Office Location : 230 Pasteur Hall
Office Telephone Number: 457-5272
E-mail Address: dessar@winona.edu
Office Hours: M,W, & F 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM and M & W 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Education:
1981, B.S. Pharmacy, Ferris State University, Big Rapids,
Michigan
1983, M.S. Pharmacy: Medicinal Chemistry, University of Iowa,
Iowa City, IA
1989, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Biology,
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Main teaching assignments:
General Microbiology (BIOL409)
Research interests:
PCR prevalence comparisons of Lyme Disease between tick
populations in Southeastern Minnesota and West Central Wisconsin.
Ehrlichiosis. Babesiosis. Molecular
evolution; the use of genetic fingerprinting in species identification. Dictyocaulus
speciation. Molecular biology laboratory instrumentation. Unknown bacteria identification.
Personal Interests:
My family, gardening, bicycling, running, hiking, snowshoeing, exercise/working-out, oenophilist, and gourmet cooking.
