Stephen T. Abedon

Steve Abedon is a Professor of Microbiology at The Ohio State University, USA. His single-authored monograph, Bacteriophages and Biofilms, "Ecology, Phage Therapy, Plaques", was published in 2011 (Nova Science Publishers). He also has edited or contributed to the editing of numerous volumes including a special issue on phage therapy published in the journal, Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (2010; www.bentham.org/cpb/contabs/cpb11-1.htm); the monograph, "Bacteriophage Ecology" (2008, Cambridge University Press), and the second edition of the monograph, "The Bacteriophages" (2006, Oxford University Press). In addition is "Viruses of Microorganisms" (2018, Caister), "Phage Therapy: Past, Present, and Future" (2017, Frontiers in Microbiology), "Viral Ecology and Disturbances" (2015, Frontiers in Microbiology), and "Bacteriophages in Health and Disease" (2012, CABI Press). In 1996 he founded the Bacteriophage Ecology Group (www.phage.org) and, starting in 1989, has published over 100 articles and chapters, most of which consider aspects of bacteriophage ecology and evolution.