Phillip Pellitteri is an expert in insect identification and insect and tick biology. He heads the UW’s Insect Diagnostic Laboratory, which processes between 1,500 – […]

Jeri Barak is an expert on human bacterial pathogens in association with plants. In particular, Barak, an assistant professor of plant pathology, can discuss pathogen-plant […]

Biochemistry professor Alan Attie identifies genes and pathways involved in obesity-induced type 2 diabetes using special strains of mice. Visit Attie’s website for more information.

Nicole Perna, an associate professor of genetics, leads the UW-Madison Genome Evolution Laboratory. The lab seeks to develop and apply computational and experimental tools to […]

Michael Cox, professor of biochemistry and chemistry, is an expert on recombinational DNA repair, bacterial evolution and forensic DNA analysis. For more information, visit Cox’s […]

Bacteriology professor Tim Donohue directs the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, one of three U.S. Department of Energy-funded Bioenergy Research Centers in the nation. He […]

Susan Nitzke, chair of the nutritional sciences department, specializes in nutrition education topics of interest to Wisconsin families, including federal dietary guidelines, behavioral nutrition and […]

Dietram Scheufele, professor of life sciences communication, studies new information technologies and can talk about this year’s introduction of the Apple iPad, as well as the ongoing rise of social media.

Chris Williamson is an associate professor of entomology and extension specialist on insect control, focusing on turfgrass and ornamental plants. In recent years, he has […]

Steve Ingham is a professor of food science and former administrator of Wisconsin’s Division of Food Safety at the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer […]