Microbiology, PhD

Arizona State University - Kaplan International

The Doctor of Philosophy program in microbiology offers a dynamic research environment a wide variety of basic, translational and use-inspired research areas advanced transdisciplinary training and opportunities to work with world-class faculty and collaborative research partners committed to training scientific leaders with the skills necessary to address significant global microbiological problems and challenges. This program focuses on the smallest of living things and immunology. Students can tailor the program around their interests and gain skills in contemporary approaches used in microbiology, biomedicine and biotechnology. They train in a broad array of fields, including microbial ecology and evolution, geomicrobiology, bacterial physiology and genetics, bacterial pathogenesis, metabolic engineering, immunology and vaccine development, and cancer biology. Faculty members are associated with the School of Life Sciences, The Biodesign Institute, The Translational Genomics Institute, Barrow Neurological Institute, and other area hospitals and research centers.

Arizona State University, Main campus