Pronounsshe/hers

Department/College/UnitPhysical & Biological Sciences Division

TitleProfessor and Chair

AffiliationFaculty

Web SiteOttemann
METX

Primary Office LocationBiomedical Sciences
238

Mail StopMETX

Biography, Education and Training

My research uses molecular biology approaches to understand how the ulcer-causing bacterium Helicobacter pylori survives in the hostile mammalian stomach and causes disease.

• B.S, University of California, Davis (Bacteriology)
• Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard University (with John Mekalanos)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley in Biochemistry (with Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.)

Summary of Expertise

Helicobacter pylori

Bacterial infection

Bacterial chemotaxis

Teaching Interests

Bacteriology
Molecular microbiology