People Type: Alumni

Bohr, Lindsey

Dissertation: No Bacterium is an Island: The Role of Population Structure in Emergence and Maintenance of Pathogens Faculty Advisor: Caitlin Pepperell Lindsey is seeking out her next opportunity.

Bohse, Megan

Dissertation: Characterization of the Yeast Phase Specific YPS3 Gene of Histoplasma capsulatum. Faculty Advisor: Jon Woods Megan is a Data Analysis Supervisor at Quartz Health Solutions.

Bowers, Lisa

Dissertation: Elements of Plasmid R6K Replication Control. Faculty Advisor: Marcin Filutowicz Lisa is an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College.

Bratburd, Jenny

Dissertation: Host-microbiome interactions impacting pathogen and mutualist colonization within defensive symbioses Faculty Advisor: Cameron Currie Jenny is now an Outreach Coordinator at NASA Health and Air Quality Applied Science Team.

Brennan, Caitlin

Dissertation: Genetic dissection of flagellar motility and chemtaxias and their roles in the squid-vibrio symbiosis. Faculty Advisor: Ned Ruby Caitlin is a Scientific Review Officer at NIAID, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Brinsmade, Shaun

Dissertation: Genetics and Biochemistry of Class II Phosphotransacetylases: Enzymes and Sensors of Nutrition, Energy and Redox State of Prokaryotic Cells. Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante Shaun is the Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Bristol, Jillian

Dissertation: Regulation of TNFR2 expression by EBV protein BZLF1 and cellular C/EBP. Faculty Advisor: Shannon Kenney Jillian is an Associate Researcher in the Kenney laboratory.

Browne, Beth Ann

Dissertation: A Link between Tryptophan Biosynthesis and PURF-Idependent Phosphoribosyl Amine Formation in YJGF Mutant Strains of Salmonella Enterica. Faculty Advisor: Diana Downs Beth Ann is a Technical Marketing and Industrial Preservation Specialist with LANXESS Corporation.

Bruckbauer, Steven

Dissertation: Foundations of experimentally-evolved ionizing radiation resistance in Escherichia coli. Faculty Advisor: Michael Cox Steven is a scientist at Nabsys.

Buan, Nicole

Dissertation: Adenosylcorrinoids: Biosynthesis, Reactivation and Scavenging. Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante Nicole is a Professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.