Jianmin Zhong

Jianmin Zhong is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Cal Poly Humboldt. His research focuses on tick-borne diseases and the symbiotic relationships between ticks and bacteria, particularly examining microbiology, molecular biology, and genetic approaches to understand tick-pathogen interactions and develop novel tick control measures.

• Education: Ph.D. from University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Postdoctoral training at UC Irvine

Research Interests include tick-borne disease mechanisms, bacterial symbiosis in ticks, molecular characterization of tick-pathogen systems, and genomic analysis of microbial interactions. Current work explores Rickettsia endosymbionts in Ixodes pacificus ticks.

Publications highlight research on tick microbiology, bacterial transmission dynamics, and molecular detection techniques, with a focus on Rickettsia species and folate biosynthesis pathways.