Associate Faculty
These are NCSU faculty whose primary appointment lies outside the Department of Microbiology, but who are affiliated with the department through their research or other scholarly activities. Unless otherwise noted, associate faculty members can train microbiology Ph.D. students, but their financial support comes from sources other than the Department of Microbiology.

Dr. Prema Arasu
Host parasite interactions
College of Veterinary Medicine
prema_arasu@ncsu.edu

Dr. Fred Breidt
Microbial ecology of food products
Department of Food Science
breidt@ncsu.edu

Dr. Dennis Brown
Sindbis virus structure
Department of Biochemistry
dennis_brown@ncsu.edu

Dr. Francis de los Reyes

Microbial Ecology & Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil, Construction and Environmentall Engineering

fldelosr@eos.ncsu.edu

Dr. Frederick J. Fuller
Molecular animal virology
College of Veterinary Medicine
fred_fuller@ncsu.edu

Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus
Food safety
Department of Food Science
leeann_jaykus@ncsu.edu

Dr. Sophia Kathariou
Bacterial foodborne pathogens
Department of Food Science
skathar@unity.ncsu.edu

Dr. Robert M. Kelly
Thermophilic enzymes
Department of Chemical Engineering
rmkelly@eos.ncsu.edu

Dr. Todd Klaenhammer
Molecular biology of lactic acid Bacteria
Department of Food Science
klaenhammer@ncsu.edu

Dr. Paul E. Orndorff
Genetics of virulence in Bacteria
College of Veterinary Medicine
paul_orndorff@ncsu.edu

Dr. Barbara Sherry
Viral myocarditis
College of Veterinary Medicine
barbara_sherry@ncsu.edu

Dr. Jason C. H. Shih
Biotechnology
Department of Poultry Science
jason_shih@ncsu.edu

Dr. Robert G. Upchurch
Fungal pathogenesis
Department of Plant Pathology
greg_upchurch@ncsu.edu