People Type: Graduation 2020

Niu, Mengyao

Dissertation: Whisper with Lipids: Fungal Oxylipins in Development and Host Interactions in Aspergillus fumigatus Faculty Advisor: Nancy Keller Mengyao is a senior scientist at IFF.

Nyffeler Bucci, Kayleigh

Dissertation: Chemical- and materials-based approaches to further the understanding of quorum sensing in bacteria. Faculty Advisor: Helen Blackwell Kayleigh is a Principal Scientist at Eli Lilly.

Raffa, Nicholas

Dissertation: A Jack of All Trades: Versatile Isocyanides Influence Copper Homeostasis and Microbial Interactions in Aspergillus fumigatus Faculty Advisor: Nancy Keller Nick is a co-founder of Biomific.

Stanton, Eliot

Dissertation: The impact of mobile genetic elements on the diversification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Faculty Advisor: Chuck Kaspar Eliot is a bioinformatician at UW-Madison Biotechnology Center.