People Type: Alumni

Murfin, Kristen

Dissertation: Xenorhabdus bovienii bacteria - Steinernema nematode spp. interactions as a model of evolution and mechanisms in broad-host range symbioses. Faculty Advisor: Heidi Goodrich-Blair Kristen is a Medical Writer for Invicro, A Konica Minolta Co.

Myers, Kevin

Dissertation: Integrating Genome-wide Analyses to Investigate the Regulatory Role of FNR and IscR in Response to Anaerobiosis in Escherichia coli. Faculty Advisor: Patricia Kiley Kevin is a Scientist III and the Lead of the Computational Biology Group in the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.

Nawrocki, Erin

Dissertation: Mechanisms underlying the transfer of plasmid-borne BoNTs in Group I C. botulinum. Faculty Advisor: Eric Johnson Erin is a staff scientist at the University of Pittsburgh.

Neal, Lori

Dissertation: TLR11 dependent and independent recognition of Toxoplasma gondii recruits Ly6Chi inflammatory monocytes that can confer resistance to bacterial infection. Faculty Advisor: Laura Knoll Lori is a postdoc at the University of Michigan.

Nemecek, Julie

Dissertation: Regulation of Dimorphism and Virulence in Pathogenic Fungi. Faculty Advisor: Bruce Klein Julie is a Senior Pharmaceutical Quality Assessor at the FDA.

Neumann, Tony

Dissertation: Ecology of Fibrobacter in the herbivore gut. Faculty Advisor: Garret Suen Tony is the Director of Molecular Biology at NewLeaf Symbiotics.

Newhouse, Peter

Dissertation: Biophysical Investigation of Peptidoglycan Binding by Periplasmic Superoxide Dismutase. Faculty Advisor: Katrina Forest Peter is a senior associate in SC Johnson's microbiology team.

Newton, Ryan

Dissertation: Cosmopolitan Freshwater Bacterial Dynamics in Lakes across Time and Space. Faculty Advisor: Katharine McMahon Ryan is an Associate Professor at the School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Nguyen, Thy

Dissertation: The Role of Commensal Bacteria in Fungal Defense: Understanding Antifungal Mechanisms of the Human Skin Microbiome Faculty Advisor: Lindsay Kalan Thy will be working as a postdoc in the Kalan lab at McMaster University.

Nichols, Holly

Dissertation: Community Assembly and Genomic Diversity of Mosquito-Associated Bacteria Faculty Advisor: Kerri Coon Holly will be a postdoc at the University of Pittsburgh in Tera Levin's lab.