Tim Korpita, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology 970-247-7318 tkorpita@fortlewis.edu Expertise Microbiology Microbial Ecology Molecular Biology Herpetology Conservation Biology Education Ph.D., University of Colorado – Boulder, 2023 Master of Arts in Teaching, Relay Graduate School of Education, 2014 Bachelor of Arts in Biology, Tufts University, 2012 About Dr. Tim Kopita I am a broadly trained biologist interested in questions that span scales from molecular to ecological. Much of my research involves host-associated microbial communities, the bacterial and fungal life that exists in and on larger organisms and impacts their hosts’ health. Amphibian skin microbes have been a particular focus of my research, as they play a role in defending the host against pathogens. I have been developing a probiotic bacterial treatment for the skin of boreal toads, a threatened species native to Colorado. When not teaching or researching bacteria, I enjoy camping with my wife and daughter in the mountains.