Education
Ph.D. (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)Emory University
B.S. (Genetic Engineering)
Cedar Crest College
Honors and Awards
Southeast Branch ASM Annual Meeting, Oral Presentation Prize 2022Publications
Colquhoun JM, Brzezinski CU, Ji A, Marotta J, Elsen FAV, Bonomo RA, May KL, Sieber SA, Grabowicz M, Wuest WM, Rather PN (2025). Repurposing a drug to punish carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 122(24):e2423650122. PubMed link…Marotta J, Zhao A, Rather PN, Grabowicz M (2025). The BfmRS stress response protects Acinetobacter baumannii against defects in outer membrane lipoprotein biogenesis. J Bacteriol. 2025 Jan 31;207(1):e0033224. PubMed link…
Lehman KM*, May KL*, Marotta J, Grabowicz M. (2023). Genetic analysis reveals a robust and hierarchical recruitment of the LolA chaperone to the LolCDE lipoprotein transporter. mBio 15(2):e0303923 PubMed link…
Lehman KM*, May KL*, Marotta J, Grabowicz M. (2023). Genetic analysis reveals a robust and hierarchical recruitment of the LolA chaperone to the LolCDE lipoprotein transporter. mBio (accepted) PubMed link…
Marotta J, May KL, Bae CY, Grabowicz M. (2023). Molecular insights into Escherichia coli Cpx envelope stress response activation by the sensor lipoprotein NlpE. Mol Microbiol 119:586-595 PubMed link…
Marotta J, Koseki R, Sherman E, Exton LP, and Karnas KJ (2020). Triclosan resistance derived across environmentally and clinically relevant gram-negative bacteria. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 93(2). doi: 10.5325/jpennacadscie.93.2.0083
