Department of Biological Sciences

Thomas H. Alton, Professor Emeritus

Molecular biology & antimicrobial activities of plants, biology of Archaea, global warming

Contact Information:

(309) 298-1145
Waggoner Hall 239
TH-Alton@wiu.edu


Degree:
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Ph.D. from MIT, 1977


Courses Taught:

  • GH 104 Freshman Science and Mathematics Tutorial with Lab
  • BIOL 330 Cell and Molecular Biology
  • BIOL 542 Molecular Biology of Genes
  • BIOL 543 Molecular Biology of Cells and Viruses


Research Interests:

Heat shock and other stress responses in thermoacidophilic and halophilic Archaea, antimicrobial activities of tropical plants, and the genetic basis of susceptibility and resistance to antimicrobial agents in Bacillus.