Experts in the Field of Microbiology

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Dr. Andrew Benson teaches food microbiology and advanced food microbiology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His two primary research areas are genome evolution in pathogenic bacteria and evolution and development of our microflora.

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Karrie Weber is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. She is an expert on bacteria. Her research interests focus on the intricate interactions between microorganisms (including viruses) and the environment at the molecular scale, the ecosystem scale, and ultimately, the global scale. Weber received her Ph.D. from the University of Alabama and her B.S. from Texas A&M University.