Alumni

Dissertation: Development and Use of Influenza Reproter Viruses to Define Human Host Factors for Influenza Virus Replication.
Faculty Advisor: Andy Mehle
Vy is an Associate Director, Global Medical Affairs for Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) at Moderna.

Dissertation: Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins at the intersection of immunity and development in the squid/vibrio symbiosis.
Faculty Advisor: Margaret McFall-Ngai
Josh is currently the Director of Fermentation and Bioprocess at The Every Company.

Dissertation: From surviving to thriving: How Ralstonia solanacearum mitigates oxidative stress in plant xylem and moves through tubers to new hosts
Faculty Advisor: Caitilyn Allen
Alicia is a Senior Scientist at Abbott Diagnostics.

Dissertation: Understanding (p)ppGpp mediated mechanisms of persistence and stress survival in Bacillus subtilis.
Faculty Advisor: Jade Wang
Jessy has worked as a Scientist II at Rapid Micro Biosystem in Lowell, MA and is now seeking further opportunities.

Dissertation: Identification of novel kinase substrates and binding partners of Epstein-Barr virus and human cytomegalovirus encoded kinases.
Faculty Advisor: Robert Kalejta
Angie is a Quality Control Analyst at Catalent Pharma Solutions.

Dissertation: CD8+T cells in elite control of SIV
Faculty Advisor: David Watkins
Laura is a science teacher in San Francisco public schools.

Dissertation: Yeast Metabolic Engineering for Ethanol Production Guided by Gene Expression Analysis.
Faculty Advisor: Thomas Jeffries
Jennifer is employed by EdenIQ in Visalia, CA as Senior Genetics Scientist.

Dissertation: Virus Reproduction: Membrane Localization of Nodaviral RNAs during Replication Complex Assembly.
Faculty Advisor: Paul Ahlquist
She is now an Associate Professor at Colgate University in Hamilton, NY.

Dissertation: Systems level analysis of Vibrio fischeri biofilm signaling
Faculty Advisor: Mark Mandel
Jacob is seeking his next opportunity.

Dissertation: Recruitment and roles in host defense for innate immune cells in response to inracellular bacterial infection.
Faculty Advisors: Anna Huttenlocher and JD Sauer
Will is a Microscopy Sales Representative at Evident Scientific.