Dr. Goering received his PhD in microbiology from Iowa State University and is currently Director of Molecular Epidemiology at Creighton University, Nebraska as well as co-author of Mims' Medical Microbiology, 5th Edition.

Dr. Murray is an award-winning physician and researcher within the field of microbiology. He is currently Worldwide Director of Scientific Affairs at BD Diagnostic Systems and an editor of the textbook, Medical Microbiology, 7th Edition.

Dr. Pfaller received his MD from Washington University in St. Louis and is currently Emeritus Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Iowa as well as co-author of Medical Microbiology, 7th Edition and Clinical Mycology, 2nd Edition.

Dr. Rosenthal received a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Illinois, Urbana and he is currently a microbiology, immunology & biochemistry professor at Northeastern Ohio University. He is an author of Medical Microbiology, 7th Edition.