Emeritus Professor of Microbiology Prior to my retirement in 2023, research in my laboratory focused on the genetic and biochemical characterization of gene regulation and specialized recombination systems in S. Typhimurium, E. coli, Acinetobacter baylyi, Neisseria meningitidis, N. gonorrhoeae, Moraxella lacunata, and Pseudoalteromonas atlantica. Education: BS in Biology, Georgetown University PhD in Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison Post-doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology