J. Stray, Ph.D. Univ. Alabama (Assistant Professor) - Virus Assembly
  13. Melanie Wilson, Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina (Professor) - Immunology.

Current Faculty Affiliated with Microbiology Research Programs

  1. Donna Sullivan, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Medicine) - Infectious Diseases.
  2. Edwin Swiatlo, Ph.D., M.D. (Associate Professor, Medicine) - Infectious Diseases.

Professor Emeriti

    1. Lincoln Arceneaux, Ph.D., Univ. Texas (Associate Professor) - Microbial Physiology. .
    2. Jean E.L. Arceneaux, Ph.D., Univ. Texas (Associate Professor) - Microbial Physiology.
    3. B. Rowe Byers, Ph.D., Univ. Texas (Professor) - Microbial Physiology.
    4. Marvin A. Cuchens, Ph.D., Univ. Florida (Professor) - Immunology.
    5. Glenn A. Gentry, Ph.D., Univ. Mississippi (Professor-Emeritus) - Virology.