Research Interests
Infectious diseases, especially virology and the animal model/human pathogenesis of high containment (BSL-4) viruses including vaccine and therapeutic
development and testing against these viruses

Honors and Awards

• Brigham Young University Heritage Undergraduate Scholarship (2003-2009)
• The Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (2008)
• Brigham Young University’s Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology Student of the Month (December 2007)

Publications:

• Gunnell, M. K., Lovelace, C. D., Satterfield, B. A., Moore, E. A., O’Neill, K. L. & Robison, R. A. (2012). A multiplex real-time PCR assay for the detection and differentiation of Francisella tuluarensis subspecies. J Med Microbiol 61, 1525-1531.
• Satterfield, B. A., Stewart, A. F., Lew, C. S., Pickett, D. O., Cohen, M. N., Moore, E. A., Luedtke, P. F., O’Neill, K. L. & Robison, R. A. (2010). A quadruplex real-time PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of the Clostridium botulinum toxin genes A, B, E and F. J Med Microbiol 59, 55-64.
• Stewart, A., Satterfield, B., Cohen, M., O’Neill, K. & Robison, R. (2008). A quadruplex real-time PCR assay for the detection of Yersinia pestis and its plasmids. J Med Microbiol 57, 324-331.

Presentations:

• Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Branch, March, 2009. A Quadraplexed Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection and Differentiation of the Clostridium botulinum Toxin Genes A, B, E, and F in Pure Culture and Environmental Samples. Benjamin A. Satterfield, Alvin F. Stewart, David O. Pickett, Kim L. O’Neill, and Richard A Robison.
• Poster presentation at the 4th International qPCR Symposium, March 2009. A Quadraplexed Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Detection and Differentiation of the Clostridium botulinum Toxin Genes A, B, E, and F in Pure Culture and Environmental Samples. Benjamin A. Satterfield, Alvin F. Stewart, David O. Pickett, Kim L. O’Neill, and Richard A Robison.
• Oral/Visual presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Branch, March, 2009. A Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection and Differentiation of Francisella tularensis subspecies tularensis Type A.I, subspecies tularensis Type A.II, subspecies holarctica, and subspecies novicida. Mark Gunnell, Charity Carter, W. Scott Jonas, Benjamin Satterfield, Emkily Moore, Kim O’Neill, and Richard Robison.
• Poster presentation at the Mayo Clinic Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Symposium, July 2008. Generation of a measles virus that cannot control interferon response: MVvac2 STAT1/STAT2 blind. Benjamin Satterfield, Patricia Devaux, Andrew Hudacek, Vincent Leonard, and Roberto Cattaneo.
• Poster presentation at the American Society for Microbiology National Meeting, June 2008. A Real-Time PCR Assay for Rapid Identification and Differentiation of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum. Benjamin A. Satterfield, Marissa N. Cohen, Kim L. O’Neill, and Richard A. Robison.                           
• Oral/Visual presentation at the American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Branch, March, 2008.
  Differentiation of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum by a Duplex Real-Time PCR Assay. Benjamin A. Satterfield, Marissa N. Cohen, Kim L. O'Neill, and Richard A. Robison.

Hobbies or just something about yourself in general:
I grew up in Idaho, and I enjoy playing racquetball and the guitar.