Dr. David Hershey

Biography

David Hershey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his B.S. in Biochemistry at Iowa State University in 2010 and obtained his Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2016. His research focuses on the mechanisms of surface colonization in bacteria, specifically utilizing the freshwater bacterium Caulobacter crescentus as a model organism. The Hershey lab investigates how bacteria perceive mechanical, chemical, and social cues within their environments and how these stimuli integrate to control behavioral adaptations. His work aims to uncover the fundamental principles governing the transition of bacteria from a motile to a sessile lifestyle, with a focus on genetic, biochemical, and structural approaches to reveal the cellular and molecular networks involved in colonization and surface interactions.

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