People Type: Alumni

Larson Darrah, Gloria

Dissertation: Dissection of molecular mechanisms by which human host factors regulate influenza virus replication. Faculty Advisor: Andy Mehle Gloria is a Senior Technical Writer at Catalent.

Lemke, Justin

Dissertation: Probing Regulatory Targets of DksA/ppGpp in E. coli. Faculty Advisor: Rick Gourse Jay is a Senior Research Scientist at Promega.

Lewin, Gina

Dissertation: Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Lignocellulose Degradation in Insect-Associated Niches. Faculty Advisor: Cameron Currie Gina is an Assistant Professor at Case Western School of Medicine.

Lewis, Jeffrey

Dissertation: Genetics and Biochemistry of Tricarballylate Catabolism in Salmonella enterica. Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante Jeffrey is an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas.

Linz, Alex

Dissertation: From microbes to ecosystems: time series provide insight into how microbial metabolisms scale to ecosystem functions. Faculty Advisor: Katherine McMahon Alex is an Associate Research Scientist at Marshfield Clinic Health System.

Little, Ainslie

Dissertation: Parasitism as a Selective Force Shaping the Ecology and Evolution of an Ancient Ant-Fungal-Bacterial Mutualism. Faculty Advisor: Cameron Currie Ainslie is the SVP, Corporate Strategy at BlueRock Therapeutics in Cambridge, MA.

Loffredo, John

Dissertation: Understanding the Antiviral Efficacy and Breadth of CD8+ T Lymphocytes against Simian Immunodeficiency Virus. Faculty Advisor: David Watkins John is the Senior Director of Oncology Translational Research at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine.

Lombardino, Jon

Dissertation: Genome-scale insights into interspecies natural transformation and mosaic recombination in Bacillus subtilis Faculty Advisor: Briana Burton Jonathan will be a Teaching Specialist for Microbiology 101 at UW-Madison.

Lopez, Rebecca

Dissertation: The Role of IFN- a/ b in the Innate Immune Response to African Trypanosomes. Faculty Advisor: Donna Paulnock Rebecca is a postdoc in the Dept. of Hematology at the National Institutes of Health with Dr. Richard Childs.

Lowe-Power, Tiffany

Dissertation: Metabolic analyses of Ralstonia solanacearum during plant pathogensis. Faculty Advisor: Caitilyn Allen Tiffany is now an Associate Professor at UC-Davis.