People Type: Alumni

Dissertation: X. nematophila type VI secretion systems mediate ecologically relevant interactions. Faculty Advisors: Michael Thomas and Heidi Goodrich-Blair Kai does biologics products marketing at Promega in Madison, WI.

Dissertation: Ecology of Lignocellulose-Enriched Bacterial Communities Faculty Advisor: Cameron Currie Donny is a bioinformatician at Exact Sciences.

Dissertation: Molecular mechanisms of bacterial soft-rot on crops. Faculty Advisor: Amy Charkowski Cliff is a Environmental Monitoring Manager at Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics.

Dissertation: Ecology of the Manduca sexta microbiome. Faculty Advisors: Jo Handelsman and Heidi Goodrich-Blair Jonathan is now a faculty Instructor at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon.

Dissertation: Repurposing Thiopurines As Novel Antivirals. Faculty Advisor: Rob Striker Spencer is the principal consultant at Spencer Hoover Consulting.

Dissertation: Biofilm Formation and Cell Wall Pathways Involved in Candida auris Skin Colonization and Invasive Infection Faculty Advisor: Jeniel Nett Mark is now an Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Dissertation: Impact of human gut microbes on Clostridioides difficile growth and antibiotic susceptibility in vitro Faculty Advisor: Ophelia Venturelli Susan is a senior scientist at Abbvie.

Dissertation: Insights into the roles and regulation of RpoS in Escherichia coli and Shigella. Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch Andrew is an Assistant Professor at UW-Madison.

Dissertation: A Global Approach for Studying Bacterial Genomes. Faculty Advisor: William Reznikoff Kelly is a Senior Manager with Ontario Genomics.

Dissertation: Using Deep Mutational Scanning to Understand and Engineer Host Specificity in Bacteriophages Faculty Advisor: Vatsan Raman Phil is a co-founder of Synpha Biosciences.