Anuradha Ghosh

Dr. Anuradha Ghosh is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at Pittsburg State University. Her research focuses on bacteriology, genomics, and environmental microbiology with emphasis on food safety, antimicrobial resistance, and pollutant detection. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Microbial Technology, CSIR-Chandigarh, India (2008), followed by postdoctoral and research roles at Kansas State University (2008–2015).

Research Interests include microbial contamination in food systems, tick-borne pathogens, insect-microbe interactions, and bacterial systematics. She investigates environmental health topics like lead detection in soils and antibiotic resistance in household environments. Recent work explores the gut-brain axis and protein-metabolite interactions in precision nutrition.

Teaching includes courses on general biology, epidemiology, bioinformatics, environmental health, and microbiology laboratory techniques. She advises pre-medical, pre-veterinary, and allied health students.

Publications span over two decades with recent emphasis on vector ecology (tick activity modeling), microbial genomics, and bioremediation strategies for contaminated environments. Key contributions include studies on alpha-gal syndrome, blueberry metabolites' bioactivity, and lead contamination in residential soils.

Grants & Collaborations involve interdisciplinary projects combining microbiology with environmental science and public health. Current work integrates field ecology with genomic approaches to understand pathogen transmission dynamics.