Michael Bodri, Ph.D., V.M.D.

Director of the Environmental Leadership Center
Phone: 706-867-2201
Email:
Office: Health and Natural Sciences, 119F, Dahlonega
Areas of Expertise: Entomology, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Plant Tissue Culture, Veterinary Medicine
Courses Taught
- BIOL 3325 – Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 4060 – Mechanisms of Disease
Education
- Ph.D., Pathobiology (Parasitology), University of Pennsylvania, 1992
- V.M.D., Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1988
- M.S., Entomology, University of Georgia, 1983
- B.S., Entomology, University of Maryland, 1980
Research/Special Interests
Dr. Bodri has been working on the creation of a llama heavy chain phage display library with the intent of using genes coding for antibody fragments specific to plant pathogens as a means of providing protection to the plants following transformation.
Students have participated in a number of research projects dealing with the tissue culture of carnivorous plants. Two current projects are protoplast isolation and propagation of Nepenthes and callus induction from flower scapes in Sarracenia. He is also interested in Sarracenia endophytes.