Generally, it is rather easy to ignore the complex microbiome surrounding our everyday endeavors; however, as you listen to Theresa Jones passionately describe T. gondii toxoplasma, which she studies as doctoral researcher in Professor Chunlei Su’s lab, you start to look at your environment through the eyes of a microbiologist. Jones explains that toxoplasma is […]
Message from the Department HeadIn our Spring 2022 newsletter we are proud to share with you some highlights of the exciting and important research being conducted in the Department of Microbiology here at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A distinguishing characteristic of academic scientists is their passion for integrating discovery with education. Scientists stand at […]
Ralph Lydic, professor in the UT Department of Psychology, and Dmitry Bolmatov, a research assistant professor in the UT Department of Physics and Astronomy, are part of a UT/ORNL research team studying how bio-inspired materials might inform the design of next-generation computers. Their results, published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]
During the 2022 Alumni and Philanthropy Award Ceremony, we honored five alumni for outstanding professional achievements, service, and philanthropy. Abigail Blount (’14), Alumni Promise Award Captain Abigail Blount graduated magna cum laude with an interdisciplinary degree in linguistics and Spanish. At the age of 30, she has reached the rank of US Army Captain and […]
