Joseph E. Peters is Professor of Microbiology and Director of the Graduate Program in Microbiology at Cornell University, where he has been teaching since 2002. Dr. Peters received a PhD in microbiology at the University of Maryland. Tina M. Henkin is Professor of Microbiology and Robert W. and Estelle S. Bingham Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio State University, where she has been teaching since 1995.
Dr. Henkin received a PhD in genetics at the University of Wisconsin. ecological, and biotechnological importance.