Theresa Koehler

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Theresa Koehler
Alma mater University of Massachusetts Amherst
Virginia Tech
Scientific career
Institutions McGovern Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Thesis Plasmid-related differences in capsule production by Bacillus anthracis and characterization of a fertility plasmid from Bacillus subtilis (natto)  (1987)

Theresa Marie Koehler is an American microbiologist who is the Herbert L. and Margaret W. DuPont Distinguished Professor in Biomedical Sciences and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at McGovern Medical School. She is known for her extensive research on anthrax and was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2021. As of July 1, 2024, Koehler is the President of the American Society for Microbiology for the 2024-2025 year.

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Early life and education

Koehler was an undergraduate student in biology at Virginia Tech. [1] She moved to the University of Massachusetts Amherst for graduate studies, where she focused on microbiology. She remained there for her doctoral research. [2] Koehler was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. [2]

Research and career

In 1991, Koehler joined the faculty at McGovern Medical School. [3] Her research considers host-pathogen interactions, with a particular focus on the Bacillus cereus group species. As an internationally-recognized expert on anthrax, her laboratory was one of the few institutions licensed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate the bacterium in the early 2000s. [4]

Koehler served on the editorial board of the Journal of Bacteriology . [2] She currently serves as Associate Editor of PLOS Pathogens . [5] She is Chair of the National Institutes of Health Review Group on Bacterial Pathogenesis. [2]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ "Virginia Tech Magazine, spring 2014 by Virginia Tech - Issuu". issuu.com. April 15, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 School, McGovern Medical. "Theresa M. Koehler, PhD". Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ↑ McGovern Time Capsules: Theresa Koehler, January 9, 2020, retrieved February 22, 2022
  4. ↑ Yardley, Jim (November 21, 2001). "A NATION CHALLENGED: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; At an Anthrax Lab, the World Changed Quickly". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal". journals.plos.org. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Theresa Koehler". science.vt.edu. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2021 AAAS Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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