Darla Goeres

Montana State University

Dr. Darla Goeres has over twenty years of experience researching biofilm bacteria in industrial systems. She has studied biofilms found in beer draught lines, Danish district heating distribution pipes, anaerobic biofilms in soured oil fields, biofilms in recreational water systems, and evaluated various treatment strategies for killing, removing and/or preventing biofilm formation in the built environment.  Dr. Goeres leads the Standardized Biofilm Methods Laboratory at the Center for Biofilm Engineering at Montana State University. The mission of this laboratory is the development and validation of quantitative standard methods for growing, treating, sampling and analyzing biofilm bacteria. As part of her work in this area, she is the Chair of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Committee E35 on Pesticides, Antimicrobials, and Alternative Control Agents and facilitated the acceptance of the first approved standard methods for biofilm bacteria. Her goal is to promote collaboration among the various stakeholders interested in biofilm methods.

Erin Gloag

Ohio State University

Dr. Erin Gloag completed her PhD at the University of Technology Sydney, under the supervision of Professor Cynthia Whitchurch and Dr. Lynne Turnbull. Her PhD research focused on understanding microbial collective behaviors during biofilm expansion. She moved to the United States to perform her postdoctoral research in Professor Daniel Wozniak’s lab at the Ohio State University. Her research, performed in collaboration with Professors Vaughn Cooper and Paul Stoodley, has focused on how Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms persist during infection. Dr. Gloag is now a Research Scientist in Professor Wozniak’s lab.

Daniel Wozniak

Ohio State University

Professor Daniel Wozniak completed his PhD at the Ohio State University in Professor Darrell Galloway’s lab and his postdoctoral research at the University of Tennessee in Professor Dennis Ohman’s lab. He moved to Wake Forest University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. During his time at Wake Forest, he was promoted to full Professor. He then moved to back to the Ohio State University, where he is now the Vice Chair of the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity and co-director of the Cure CF Columbus research and development program. Professor Wozniak is a world leading expert on microbial pathogenesis and biofilm biology, where he has over 4 decades of research experience in these fields. He has published over 100 research manuscripts, and his work has been cited over 12,000 times.