Ann Progulske
Professor
University of Florida
USA
Biography
Ann Progulske-Fox,Ph.D is a Professor at the University of Florida College of Dentistry and the Director of the University's Center for Molecular Microbiology. she is a Co-founder of iviGene and a Co-inventor of IVIAT and of the A.a. and P.g. technology. Dr. Progulske-Fox is a leading researcher in oral infectious diseases, a member of the International Board of Editors of the scientific journals FEMS Microbiology Letters, Methods in Cell Science, and Oral Diseases. She is active in numerous scientific associations and has published many scientific papers on the moleicular biology of microbial diseases. Dr. Progulske-Fox is a Member of Scientific Advisory Board at GeneEx, Inc. She received her B.S. from South Dakota State University and her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Massachusetts.
Research Interest
research program is focused on the molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), a bacterium, Oral Biology