DeLacy Rhodes

Dr. DeLacy Rhodes attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN for both her Bachelor's and master's degrees in biology. The focus of her master's thesis work was investigating the ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi, the causitive agent of Lyme disease. She then attended Virginia Commonwealth University where she obtained a doctoral degree in microbiology and immunology, again researching B. burgdorferi. Next she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at VCU, investigating the pathogenesis of Streptococcus sanguinus, a causative agent of infective endocarditis. She has been a faculty member at Berry College since 2015, teaching microbiology classes to sceince and allied health students. She research lab focuses on understanding the prevalence of different vector-borne pathogens, the role of biofilm formation in the pathogenesis of the causative agent of the quine disease Strangles, and on cultivating and identifying species of nitrifying bacteria from aquatic habitats.