USA Department of Microbiology & Immunology Faculty
Academic Faculty
Kevin R. Macaluso, Ph. D.
Chair, Microbiology and Immunology
Phone: (251) 460-7514
Fax: (251) 460-7931
kmacaluso@southalabama.edu
Jonathon P. Audia, Ph.D.
Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6929
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jaudia@southalabama.edu
Robert A. Barrington, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Phone: (251) 461-1718
FAX: (251) 460-7931
rbarrington@southalabama.edu
Meghan E. Hermance, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6957
mhermance@southalabama.edu
Jin Hyun Kim, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6204
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jinkim@southalabama.edu
Jonathan O. Rayner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases (LID)
Phone: (251) 414-8179
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jrayner@southalabama.edu
Allyson E. Shea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Phone: (251) 460-6275
Fax: (251) 460-7931
aeshea@southalabama.edu
Emeritus Faculty
John W. Foster, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (251) 460-6323
Fax: (251) 460-7931
jwfoster@southalabama.edu
Robert N. Lausch, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Phone: (251) 460-6250
Fax: (251) 460-7931
rlausch@jaguar1.usouthal.edu
John E. Oakes, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
David O. Wood, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Retired Faculty
Adel L. Barsoum, Ph.D.
Retired Assistant Professor
Adjunct Appointments
James Lawrence, D.V.M., M.D., F.A.A.P.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Jason Strickland, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Joint Appointments
Christopher Davies, Ph.D.
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, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Comparative Medicine, College of Medicine
Joint Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
John A. VandeWaa, Ph.D., D.O.
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, Ph.D.
Instructor, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellows
Thitigun Jaimipuk, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Trainees
Killian Brewer, B.S.
Barrington Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Bailey Hettinger, M.S.
Hermance Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Whitney Neil, B.S.
Audia Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Rachel Rodenberg, B.S.
Barrington Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Shovon Lal Sarkar, B.S.
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Chanakan (Nam) Suwanbongkot, B.S.
Macaluso Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Meagan Taylor, B.S.
Rayner Lab Group
Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Amanda Tuckey, B.S.
Audia Lab Group
Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Staff
Ahmed Garba, M.S.
Research Technologist III, Hermance Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Olena Gorodnya, B.S.
Research Techologist IV, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Juleigh Jeffreys, B.S.
Research Technologist III, Shea Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Elizabeth Lilly, M.S.F.S.
Research Technologist IV, Macaluso Lab Group, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Meredith Moody, M.A.
Financial Operations Specialist, Medical Sciences Building, College of Medicine
Clémence Obellianne, B.S.
Research Technologist III, Hermance Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Rosemary Roberts, B.S.
Laboratory Manager, Rayner Lab Group, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine
Madeline Wasden, M.S.
Program Coordinator, Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine