Mary Lidstrom

Mary E. Lidstrom is a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington. She also holds the Frank Jungers Chair of Engineering, in the Department of Chemical Engineering.Lidstrom received a B.S. degree in Microbiology from Oregon State University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin. Lidstrom's work spans microbial physiology and natural complex microbial communities and has applications to biotechnology.Specifically she has done work on bacteria that grow on one-carbon compounds. Lidstrom is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Since 2005 Lidstrom has been the Vice Provost of Research at the University of Washington.