People Type: Graduation 2024

Bacon, Emily

Dissertation: Gene regulation and signal transduction in γ-proteobacteria Faculty Advisor: Jason Peters Emily is a research scientist at Aldevron.

Chitboonthavisuk, Chutikarn

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.

Dixon, Megan

Dissertation: Impacts of Xanthomonas Foliar Disease on the Fate and Biology of Salmonella enterica Faculty Advisor: Jeri Barak Megan is now a Biological Safety Specialist for the Office of Biological Safety at UW-Madison.

Eagan, Justin

Dissertation: Exploring the Impact of Abiotic and Biotic Stresses on Microbial Community Dynamics and Cryptic Secondary Metabolite Gene Cluster Activation Faculty Advisors: Nancy Keller and Christina Hull Justin will be working as a postdoc in Emile Gluck-Thaler's lab at UW-Madison.

Eix, Emily

Dissertation: Uncovering the distinct growth characteristics of Candida auris in the skin microenvironment Faculty Advisor: Jeniel Nett Emily will be a Biology Patent Examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Finn, James

Dissertation: Regulation of a Type VII secretion operon in Bacillus subtilis: The yfj operon Faculty Advisor: Briana Burton James is starting law school at University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Gutierrez, Kim

Dissertation: Listeria monocytogenes adaptations to cell wall stress in the macrophage cytosol Faculty Advisor: JD Sauer Kim is a scientist at Thermo-Fisher Scientific.

Nguyen, Thy

Dissertation: The Role of Commensal Bacteria in Fungal Defense: Understanding Antifungal Mechanisms of the Human Skin Microbiome Faculty Advisor: Lindsay Kalan Thy will be working as a postdoc in the Kalan lab at McMaster University.

Rivera-Vazquez, Julio

Dissertation: Physiological Responses and Genetic Adaptations to Solvent Stressors in Zymomonas mobilis Faculty Advisor: Daniel Amador-Noguez Julio will be starting a postdoc soon.

Saba, Jason

Dissertation: Promoter inversion and anti-termination control mechanisms regulating capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis in the human gut symbiote Bacteroides fragilis Faculty Advisor: Bob Landick Jason is a Senior Scientist at Abbvie in Madison, WI.