USA Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty
Academic Faculty
Kevin R. Macaluso, PhD
Professor and Chair
Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: (251) 460-7514
Fax: (251) 460-7931
kmacaluso@southalabama.edu
Jonathon P. Audia, PhD
Professor
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
Timothy Casselli, PhD
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 461-1631
timothy.casselli@southalabama.edu
Michael R. Elliott, PhD
Associate Professor
Phone: (251) 445-9800
mrelliott@southalabama.edu
Eliane V. Esteves, PhD
Assistant Professor, Research
Phone: (251) 460-6982
esteves@southalabama.edu
Meghan E. Hermance, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID)
Infectious Disease and Host Defense (IDHD) Track Director
Phone: (251) 460-6957
mhermance@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, Whiddon College of Medicine
Jason Strickland, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Whiddon College of Medicine
Joint Appointments
Christopher Davies, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, Whiddon College of Medicine
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Whiddon College of Medicine
Joint Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Whiddon College of Medicine
A. Michele Schuler, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, Whiddon College of Medicine
Joint Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Whiddon College of Medicine
John A. VandeWaa, DO, PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon
College of Medicine
Joint Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Whiddon College of Medicine
Research Associates
Mary Patton, PhD
Elliott Lab Group
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Whiddon College of Medicine
Yvonne Tourand, PhD
Casselli Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellows
Thitigun Jaimipuk, PhD
Macaluso Lab Group
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Amanda Tuckey, PhD
Audia Lab Group
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Trainees
Olu Adesunloro
Shea Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Sarah Macon-Foley
Hermance Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Sicily Hardy
Shea Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Manley Hicks
Elliott Lab Group
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Whiddon College of Medicine
Ahmed Garba
Hermance Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Brianna Mitchell
Elliott Lab Group
Mitchell Cancer Institute, Whiddon College of Medicine
Qudus Ojomo
Barrington Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Allen Okine
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Elisa Pizzocaro
Casselli Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Shovon Lal Sarkar
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Chanakan (Nam) Suwanbongkot
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Hoa Tran
Audia Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Staff
Rachel Fleck, BA
Research Technologist I, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Shila Gilbert, MS
Research Technologist III, Hermance Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, Whiddon College of Medicine
Juleigh Jeffreys, BS
Research Technologist III, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Meredith Moody, MA
Financial Operations Specialist I, Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine
Savannah Valentine, BS
Research Technologist III, Audia Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, Whiddon College of Medicine