Michael Ibba, Ph.D.
Chapman University
Michael Ibba, Ph.D., is the Dean of Science and Technology at Chapman University and former Chair and University Distinguished Scholar of the Department of Microbiology at The Ohio State University. He is a member of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿Education Committee, Chair of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿Graduate and Postdoctoral Education Subcommittee and fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Ibba is also the course leader for the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿.
Ibba obtained his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Imperial College in London and completed his Ph.D. in microbial biochemistry at the University of Manchester. After graduating, he undertook both industrial and academic post-docs in Switzerland (at Novartis and the ETH Zürich) and the U.S. (Yale University) before establishing his own independent research group at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1998. 
In 2001, he moved his lab to the Ohio State University, where he taught for 19 years.  At Ohio State, he held several leadership roles, including chair of the microbiology department, associate director for the infectious disease institute and co-director of an NIH-funded graduate training program. In 2020, Ibba moved to Chapman University, where he served as the Dean of Schmid College of Science and Technology from 2020-2025 and is now the interim provost.
He has published over 200 research articles, obtained over $15M in extramural funding and served as editor for various scientific journals.  He has received numerous awards and distinctions for his work, notably the Distinguished Scholar Award at The Ohio State University in 2019 and the Faculty Enhancement Award in the college of arts and sciences in 2017 and 2020. He was also chair of the National Science Foundation Federal Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences from 2022-2025 and is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Ibba obtained his undergraduate degree in biochemistry from Imperial College in London and completed his Ph.D. in microbial biochemistry at the University of Manchester. After graduating, he undertook both industrial and academic post-docs in Switzerland (at Novartis and the ETH Zürich) and the U.S. (Yale University) before establishing his own independent research group at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1998. 
In 2001, he moved his lab to the Ohio State University, where he taught for 19 years.  At Ohio State, he held several leadership roles, including chair of the microbiology department, associate director for the infectious disease institute and co-director of an NIH-funded graduate training program. In 2020, Ibba moved to Chapman University, where he served as the Dean of Schmid College of Science and Technology from 2020-2025 and is now the interim provost.
He has published over 200 research articles, obtained over $15M in extramural funding and served as editor for various scientific journals.  He has received numerous awards and distinctions for his work, notably the Distinguished Scholar Award at The Ohio State University in 2019 and the Faculty Enhancement Award in the college of arts and sciences in 2017 and 2020. He was also chair of the National Science Foundation Federal Advisory Committee for Biological Sciences from 2022-2025 and is a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.