Joshua Loomis

JOSHUA S. LOOMIS holds a PhD in Microbiology and is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Epidemics: The Impact of Germs and Their Power over Humanity.

Loomis earned his B.A. from the University of Florida in 1998 and his PhD from Pennsylvania State University in 2003. He has taught courses in microbiology and epidemic disease for more than twelve years, covering Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Pathogenic Microbiology, and Virology.

When not writing, Loomis conducts research on mixed microbial biofilms, antibiotic discovery, and the history of epidemic diseases. That work in microbiology and virology underpins his writing on the role of germs in shaping human history.

Joshua Loomis’s books are published by Turner Publishing.

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