Career Profiles
Anyone with an interest in science and the desire to explore the mysteries of life can become a microbiologist. You can, too.
Here's your chance to see what some microbiologists have to say about their work, why they do it and how they came to be scientists. Reading their profiles, you can get a sense of what it's like to be a microbiologist and maybe pick up some tips on how you can pursue a science career.
- Raúl Cano, Ph.D., the scientist who revived 30-million-year-old bacteria from the gut of a bee entombed in amber
- Cathy Squires, Ph.D., a microbiologist at Tufts University whose family farm offered her first experiences with microbes.
- Karen Nelson, Ph.D., leader of the team that unraveled the genetic code of a heat-loving, marine-dwelling bacterium called Thermotoga maritima at The Institute for Genomic Research
- Cliff Houston, Ph.D., bacteriologist and professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch
