Louis S. Tisa
Professor of Microbiology & Genetics
University of New Hampshire
United States
Biography
Dr. Louis S. Tisa has completed his Ph.D. in University of Wisconsin, 1987. He is a Faculty Fellow for Research, Commercialization and Graduate Education. For over a decade, the Tisa lab has been investigating several microbial symbiotic associations including plant-microbe and bacterial-nematode systems and other environmentally related microbes. These relationships have common mechanisms of establishment including the ability to overcome the host defenses.
Research Interest
The roles of microbial behavior, signal molecules, and signal transduction in host-microbe interactions are areas of current focus.