The Group

Sean Crosson

Aretha Fiebig

 

Postdocs

Melene Alakavuklar

Matt Schnizlein

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Grad Student

Thomas Kim

Sergio Hernandez-Ortiz

Hunter North

Emily Perez

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​Undergrad

​Johnny Myall

McKenna Goike

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Alumni

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Postdoc

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Maeve McLaughlin (2019-2024)

Current Location: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Flint, Department of Biology, Flint, MI.

 

Ben Stein (2016-2021)

Current Location: Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross , Department of Biology, Worcester, MA.

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David Hershey (2016-2020)

Current Location: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Bacteriology, Madison, WI.

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Abhishek Dubey (2019-2020)

Current Location: Leibniz Institute on Aging, Jena, Germany.

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Julien Herrou (2009-2018)
Current Location: Chargé de recherche, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Marseille, France.

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Justin Luebke (2015-2018)
Current Location:  Technology Commercialization Manager. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

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Kristy Hentchel (2015-2017)
Current Location: Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA.

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Daniel Czyż (2014-2016)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Cell Science. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.

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Hye-Sook Kim (2009-2014)
Current Location: National Institutes of Health, NCCIH, Bethesda, MD.

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Neeta Jain (2012-2013)
Current Location: Project Leader, Boehringer Ingelheim.

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Melissa Marks (2007-2011)
Current Location: Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Biology, Willamette University, Salem, OR.

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Grad students

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Esther Chen (PhD, Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology, 2024)

Current Location: Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, North Brunswick, NJ.

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Lydia Varesio (PhD, Microbiology, 2021)

Current Location: Postdoc; Dianne Newman Lab; Caltech, Pasadena, CA.

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Leila Reyes Ruiz (PhD., Genetics, Genomics and Systems Biology, 2019)

Current Location: Assistant Professor, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC.

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Maggie Zhang (2017-2018; PhD 2022, Chang Lab, UChicago)

Current Location: Research Analyst & Editor, Catalyst Healthcare Consulting.

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Matthew Tien (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2018)

Current Location: Assistant Professor, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.

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Kasia Gebicka (M.S. University of Warsaw, 2016)

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Aleksandra Fergin (M.S. Biotechnology, Politechnika Warszawska, 2015)
Current Location: Study Management, Pharmacyclics.

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Jon Henry (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2013, M.D., 2015)
Current Location: Medical Director, Addiction Treatment Program. Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

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Milena Lewanczyk (M.S., Biology, University of Gdańsk, 2013, Ph.D. University of Liverpool, 2017)
Current Location: University of Liverpool, England.

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Musetta Steinbach (2011-2012)

Current Location: Navitus Health Solutions, Madison, WI.

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Rob Foreman (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2012)
Current Location: Northwestern University-ORS, Chicago, IL.

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Brook Heaton (Ph.D., Microbiology, 2012)
Current Location: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC.

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Cara Boutte (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2011)
Current Location: Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX.

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Erin Purcell (Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, 2011)
Current Location: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

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Dan Siegal (Ph.D., Physics, 2008)
Current Location: Associate Director of Business Development, Ginkgo Bioworks. Washington, DC.

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​PREP post-bac students

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Selymar Peña-Rivera (2021-2022)

Current Location: PhD Program, Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Xiomarie Alejandro-Navarreto (2015-2016)
Current Location: Postdoc, Freitag Lab, University of Illinois at Chicago. Chicago, IL.

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Leila Reyes Ruiz (2013-2014)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC.

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Cyd-Marie Castro Rojas (2008-2009)
Current Location: Clinical Research Program Manager, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH.

 

MSU College of Veterinary Medicine BRUSH scholar 

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Damone Charleston (2023)

Current Location: Undergrad, Michigan State University

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Laura Peña-Serrano (2022)

Current Location:  Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine, DVM student. Ithaca, NY.

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Undergrads

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Maude Antol (2021-2023)

Current Location: Peace Corps, Tanzania.

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Courtney VanOphem (2020-2021)

Current Location: MS4, LMU, Cumberland Gap, TN.

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Miette Hennessy (Summer 2019, Winter 2020)

Current Location: PhD Program, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Georgia Warmbein (2020)

Current Location: PharmD Candidate, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, Ann Arbor, MI.

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Averill Clapp (2016-2017)
Current Location: MS4, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.

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Olivia Stovicek (2015-2017)
Current Location: Editor, Business Law Today. American Bar Association, Chicago, IL.

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Daniel Eaton (2014-2017; PhD 2024, Harvard University, Dept. of Systems Biology)
Current Location: Postdoc, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

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Isaac Larkin (2012-2014; PhD 2020, Northwestern University, Molecular Biology)
Current Location: Senior Scientist, Abbott Labs, Chicago, IL.

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Tyehimba Turner (Summer 2012)
Current Location: Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State.

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Jacob Clementi (Summer 2011)
Current Location: Software Developer, Networked Insights, Chicago, IL.

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Grant Rotskoff (2011-2013; PhD 2016, University of California-Berkeley, Biophysics)
Current Location: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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Adam Strick (Summer 2009)
Current Location: Senior Software Engineer, Bonfire Studios, Los Angeles, CA.

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Michelle Crane (Summer 2008)
Current Location: Physician, Family Practice/Integrative Medicine, Aurora Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI.

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Rachel Applefield (Summer 2007)
Current Location: Research coordinator, Ortopedia Clinicizzata, Milan, Italy.

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Kevin Dalton (2006-2010; PhD 2016, Stanford University, Biophysics)
Current Location: Postdoctoral Fellow, Hekstra Lab, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

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Andrew Martens (Summer 2006, PhD 2017, Johns Hopkins University, Biophysics)
Current Location: Postdoctoral Fellow, Paulsson Lab, Harvard University.

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Dave Rawling (2006-2007; PhD 2015, Yale University, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
Current Location: Senior Scientist, seqWell, Beverly, MA.

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High School
Miette Hennessy (Whitney M. Young High School, Chicago) (Summer 2014-2016)
Earlham College '22 ; Currently: PhD Program, Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Tori Valadez (John Hersey High School) (Summer 2012)
Vanderbilt University '18