Dr. Kyle Floyd
Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Office
SLB Science Laboratory Building 346
Office Hours
By appointment.
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
Current Courses
BSC 299.013 Independent Honor Study
BSC 499.011 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 499.029 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 260.001 Microbiology
BSC 290.015 Research In Biological Sciences
BSC 599.029 Research In The Biological Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology
Research Interests & Areas
My lab is interested in the dynamics of bacterial surface attachment, mediated by adhesive macromolecular structures known as pili, which underly biofilm formation and bacterial pathogenesis. Our research seeks to understand how the facultative human pathogen and causative agent of the gastrointestinal disease cholera, Vibrio cholerae, regulates surface adhesion to mediate both environmental and host colonization.
Post-Doc Microbiology
University of California - Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
PhD Microbiology and Immunology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
MS Public Health
University of Alabama - Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
BS Biology
Berry College
Mount Berry, GA
University Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
2025