Robert Fredrick Potter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Locations: Main Building
About Robert Fredrick Potter, PhD, D(ABMM)
Titles
Assistant Director, Infectious Disease Diagnostics Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Medical Microbiology – American Board of Pathology
Awards and Honors
2023, Scholar Travel Support, Urology Care Foundation
2023, Travel Award, Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance
2022-2024, Research Scholar Award, American Urologic Association
2022, Best Grand Rounds During 2020-2021 Academic Year, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Department of Pathology & Immunology
2021-2022, Paul E. Standjord Young Investigatory Grant, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
2021, Best Rapid Fire Presentation, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Pathology & Immunology Trainee Research Day
2017-2020, Bayer Graduate Fellowship, Bayer/Washington University in St. Louis
2017, Best Trainee Presentation, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis 5th Annual Global Health & Infectious Disease Oral Symposium
2017, Travel Grant, American Society for Microbiology Conference on Next-Generation Sequencing
2015, BA with Honors, University of California, Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology Department
2015, Poster Award, University of California, Berkeley, Molecular & Cell Biology Department Honors Symposium
2014, UC-Berkeley/Rose Hills Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2013, UC-Berkeley/Rose Hills Foundation Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Leadership and Memberships
2017, American Society for Microbiology
2020-2022, Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
2022-2024, American Urologic Association
2022-2024, Endourological Society
2023-2024, Urinary Tract Infection Global Alliance
2023, American Board of Medical Microbiology Validation Committee
Editorial and Academic Positions
2020, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2022-2023, Top Five Contributing Ad Hoc Reviewer
2021, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Clinical Chemistry
2022, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Microbiology Spectrum
2023, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Gut Microbes
2023, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Frontiers in Urology
2023, Ad Hoc Reviewer - Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
2023, Ad Hoc Reviewer - The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine
2023, 2024, 2026, Ad Hoc Reviewer – Pathogens
Editorial Board Member – Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2024-2026, Editorial Board Member – ASM Case Reports
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BA - Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley, CA
Graduate Degree
PhD, Molecular Microbiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Additional Training
Clinical & Public Health Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
American Urologic Association Research Scholar, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO