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Dissertation: Synthesis of alpha-penolic-riboside monophosphates during adenosyl-cobamide biosynthesis. Faculty Advisor: Jorge Escalante Chi is a research scientist at the University of Minnesota.

Dissertation: Generation, recycling and release of inflammatory peptidoglycan fragments by pathogenic and nonpathogenic Neisseria. Faculty Advisor: Joe Dillard Elizabeth is doing a postdoc in the Heyderman Lab at University College, London.

Dissertation: Formation and Incorporation of Two New Polyketide Synthase Extender Units. Faculty Advisor: Michael Thomas Yolande was an adjunct instructor at Edgewood College in Madison, WI.

Dissertation: Host-association events and factors in a model animal-bacterial mutualism. Faculty Advisor: Heidi Goodrich-Blair John is now an Assistant Professor of Bioinformatics at Brigham Young University.

Dissertation: Mechanistic studies on transcription regulation by DksA and ppGpp. Faculty Advisor: Rick Gourse Albert is a scientist at Aldevron in Madison.

Dissertation: Determinants of Listeria monocytogenes cytosolic survival and evasion of the inflammasome. Faculty Advisor: JD Sauer Grischa is a Scientific Lab Manager at the Carnegie Institute for Science.

Dissertation: Multiscale characterization of the diabetic foot ulcer microbiome Faculty Advisor: Lindsay Kalan Alex is a Scientist at Promega.

Dissertation: Gut microbiome response to nutritional changes in a high fat diet mouse model and a ground squirrel hibernator Faculty Advisors: Garret Suen and Hannah Carey Edna is a Presidential Management Fellow and Data Scientist at the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Office of Inspector General.

Dissertation: Systematic genome-wide discovery of host factors governing bacteriophage infectivity Faculty Advisor: Vatsan Raman Chutikarn is a postdoc in the Raman lab at UW-Madison.

Dissertation: Tryptophan Metabolism of Aspergillus fumigatus: Impacts on Toxin Synthesis and Virulence. Faculty Advisor: Nancy Keller Tsokyi is a senior scientist at CleanJoule.