Primary Job Title Professor and Director Primary Organization 
Penn State University
Gender Male
Dr. Ferry is the Stanley Person Professor and Director of the Center for Microbial Structural Biology at Penn State University. He is also a Science Consultant for Synthetic Genomics. His research focuses on understanding bacterial physiology, with a particular interest in the methanogenic bacteria, a subject in which he is well regarded as the
world expert. He also served as editor of the Journal of Bacteriology and is a member of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Methanogenic Bacteria. Dr. Ferry received a Ph.D. in microbiology/biochemistry from the University of Illinois in 1974 and a B.S. degree in agronomy/soil microbiology from the University of Georgia in 1968.
