Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
The Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics is one of the largest and oldest microbiology departments in the country. Our department is at the forefront of new and exciting discoveries being made in microbial ecology, microbial pathogenesis, molecular genetics, virology, genomics, immunology and cancer.
The department is unique because it serves three MSU medical colleges (Osteopathic Medicine, Human Medicine and Veterinary Medicine), the College of Natural Science, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the College of Nursing and other units on campus.
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Web site
http://www.msu.edu/unit/mic/www-mic.html
Department Chair
Dr. Walter J. Esselman
Contact Information
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Michigan State University
2215 Biomedical Physical Sciences
East Lansing, MI 48824-4320
Phone: (517) 355-6463
Fax: (517) 353-8957
Highly cited researchers and other honors
Twenty-three MSU scientists have been recognized as being “highly cited researchers” over the past two decades. ISIHighlyCited.com lists the most highly cited scholars in 21 broad subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering, and social sciences, noting that they comprise less than one-half of one percent of all publishing researchers.
The highly cited MSU researchers, with their categories in parentheses, are
James C. Anthony (social sciences, general psychology/psychiatry)
Richard T. Baillie (economics/business)
Jack Allen Baldwin (space sciences)
Stephen A. Boyd (ecology/environment)
Naomi Breslau (psychology/psychiatry)
Lawrence T. Drzal (materials science)
John P. Giesy (ecology/environment)
J. Ian Gray (agricultural sciences)
Anil K. Jain (engineering and computer science)
Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. (materials science)
Kenneth Keegstra (plant and animal science)
Hans Kende (plant and animal science)
Gary G. Mittelbach (ecology/environment)
James J. Pestka (agricultural sciences)
Thomas J. Pinnavaia (materials science)
Jack Priess (plant and animal science)
Michael Pressley (social sciences)
Douglas W. Schemske (ecology/environment)
Peter J. Schmidt (economics/business)
James M. Tiedje (microbiology and ecology/environment)
Michael B. Walters (ecology/environment)
Jan A. D. Zeevaart (plant and animal science)
J. Gregory Zeikus (microbiology)
