Cameron R. Currie, Ph.D.
he/him/his
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dr. Cameron Currie received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Alberta, and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He spent 3 years as a faculty member in the University of Kansas Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology before moving his group to the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
His training and research is highly interdisciplinary, spanning the fields of microbiology, genomics, chemical ecology and evolutionary biology. His lab studies the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic associations, with a particular focus on defensive symbioses and insect-microbe associations. His research, including extensive work with the charismatic leaf-cutter ants, has potential applications in fields as diverse as bioenergy development and antimicrobial drug discovery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has received several significant awards, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a NSF CAREER Award and a Government of Canada National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Dissertation Prize.
His training and research is highly interdisciplinary, spanning the fields of microbiology, genomics, chemical ecology and evolutionary biology. His lab studies the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbiotic associations, with a particular focus on defensive symbioses and insect-microbe associations. His research, including extensive work with the charismatic leaf-cutter ants, has potential applications in fields as diverse as bioenergy development and antimicrobial drug discovery. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has received several significant awards, including a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a NSF CAREER Award and a Government of Canada National Sciences and Engineering Research Council Doctoral Dissertation Prize.