People Type: Graduation 2018

Park, Eunju

Dissertation: HIV-1-infected cell and uninfected cell interaction induces cell cycle reprogramming to facilitate viral spread. Faculty Advisor: Paul Ahlquist Eunju will be returning to South Korea and will be seeking a position there.

Sanchez Vazquez, Patricia

Dissertation: Genome-wide effects of ppGpp binding to RNA Polymerase on E. coli gene expression. Faculty Advisor: Rick Gourse Patricia is a Program Lead at Ginkgo Bioworks.

Schomer, Rebecca

Dissertation: Two approaches to dissecting the fole of MbtH-like proteins in nonribosomal peptide synthesis. Faculty Advisor: Michael Thomas Rebecca is an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona.

Stevens, Sarah

Dissertation: Genomics as a Lens into the Population Structure and Evolution of Freshwater Microbes. Faculty Advisor: Katherine McMahon Sarah is the Director of the Data Science Hub at UW-Madison.

Wahlig, Taylor

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.

Yeesin, Ponlkrit

Dissertation: Mechanistic insights into resolution and repair of DNA damage caused by head-on replication-transcription conflicts in bacteria. Faculty Advisor: Jade Wang Ponlkrit is now a professor in the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand.