Wing Hall
Word from the Chair
I am pleased to welcome you to the web site of the Department of Microbiology. We are proud of our long heritage and central role in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell. This site will give you information about our Department, its faculty, staff, and students, as well as its research, teaching and outreach programs. You will find that we focus on two main areas of microbial biology, Prokaryotic Biology and Environmental Microbiology. We have diverse research and teaching interests from molecular microbiology, genetics, and physiology to microbial ecology, bioremediation, biogeochemistry, and environmental toxicology. We work on aerobes and anaerobes, on methanogens and metallogens, on genes and genomes, on quorum sensing, global signaling pathways, symbionts, pathogens and biofilm communities. Welcome to the Wonderful World of Microbes!
William C. Ghiorse
Graduate Program in Microbiology
Undergraduate Program of Study in Microbiology
R3 Research Group A group of Cornell scientists interested in mechanisms of DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination in various organisms.
107 Wing Hall (Graduate Field)
Department Chair - William Ghiorse (607) 255-3086
Administrative Manager - Cathy Shappell (607) 255-4513
Assistant to the Chair - Patti Butler (607) 255-3086
Department Fax (607) 255-3904
Director of Graduate Studies - James Shapleigh (607) 255-8535
Graduate Field Assistant - Shirley Cramer (607) 255-3088