Our Students
Carter Abbott
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Cox Lab, 2024
I am studying the gut-brain axis and neurodegenerative diseases.
Sydney Abelson
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Devlin Lab, 2025
I am investigating gut microbiome metabolomics.
Jose Aceves-Salvador
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Moffitt Lab, 2021
Sam Alemu
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Duraisingh Lab, 2022
Justin Bae
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine and Moffitt Labs, 2021
I study the regrowth of Salmonella persisters with spatial transcriptomics.
Taran Bauer
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2024
I study the essential mechanism of the envelope stress response in Escherichia coli and other gram-negative pathogens.
Bailey Bowcutt
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Grad Lab, 2023
I study evolution of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Justin Brueggeman
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Starnbach Lab, 2022
I study T cell responses to B. burgdorferi and B. microti, two tick-borne diseases.
Dylan Burgin
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2023
I study membrane biogenesis in Gram-negative bacteria.
Meredith Chambers
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Cox Lab, 2024
I study the role of the microbiome in multiple sclerosis.
Rita Chan
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rakoff-Nahoum Lab, 2019
I study microbiology and microbial ecology in the female reproductive tract.
Terry Cho
Biomedical Informatics
Kostic Lab, 2024
My research focuses on computational approaches to unravel host–microbe co-evolution and interaction, with a parallel emphasis on developing scalable methods for large-scale microbiome data analysis.
Katherine Dailey
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2024
I study genes encoded on prophages in Klebsiella pneuomoniae.
Natalie Desilets
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2025
I am investigating prophage-encoded genes in Salmonella.
Zoe Feder
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Hochschild Lab, 2019
I study protein-based inheritance in bacteria.
Abigail Frey
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Fortune Lab, 2021
I am utilizing the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for a new understanding of its virulence mechanisms.
Skylar Gay
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Kostic and Springer Labs, 2025
I study gut microbiome lactic acid fixation in the context of endurance and high performance athletes from a systems biology viewpoint.
Virginia Glick
Chemical Biology
Gopinath Lab, 2021
Mudita Goyal
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2024
Colibactin induced changes in the gut microbiome.
Emil Haedt
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2025
I study gut microbial polyphenol metabolism.
Victoria Hayes
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dvorin Lab, 2025
I study the biology of proteins involved in the Plasmodium falciparum lifecycle.
Gabrielle Hernandez
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dvorin Lab, 2024
Uncovering the cell biology of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest parasite species.
Dominick Jenkins
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2021
Yehoon Jo
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Huttenhower Lab, 2025
I study the gut microbiome using statistical methods to understand its role in health and disease.
Aditi Kannan
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2024
I study vaginal microbial community dynamics..
Johnathan Kepple
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Bernhardt Lab, 2020
I study outer membrane homeostasis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Andie Kim
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2022
Communication between the host and its microbiome through small molecule-receptor signaling networks.
Cecilia Kim
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Devlin Lab, 2023
Examining the sulfonation of small molecules by gut bacteria and the impact of these modified metabolites on disease.
Claire Kitzmiller
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Fortune Lab, 2025
I study the evolution of the ESX1 secretion system in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Hyunho Lee
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2021
Examining combinatorial effects of gut microbiome metabolites.
Kijeong Lee
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Goldberg Lab, 2024
I study host-mediated killing strategies of intracellular pathogens.
Ophelia Lee
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2024
Investigating the regulation of cell envelope synthesis and coordination in Actinomycetes.
Jeremy Liang
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2023
Franziska Maria Lichtenauer
Chemical Biology
Bernhardt Lab, 2025
I study cell wall biogenesis in Corynebacterium glutamicum.
Isabella Lin
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Rudner Lab, 2025
I study cell wall homeostasis of Gram-positive bacteria.
Claudia Liu
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2021
Cheyenne Loo
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2024
I study host-microbe signalling mechanisms in the mammalian gut.
Isaiah Lopez
Chemical Biology
Balskus Lab, 2023
I plan to investigate the enzymology and chemistry catalyzed by microbes in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites and other specialized molecules, especially those relevant to human health.
Bri Manning
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Higgins Lab, 2021
I am interested in the regulatory response of bacterial virulence factors during intracellular infection.
Pray Miao
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Devlin Lab, 2025
I study how bacterial metabolites influence host physiology.
Cait Moffatt
Molecules, Cells, and Organisms
Kahne Lab, 2020
I am interested in how Gram negative bacteria transport LPS to the cell surface.
Sarah Mooney
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Jost Lab, 2024
I am interested in mechanisms underlying host-microbe interactions in the gut microbiome.
Benjamin Morris
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2023
I study the interactions between Salmonella and host immune cells during infection and antibiotic treatment.
Eric Neubauer Vickers
Biological Sciences in Public Health
Grad Lab, 2023
I am interested in population level immunity to Neisseria gonorrhoeae.
Michele Muscolo
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dove Lab, 2025
I study post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Tien Nguyen
Molecules, Cells, and Organisms
Bernhardt Lab, 2022
Joshua Park
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
2023
Elizabeth Perez
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Higgins Lab, 2019
Host factors contribute to the rise and fall of Listeria monocytogenes during intracellular infection. I am determining what roles these host factors may play in host defense or L. monocytogenes virulence.
Bailey Plaman
Chemical Biology
Kahne Lab, 2020
I am interested in the mechanism of how LPS transport is coupled to ATP hydrolysis in the lipopolysaccharide transporter.
Adelyn Ragucci
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Kranzusch Lab, 2022
I use biochemistry and structural biology to understand how phages evade bacterial immune systems.
Ari Sarfatis
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Moffitt Lab, 2019
I develop techologies to enable massively multiplexed transcriptome profiling in bacteria.
Julia Silberman
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2025
I study the capsule layer of Gram-negative bacteria.
Sally Song
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
van Opijnen Lab, 2025
I study intracellular recalcitrant states across pathogenic bacterial species.
Hailee Sorensen
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Helaine Lab, 2021
My work focuses on Salmonella persister cells and how they may be involved in recurrent infections.
Kathy Suarez
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Bernhardt Lab, 2019
Audrey Sweten
Molecules Cells Organisms
Watnick Lab, 2025
I study how chitin influences Vibrio cholerae colonization within the peritrophic matrix of arthropod hosts.
Kade Townsend
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dove Lab, 2023
I will be researching post-transcriptional regulators in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Melissa Tran
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Devlin and Huh Labs, 2020
Brooke Travis
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Girguis Lab, 2021
Assessing host physiology in response to the presence of symbiotic relationships in deep sea animals.
Nana Twumasi-Ankrah
Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
Moffitt Lab, 2021
I use a highly multiplexed microscopy imaging technique called MERFISH to study the spatial organization and gene expression of bacteria within their native contexts.
Kevin Zhang
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Dove Lab, 2024
Post-transcriptional regulation by sRNAs in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.