Claressa Lucas, PhD

Has served as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Legionella Isolation Techniques Evaluation (ELITE) Program Coordinator since 2008
Earned PhD in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Emory University, Atlanta, GA in 1996 and was awarded one of six ASM/NCIRD Postdoctoral Fellowships
Author of numerous articles on environmental testing for legionellae, biofilm Colonization and persistence, and environmental surveys for distribution of legionellae