… inducing and enhancing growth and the isolation of novel microorganisms. She has also developed single-cell based approaches to examine microbial individuality. She … epidemiology of diseases. In addition to her research interests, Dr. Buerger is also very interested in STEM education trends, including problem-based and … students and graduate students in the STEM fields. She has taught classes both in the traditional classroom and online in Introductory Biology, Microbiology, …