People Type: Alumni

Gray, Michael

Dissertation: Synthesis, salvaging, and remodeling of the lower ligand of coenzyme B12. Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante Michael is a Professor at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham.

Greenwell, Roger

Dissertation: The role of ChrR in regulating the σE dependent response to singlet oxygen in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Faculty Advisor: Tim Donohue Roger is a Professor of Biology at Worcester State University.

Gregory, Anna

Dissertation: Adaptive strategies employed by Clostridioides difficile in response to environmental and nutritional cues Faculty Advisor: Drew Hryckowian Anna will be teaching microbiology at Edgewood College.

Grunwald, Derrick

Dissertation: Detection of rare Rhg1 nematode resistance haplotypes in Glycine soja and a novel Rhg1 alpha-SNAP Faculty Advisor: Andrew Bent Derrick will be working as a a postdoc in the seed potato pathology lab at UW Madison run by Dr. Renee Rioux.

Grys, Thomas

Dissertation: Characterization of the StcE protease of Escherichia coliO157:H7. Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch Tom is avProfessor at Mayo Clinic Arizona, co-Director of Microbiology, Medical Educator, Innovator, Inventor, Co-Founder of Cactus Bio, LLC.

Gutierrez, Kim

Dissertation: Listeria monocytogenes adaptations to cell wall stress in the macrophage cytosol Faculty Advisor: JD Sauer Kim is a scientist at Thermo-Fisher Scientific.

Hamilton, Holly

Dissertation: Type IV secretion in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: Its role in DNA secretion and in bacteria-host cell interactions. Faculty Advisor: Joe Dillard Holly is now a Senior Scientist and Manager at Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals.

Hanshew, Alissa

Dissertation: Microbial Ecology of Tropical Arboreal Ants. Faculty Advisor: Cameron Currie Alissa is a Scientific Review Officer at General Dynamics Information Technology.

Harris-Jones, Tiffany

Dissertation: Influences of peptidoglycan on Neisseria-host interactions in an in vivo mouse model using Neisseria musculi Faculty Advisor: Joe Dillard Tiffany will be a Postdoctoral Scientist at CrossLife Technologies.

Harris, Tajie

Dissertation: Immunostimulatory DNA and the Innate Immune Response to Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. Faculty Advisor: Donna Paulnock Tajie is an Associate Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Virginia.