Susan Godfrey

Susan Godfrey is a Lecturer Emerita in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh's Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Her teaching emphasized microbiology's global significance, highlighting microbial diversity, ecological roles, and practical applications beyond human pathogens. Godfrey's research background includes studies on fungal differentiation (Phycomyces blakesleeanus), cellular slime molds (Dictyostelium discoideum), archaeal genetics (Halobacterium halobium, Sulfolobus solfataricus), and bacteriophage biology.

She collaborates on bacteriophage research and maintains the American Society for Microbiology's Division M bacteriophage website ('the HomePhage'). Her pedagogical approach focuses on conveying microbiology's societal relevance, including implications for biological weapons and environmental sustainability.