Contact Information
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Department of Microbiology Tel: 706-542-2651 Email: jcescala@uga.edu |
Education
| Postdoc | University of Utah-Salt Lake City (1984-1988); J. R. Roth (Advisor) |
| Postdoc | University of Illinois-Urbana (1983-1984); J. E. Cronan, Jr. (Advisor) |
| Ph.D. | Microbiology - University of Illinois-Urbana (1983); R. S. Wolfe (Advisor) |
| M.S. | Microbiology - University of Illinois-Urbana (1979); Ralph S. Wolfe (Advisor) |
| Q.F.B. | School of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico (1977); High Honors |
Professional Experience
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2012-present
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UGA Foundation Distuinguished Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia
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1998-2012
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Professor, Department of Bacteriology, UW-Madison.
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1994-1998
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Associate Professor, Department of Bacteriology, UW-Madison.
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1988-1994
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Assistant Professor, Department of Bacteriology, UW-Madison.
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1984-1987
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Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow
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1983-1984
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Research Associate, Microbiology Department, University of Illinois-Urbana
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Awards and Honors
- National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council (Ad hoc; May 2015)
- UGA Foundation Distinguished Professor in Microbiology (2012)
- Invited reviewer for the NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards (2012-13)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (2010)
- NIH MERIT Award in support of work on B12 biosynthesis (R37-GM40313) (2010-2020)
- UW-Madison Kellet Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award (2009)
- HHMI Teaching Fellow in Classroom Teaching (2007)
- Highlighted in the ASM ‘The Minority Microbiology Mentor’ (Article)
- Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology (2001-2006).
- Chair, American Academy of Microbiology Graduate Teaching Award Committee (2009-2011)
- National Institutes of Health Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section (2005-2009)
- Board of Directors, Wind River Meeting on Prokaryotic Biology (2005-present)
- Member of the Technology Center for Networks and Pathways (TCNP, JHU) (2005-present)
- 2004 American Society for Microbiology Graduate Teaching Award
- 2004 TRIO Brenda Pfaehler Award of Excellence in Education
- American Academy of Microbiology Graduate Teaching Award Committee (2006-2009)
- American Academy of Microbiology, Subcommittee on Award Nominations (2004-2007)
- External Reviewer of the Department of Botany and Microbiology, U of OK- Norman (2004).
- External Reviewer of the Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, U of Idaho-Moscow (2003).
- Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (Elected 1999).
- Dupont Aid-To-Education Scholar (1999-2001).
- Chair of the Committee on Graduate Education of the American Society for Microbiology (2000-2004).
- University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Spitzer Excellence in Teaching Award (1999).
- UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Award (1998).
- UW-Madison Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Award (1991).
- UW-Madison, 1990 Nominee to the PEW Scholars Program in the Basic Sciences.
- Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow (1984-1987).
- Best Student in the School of Chemistry, UNAM, México (1976).
Society Memberships
- American Society for Microbiology
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Chemical Society
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Publications
See the lab publications page.
