Western Illinois University: Macomb Campus

Thomas H. Alton, Associate Professor

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

Contact Information:

309/298-1267
Waggoner Hall 239
TH-Alton@wiu.edu

Degree:

Ph.D. from MIT, 1977

Courses Taught:

• GH 104 (Biology and Bioethics Problems)
• Biology 330 (Cell Biology)
• Biology 542 (Molecular Biology of Genes)
• Biology 543 (Molecular Biology of Cells).

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.