Frank Gherardini, Ph.D.

Chief, Gene Regulation Section

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Specialty(s): Infectious Disease

Education:

Ph.D., 1987, University of Illinois

Frank Gherardini, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Gherardini received his doctorate in 1987 from the University of Illinois, studying enzymes involved in the utilization of galactomannans by Bacteroides ovatus. From 1991 to 2001, he was a tenured professor in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Georgia. In 2001, Dr. Gherardini joined the Rocky Mountain Laboratories, where he is chief of the Gene Regulation Section and a senior investigator in the Laboratory of Bacteriology.