Alison Buchan is the Carolyn Fite Professor at the University of Tennessee.
In 2022 she was named as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
[1] [2] Buchan's early research examined biochemical pathways used by Roseobacter, a common marine bacteria,[3][4] and the chemical compounds used by Roseobacter as they grow on surfaces.
[5] Buchan's research revealed how viruses change the chemical compounds released by bacteria[6] and how heterotrophic bacteria alter the organic carbon produced by marine phytoplankton.
[8] In 2022 Buchan was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology,[9] and received the 2022 faculty achievement award from the University of Tennessee.