Welcome to the Majumder Lab

The Majumder Lab employs ‘omics-guided biochemistry to study the mechanisms and consequences of microbial inorganic metabolisms on environmental and human health. We achieve this by investigating 1) Organismal response to perturbations in its environment, 2) Gene and metabolite function in situ, 3) Environmental applications of novel microbial chemistries.

• June 2021

  – Fuad gives talk “Potential effects of microplastics on Harmful Algal Bloom-causing species in the Great Lakes” at GLRM

  – Dama presents poster “Vertical Profiling Of Four Landfill Methane Well Boreholes Towards Isolation Of Plastic Degrading Microbes” at World Microbe Forum (WMF)

  – Joanna presents poster “Co-Occurrence of Direct and Indirect Extracellular Electron Transfer Mechanisms During Electroactive Respiration in a Dissimilatory Sulfate Reducing Bacteria” at WMF

  – Erica moderates sessions on Biomass conversion, bioremediation and mass spectrometry as an AES program committee member for WMF

• May 2021- Dane County Landfill Sampling

• April 2021- Joanna awarded O.N. Allen Soil Microbiology grant

  UG artist Emily Cannon paints ‘a deadly cycle’ piece about our research as part of the FLOW microgrant

• March 2021- Damayanti Rodriguez Ramos joins the lab pursuing a PhD in the MDTP program

  Erica’s paper on modeling microbial mechanisms across scales is published

• February 2021- GLRC small grant awarded with collaborators Yokota (SUNY-Oneonta) and Twiss Labs (Clarkson)

• January 2021- Majumder lab arrived in Madison!

  – Joanna’s paper on PS degradation is published

  – Fuad joins the Environmental Chemistry & Technology PhD program and Bacteriology DEI committee

UW–Madison Land Acknowledgement: 

The Wisconsin Union occupies ancestral Ho-Chunk land, a place their nation has called Teejop (day-JOPE) since time immemorial. In an 1832 treaty, the Ho-Chunk were forced to cede this territory. Decades of ethnic cleansing followed when both the federal and state government repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, sought to forcibly remove the Ho-Chunk from Wisconsin.

We acknowledge the circumstances that led to the forced removal of the Ho-Chunk people, and honor their legacy of resistance and resilience. This history of colonization informs our work and vision for a collaborative future. We recognize and respect the inherent sovereignty of the Ho-Chunk Nation and the other ten First Nations within the boundaries of the state of Wisconsin.

Diversity Statement:

We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways that identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The Department of Bacteriology fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every perspective – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.