{"id":25,"date":"2016-07-08T13:24:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-02-16T09:32:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:32:20","slug":"meet-our-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/kvitkolab\/meet-our-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kvitko Lab, Fall 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Brian Kvitko, Associate Professor <\/strong>
bkvitko@uga.edu<\/a>
(706) 542-1282 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian received his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Cornell University in 2009 where he studied the complex genetic-basis of Pseudomonas syringae-<\/em>plant interactions in the lab of Alan Collmer. He conducted postdoctoral research in the lab of Herbert Schweizer at Colorado State University on acquisition of host-derived iron sources and development of new genetic tools for select-agent human pathogens and Postdoctoral research in the lab of Sheng-Yang He at Michigan State University on the effects of PTI on bacterial virulence and the role of the microbiome on plant immune development. He started in the Department of Plant Pathology in the summer of 2015.  His appointment consists of 75% research and 25% teaching.  He also co-host’s The Gaming with Science Podcast<\/a> with Dr. Jason Wallace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n