faculty

Mark Silby, PhD he/him/his

Professor / Chairperson

Biology

Silby Laboratory

Contact

508-999-8364

mark.silby@umassd.edu

Science & Engineering 321

Education

2002

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

PhD

Teaching

BIO 321 General Microbiology
BIO 408 Microbial Genetics

Teaching

Programs

Research

Research awards

$ 737,449 awarded by MASSACHUSETTS LIFE SCIENCES CENTER for SouthCoast Biomanufacturing Training Program

Research

Research interests

Microbial Communities
Bacterial Interactions
Cocoa fermentation
Bacterial Genomes

Additional links

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