Lecturer

Microbiology Lecturer & Lab Coordinator, Advisor.

Academic Degrees

• B.A. Anthropology and French, UNC-Charlotte (1994)
• M.S. Biology, UNC-Charlotte (1999)

Courses Taught

• BIOL1259 - Bacteriology lecture
• BIOL1259L - Bacteriology lab
• BIOL4250L - Microbiology
• BIOL4256L - Pathogenic Bacteriology

Research Projects

• The survival of Vibrio vulnificus in refrigerated and frozen clams
• The effect of starvation and the viable but nonculturable state on GFP fluorescence in two Pseudomonas species
• The viable but nonculturable state in Helicobacter pylori

**All of the above projects were conducted under the direction of Dr. James Oliver.

Publications

• The effect of starvation and the VBNC state on GFP fluorescence in GFP-tagged Pseudomonas fluorescens A506. Lowder, M.A., A. Unge, N. Maraha, J.K. Jansson, J. Swiggett, and J.D. Oliver. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3160-3165.
• The use of modified GFP as a reporter for metabolic activity in Pseudomonas putida. Lowder, M. and J.D. Oliver. Microb. Ecol. 41:310-313.

Presentations

• Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA, 1998
• Presentation for the C.C. Cameron Applied Research Center Research Award, Charlotte, NC, 1999
• Poster presentation at the MAREP 2nd International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 1999
• Poster presentation at the 9th ASM Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 2002