Name | Degree Obtained Institution | Undergraduate Institution | Title of Research Project | Current Position |
Gabriel Lozano | 2018 Ph.D. Yale University | Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Columbia | Understanding molecular mechanisms that underpin microbe-microbe interactions within microbial communities | Postdoc, Harvard University |
Jessica Miles | ||||
Caleb Fischer | ||||
Alvaro Mongui Cruz | 2013 & 2014 Visiting graduate student, Yale University | 2005 Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Transposon TnC_T7 validation to promote functional expression of antibiotic resistance genes (Beta-lactamases) in bacterial clones from metagenomic libraries | Research Associate at CorpoGen |
Jonathan Holt | 2013 PhD UW-Madison | 2002 MS University of Illinois | Ecology of the Manduca sexta gut microbiota | Microbiology Instructor, Edgewood College in Madison, WI |
Elizabeth Stulberg | 2013 PhD Yale University | 2005 Brown University | Genomic and metabolomic investigation of a novel Alaskan soil streptomycete | AAAS/ASM Science and Technology Policy Congressional Fellow for Congresswoman Louise M. Slaughter |
Matthew McMahon | 2011 PhD UW-Madison |
2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Accessing and deciphering metabolic potential using heterologous hosts | Scientist- Metabolic Engineering at Joule Unlimited Technologies, Inc. |
Yanzhuan Cao | Visiting graduate student, Yale University | PhD student, China Agricultural University | ||
Lihui Xu | Visiting graduate student, Yale University | Researcher at Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences | ||
Heather Allen | 2009 PhD UW-Madison |
2004 University of Iowa | Functional metagenomics to identify antibiotic resistance genes in soil | Scientist, USDA, Iowa State University |
Brandon Converse | 2009 MS UW-Madison |
2007 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Screen for nitration enzymes in metagenomic libraries | Associate Researcher, Dept. of Geoscience, UW-Madison |
Cliff Hogan | 2009 MS UW-Madison |
2006 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Microbial diversity in apple orchard soil | Postdoctoral Research Scientist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service |
Lindsay Rusnak | 2009 MS UW-Madison |
2007 Ohio Weslyan | Antibiotic resistance in soil from an apple orchard | Instructor, Madison Area Technical College |
Nichole Broderick | 2009 PhD UW-Madison |
2003 University of Wisconsin-Madison (MS) | Bacteria in the midgut of gypsy moth larvae | Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut |
Zakee Sabree | 2008 PhD UW-Madison |
2000 Howard University | Heterologous expression in the metagenomics era | Assistant Professor, Ohio State University |
Brook Peterson | 2008 PhD UW-Madison |
2002 Grinnell College | Interactions among rhizosphere bacteria | Senior Scientist, University of Washington |
Courtney Robinson | 2008 PhD UW-Madison |
2000 Xavier University | Robustness of lepidopteran midgut microbial communities | Assistant Professor, Howard University |
Christian Riesenfeld | 2006 PhD UW-Madison |
1998 University of Rochester | Survey of aminoglycoside resistance genes in soil | Research Associate, University of West Florida |
Bradley Borlee | 2006 PhD UW-Madison |
2000 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Dissecting communication in microbial communities | Assistant Professor, Colorado State University |
Katherine Butler | 2006 MS UW-Madison |
2004 Hampton University | Microbiology of the gut of the cabbage white butterfly | Laboratory technician, UCSD |
Lynn Williamson | 2005 MS UW-Madison |
2002 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Signal molecules in metagenomic libraries | Research Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Brad Garcia | 2005 PhD UW-Madison |
1999 University of Wisconsin-Madison | Multiplexed Microarrays for Diagnosis and Detection | Director of Technology & Business Development, Primorigen Biosciences |
Anne Dunn | 2002 PhD UW-Madison |
Investigation of Communication BetweenBacillus cereus and Plants | Associate Professor, Microbial Molecular Biology and Physiology, The University of Oklahoma | |
Zhengrong Cui | 1999 MS UW-Madison |
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, The University of Texas at Austin | ||
Mark Bittinger | 1999 PhD UW-Madison |
The RosR regulon ofRhizobium etli | Associate Director, Target Biology, Belfer Institute for Applied Cancer Science | |
Elizabeth Emmert | 1999 PhD UW-Madison |
University of Delaware | Chemical biology of Bacillus cereus | Associate Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Salisbury University |
Amy Klimowicz | 1999 MS UW-Madison |
Associate Researcher, Dillard Lab, UW-Madison | ||
Elizabeth Stohl | 1998 PhD UW-Madison |
Zwittermicin A resistance and biosynthesis | Research Faculty, Seifert Lab, Northwestern University | |
Eric Stabb | 1997 PhD UW-Madison |
Zwittermicin A: Diversity of producers and mechanisms of resistance | Professor and Head, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago | |
Eduardo Robleto | 1995 MS UW-Madison |
Applied ecology of trifolitoxin production: A model to study the effects of antibiotic production on microbial populations of natural environments | Associate Professor, UNLV | |
Laura Silo-Suh | 1994 PhD UW-Madison |
Biological activities of two antibiotics produced byBacillus cereus UW85 | Assistant Professor of Microbiology at Mercer University | |
Kevin O’Connell | 1993 PhD UW-Madison |
1985 MIT | Foliar chlorosis in plants induced by Rhizobium tropici | Vice President, In-Q-Tel |
Kevin Smith | 1992 MS UW-Madison |
Professor at the University of Minnesota | ||
Ricardo Araujo | 1992 PhD UW-Madison |
Mutational analysis of the cell surface and nodulation competitiveness ofRhizobium leguminosarumbiovar phaseoli | ||
Greg Gilbert | 1991 PhD UW-Madison |
1985 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | Effects of the introduction of Bacillus cereus UW85n1 on communities of bacteria on roots | Professor, Pepper-Giberson Chair of Environmental Studies, UC Santa Cruz |
Larry Halverson | 1991 PhD UW-Madison |
1981 Luther College | Population biology ofBacillus cereus UW85: A case study for biotechnology policy | Associate Professor, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University |
Gwyn Beattie | 1991 PhD UW-Madison |
1985 Carleton College | Quantitative and molecular analysis of nodulation competitiveness ofRhizobium leguminosarumbiovar phaseoli | Robert Earle Buchanan Distinguished Professor of Bacteriology for Research and Nomenclature, Dept. of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University |