Graduation 2018

Dissertation: Evolutionary genetics and dissection of brewing related traits in Saccharomyces eubyanus and its hybrids with Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Faculty Advisor: Chris Hittinger
EmilyClare is doing a postdoc at the University of Oregon.

Dissertation: Foundations of experimentally-evolved ionizing radiation resistance in Escherichia coli.
Faculty Advisor: Michael Cox
Steven will be doing a postdoc in the Cox lab.

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

Dissertation: Tryptophan Metabolism of Aspergillus fumigatus: Impacts on Toxin Synthesis and Virulence.
Faculty Advisor: Nancy Keller
Tsokyi is a fungal geneticist at Hexagon in Menlo Park, CA.

Dissertation: Investigations into overcoming the challenges associated with the MbtH-like protein dependence of nonribosomal peptide synthetases.
Faculty Advisor: Michael Thomas
Karla has accepted a postdoc at Rutgers in the Boyd Lab.

Dissertation: Control of gene expression in cyanobacteria.
Faculty Advisor: Brian Pfleger
Gina is a scientific manager at Benson Hill Biosystems in St. Louis, MO.

Dissertation: From microbes to ecosystems: time series provide insight into how microbial metabolisms scale to ecosystem functions.
Faculty Advisor: Katherine McMahon
Alex is working as a postdoc at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.

Dissertation: Mechanisms underlying the transfer of plasmid-borne BoNTs in Group I C. botulinum.
Faculty Advisor: Eric Johnson
Erin has accepted a postdoc at Penn State in the Food Science Department.

Dissertation: Ecology of Fibrobacter in the herbivore gut.
Faculty Advisor: Garret Suen
Tony is a Research Scientist at Matatu in St. Louis, MO.