Michael Schmidt

The Life of a Microbiologist
Medical University of South Carolina

Summary
The scientific discipline of microbiology is remarkable in that microbes are responsible for everything from terra-forming the planet, to the food we eat, the air we breathe and to some the extent the quality of the water we drink. Microbiologist, Michael Schmidt will describe how he has pursued life as a scientist in this discipline investigating the unseen world that microbes occupy and control in his quest to move the science from the bench to the field.

Biography
Michael G. Schmidt, Ph.D., completed his undergraduate training at the University of Illinois, Chicago (B. S.) and graduate training at Indiana University, Bloomington (M.A., and Ph.D.). He joined the Medical University of South Carolina in April of 1989 after completing a NCI post-doctoral training fellowship at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is presently Director of the Office of Special Programs and Professor and Vice Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology with research interests in bacterial protein export, molecular pathogenesis, biodefense preparedness, biofilm development and succession and environmental microbiology.
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