Alumni

Dissertation: Dissecting substrate recognition of natural product biosynthetic enzymes using siderophore systems.
Faculty Advisor: Michael Thomas
Vlad is doing a postdoc at the University of Utah in the Bandarian Lab.

Dissertation: The Cellulolytic Strategy of Cellulomonas.
Faculty Advisor: Garret Suen
Caryn is a scientist in the Thomas lab and Great Lake Bioenergy Research Center at UW Madison.

Dissertation: Salmonella enterica stress tolerance: genetic redundancy and pleiotropy.
Faculty Advisor: Chuck Kaspar
Taylor is the Technical Director of Microbiology and Molecular Pathology at the Marshfield Clinic Health System.

Dissertation: Multiplexing regulation of gene expression in budding yeast with synthetic biology
Faculty Advisor: Megan McClean
Timothy will be working as a postdoc in Megan McClean’s lab at UW-Madison.

Dissertation: Developing microbiomes as biotechnological tools for dairy coproduct valorization by fermentation: a metagenomic approach
Faculty Advisor: Tim Donohue
Kevin is seeking out his next opportunity.

Dissertation: StcE, a Mucin-Specific Protease, Recognizes Glycan-Induced Conformations.
Faculty Advisor: Rod Welch
Laura completed her M.D. in fulfillment of the Medical Scientist Training Program and is now a pathologist at Beaumont Health Systems.

Dissertation: Gamma Delta T Cell Regulation by Accessory Molecules.
Faculty Advisor: Miroslav Malkovsky
Peng is a Research Assistant Professor at West Virginia University.

Dissertation: Vibrio fischeri senses and detoxifies host-derived NO during initiation of the squid-vibrio symbosis.
Faculty Advisor: Ned Ruby
Yanling is a Principal Scientist at DermTech.

Dissertation: Response to Copper and the Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Faculty Advisor: Adel Talaat
Sarah is a Professor at Oakland Community College.

Dissertation: Functional and Evolutionary Insights into Botulinum Neurotoxins and Homologous Toxins
Faculty Advisors: Sabine Pellett and JD Sauer
Travis is now a postdoc at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine in Patrick McNutt’s lab.