University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Alumni

Affeldt, Kate

Dissertation: Expanding the Paradign of Oxylipins in Aspergillus flavus. Faculty Advisor: Nancy Keller Kate is faculty at Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Al-Oboudi, Jassim

Dissertation: Population genomics and genome evolution in a cosmopolitan yeast Faculty Advisor: Chris Hittinger Jassim is a postdoc in the Ane lab at UW-Madison.

Albright, Emily

Dissertation: Viral and cellular contributions to the epigenetic silencing of viral lytic gene expression during human cytomegalovirus latency. Faculty Advisor: Robert Kalejta Emily is an assistant scientist in the Kalejta Lab.

Alexander, Laura

Dissertation: The development of Limosilactobacillus reuteri as a biotherapeutic delivery vehicle Faculty Advisor: JP van Pijkeren Laura is an Applications Scientist at Promega Corporation.

Allen, Heather

Dissertation: Functional metagenomics to discover antibiotic resistance genes in natural environments. Faculty Advisor: Jo Handelsman Heather was a brilliant and successful microbiologist at the National Animal Disease Center (USDA) in Ames, Iowa. She died from breast cancer in 2020, which was a loss to us all.

Altmann, Sharon

Dissertation: Therapeutic Intervention for Pox viruses. Faculty Advisor: Curtis Brandt Sharon is a Principal Scientist and Manager at MRIGlobal.

Altura, Melissa

Dissertation: Host Bacterial Interactions and Host Cell Signaling in the Initiation of the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis. Faculty Advisor: Margaret McFall-Ngai Melissa is a clinical instructor at East Tennessee State University.

Amato, Katie

Dissertation: Quantifying influenza virus infection dynamics via molecular barcoding Faculty Advisor: Andrew Mehle Katie is working at Genentech as a Technical Development Associate Scientist in their Process Virology Unit.

Anderson, Brent

Dissertation: Variations on a theme: how a shared (p)ppGpp binding pocket allows bacterial adaptation in fluctuating environments. Faculty Advisor: Jade Wang Brent is currently working as a post-doc with Andy Goodman at Yale University.

Anfora, Andrew

Dissertation: The Effects of Serine and Acetate Metabolism on the Ability of Escherichia coli CFT073 to Colonize the Murine Urinary Tract. Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch Andrew is now an Associate Director of Product Management at LGC Clinical Diagnostics.