Thomas Ndolo

Thomas Ndolo serves as an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at South Texas College, actively engaged in the Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program since at least Fall 2019. His instructional portfolio spans both wet-lab phage discovery and computational genomics courses for freshman students.

His research focuses on bacteriophage isolation and genomic analysis using Microbacterium foliorum as a host organism. This work integrates microbiological techniques for phage cultivation with bioinformatic approaches to genomic annotation, providing authentic research experiences in viral evolution and bacterial interactions.

Dr. Ndolo has consistently taught multiple SEA-PHAGES sections per academic year:

• Fall 2019: BIO 1407 (In silico genomics, 14 students)
• Fall 2019: BIOL 1406 SP4 (In situ discovery, M. foliorum, 19 students)
• Spring 2020: BIOL 1407 SP4 (In silico, M. foliorum, 14 students)
• Fall 2021: BIOL 1406 SP05 (In situ, M. foliorum, 10 dual-credit high school students)

All sections follow a standardized 3-meetings/week schedule totaling 9 instructional hours, emphasizing hands-on phage characterization. His work supports the national SEA-PHAGES initiative to advance genomic literacy through undergraduate research.