News

Katharina Goerlich of the Mitchell Lab is awarded the 2025 Dr. Joy Porter Williams Fellowship in Microbiology.

The award was announced at the Department Holiday Party on December 5, 2025.

Amber DePoy of the Ottesen Lab is the recipient of the 2025 Dr. Juergen Wiegel Award.  The award was announced on December 5, 2025 at the Department Holiday Party. The Dr. Juergen Wiegel Graduate Award in Microbiology was established by Dr.

Abigail Deaven of the Lewis Lab was awarded the 2025 "William Jackson and Jane Marshall Payne Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology" during our annual Jack Payne Alumni Seminar by alumna Dr. Allison Buchan on November 20, 2025.

The Department of Microbiology is pleased to announce that Dr. Julie Grainy is one of the 11 faculty members named by The University of Georgia to the 2025-2026 Aspire Fellows cohort. The Fellows represent seven UGA schools and colleges as well as the Center for Teaching and Learning.