Carl Basbas
ctbasbas@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Richard Pereira
Undergraduate Institution: St. Edward's University, Austin TX
Research Interests: Infectious disease or agricultural microbiology
Zachary Bendiks
zabendiks@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Genomics, probiotics, microbial impacts on food and human health
Glory Bui
gtbui@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions
Alex Burkert
acburkert@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: UC Irvine (B.S.) and CSU Northridge (M.S.)
Research Interests: Soil microbial ecology
Bardo A. Castro
barcastro@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Gitta Coaker
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, genetics, gene regulation
Megan Christensen
megchristensen@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Rachel Vannette
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: evolution, microbial symbioses, eukaryogenesis, food microbiology/fermentation
Laurynne Chetelat Coates
lnchetelat@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Carolyn Slupsky
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Host-pathogen and vector-pathogen interactions of citrus greening disease
Morgan Connolly
mpconnolly@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Justin Siegel
Undergraduate Institution: SUNY College Environmental Science Forestry
Trevor Croft
tjcroft@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Su-Ju Lin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin
Adam Fishburn
atfishburn@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Priya Shah
Undergraduate Institution: UC Merced
Research Interests: Tropical Infectious Diseases
Jessica Franco
jyfranco@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Gitta Coaker
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona
Isaac Gifford
isgifford@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Alison Berry
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Charles Graddy
cmgraddy@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Douglas Nelson
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: microbial ecology
Brittany Greenwood
bblankenship@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Christopher Simmons
Ben Groth
bgroth@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Su-Ju Lin
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: Microbial community profiling, enzyme discovery, biotechnology, evolution
Mariana Guedes Weber
mguedesweber@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Satya Dandekar
Undergraduate Institution: Rio de Janeiro, Federal Institute of Sci. Educ., and Tech. IFRJ
Research Interests: Infectious diseases, virology and molecular biology
Sarah Guest
slguest@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Taylor Heckman
tiheckman@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Esteban Soto-Martinez
Undergraduate Institution: Willamette University
Research Interests: Host-pathogen interactions
Dustin Heeney
ddheeney@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: Boise State University
Research Interests: Microbiology of the human GI system
Britta Heiss
beheiss@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: David. A. Mills
Nicholas Hilton
nhilton@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Research Interests: eukaryotic parasites, cellular biology, host pathogen interaction
Alexandria Igwe
aigwe@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Rachel L. Vannette
Undergraduate Institution: Howard University
Research Interests: microbial ecology, genomics, and bioremediation of organic contaminants
Nick Jensen
yenjensen@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: David Mills
Undergraduate Institution: Dartmouth College
Research Interests: influence of diet on gut microbiota and human health; microbial metabolism; host - microbe interactions; microbial ecology
Hyunsoo Kim
hyunsookim@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Marc Facciotti
Undergraduate Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Synthetic biology, biotechnology, bioengineering
Tyler Laird
tslaird@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Johan Leveau
Undergraduate Institution: Azusa Pacific University
Research Interests: Genomics, Bioinformatics/Computational Biology, One-Health, Vector-Borne Diseases, Insect-Microbe Interactions, Biomedical Text-mining
Courtney Leligdon
cjleligdon@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Incoming Student- Research Rotations
Undergraduate Institution: University of Arizona
Research Interests: Host-Microbe Interactions, Microbiome, Genetic Basis for Microbial Behavior
Marina E. De León
msdeleon@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jonathan Eisen
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Wildlife diseases and biocontrol
Jonathan Lin
johlin@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Undergraduate Institution: Calvin College
William Louie
willouie@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Lark Coffey
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: microbial diversity, evolution, metagenomics, extremophiles
Chad Masarweh
cfmasarweh@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: David Mills
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Shane McInally
sgmcinally@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Riverside
Dewi Megawati (Mega)
amegawati@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Undergraduate Institution: Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
Research Interests: host-pathogen interaction, vector-borne diseases, innate immune response
David Merriam
dpmerriam@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Dennis Hartigan
Undergraduate Institution: Metropolitan State College, Denver
Brittany Miller
bmill@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Andreas Baumler
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Jessica Mizzi
jemizzi@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Dawn Sumner
Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University
Jared Nigg
jcnigg@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bryce Falk
Undergraduate Institution: Montana State University Bozeman
Benjamin Nittayo
benittayo@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Incoming Student- Research Rotations
Undergraduate Institution: California State University, Los Angeles
Research Interests: Vaccine Development
Chorong Park
chopark@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Undergraduate Institution: Konkuk University in South Korea
Research Interests: Virology and host interaction
Beau Parry
bhparry@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Renee Tsolis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Beatriz Merchel P Pereira
bmpereira@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Ilias Tagkopoulos
Undergraduate Institution: Federal University of Parana, Brazil
Research Interests: Synthetic biology, fermentation, biofuels
Marc Pollack
mepollack@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bryce Falk
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Satellite RNAs, their structures and associated functionalities, plant viruses, and pathogen detection
Eric Pomaranski
ekpomaranski@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Esteban Soto-Martinez
Undergraduate Institution: University of Michigan
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, biotechnology, microbial genetics
Mohammad Julhasur Rahman
mjrahman@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Abigail Ray
abray@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bennett Penn
Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, microbial ecology
Andrew Rogers
awrogers@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Andreas Bäumler
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Biofilms, and Bacterial Physiology
Jordan Sayre
jmsayre@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Undergraduate Institution: Sonoma State University
Research Interests: Microbial Communities, Metagenomics
Hannah Starcevich
hnstarcevich@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: Walla Walla University
Research Interests: Parasitology, Host-Pathogen Interaction
Eric Stevens
etstevens@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: SUNY College Environmental Science Forestry
Gabriel Subuyuj
gasubuyuj@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Rebecca Parales
Undergraduate Institution: San Jose State University
Research Interests: Microbial genetics, metabolism, physiology, pathogenesis, microbial-host interactions and signal transduction.
Rene Suleiman
rlsuleiman@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Katherine Ralston
Undergraduate Institution: Regis University
Connor Tiffany
crtiffany@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Andreas Baumler
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Microbiome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Gut Homeostasis, Bioinformatics software development
April Tsai
jyatsai@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Renee Tsolis
Undergraduate Institution: National Chung Hsing University
Research Interests: Host-pathogen interaction
Gregory Walker
gtwalker@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Renee Tsolis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
C. Joy E. Walters
cewalters@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Satya Dandekar
Undergraduate Institution: Point Loma Nazarene University
Research Interests: Microbial community dynamics in the mammalian GI tract; interactions between gut microbes and host immune system; gastrointestinal disease.
Lei Wei
leiwei@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: Wellesley College
Research Interests: host-microbe interactions, microbial impacts on nutrition and human health, proteomics
Alonna Wright
adwright@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Annabelle Yu
aoyu@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Huibin Yu
glbyu@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: The co-evolution and interaction between viruses with the immune system of viral hosts.