Angel Avalos
angavalos@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bart Weimer
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactions, agricultural microbiomes, bioinformatics
Carl Basbas
ctbasbas@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Richard Pereira
Undergraduate Institution: St. Edward's University, Austin TX
Research Interests: Antimicrobial resistance in livestock medicine, epidemiological surveillance
Amelia Bennett
ambennett@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Angela Gelli
Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University
Research Interests: Host Microbe interactions of fungal pathogens
Jordan Boeck
jmboeck@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Heather Bischel
Undergraduate Institution: St. Mary’s College of California
Research Interests: Virus Proteomics and Wastewater-based Epidemiology
Glory Bui
gtbui@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Maria Marco
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions
Lizbeth Camacho
lizcamacho@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Renee Tśolis
Undergraduate Institution: CSU Northridge
Research Interests: Host Microbe Interactions
Bardo A. Castro
barcastro@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Gitta Coaker
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, genetics, gene regulation
Titash Chatterjee
tchatterj@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Rebecca Hernandez
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests:
Shawn Christensen
smchristensen@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Rachel Vannette
Undergraduate Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research Interests: evolution, plant-pollinator-microbe interactions, microbial ecology, palynology (the study of pollen)
Morgan Connolly
mpconnolly@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Justin Siegel
Undergraduate Institution: SUNY College Environmental Science Forestry
Research Interests:
Mira Conyers
mmconyers@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Johan Leveau
Undergraduate Institution: Oberlin College
Research Interests: Plant-microbe interactions, endophytes, plant pathology
Julia Craft
jcraft@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bennett Penn
Undergraduate Institution: Brigham Young University
Research Interests: Host Microbe Interactions
Marina De León
msdeleon@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jonathan Eisen
Undergraduate Institution: UC Davis
Research Interests: Chytridiomycosis in amphibians
Christian Erikson
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Undergraduate Institution: San Diego State University
Research Interests:
Adam Fishburn
atfishburn@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Priya Shah
Undergraduate Institution: UC Merced
Research Interests: Tropical Infectious Diseases
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
Undergraduate Institution:
Research Interests:
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
Sarah Guest
slguest@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests:
Jeffrey Hastings
jhastings@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Satya Dandekar
Undergraduate Institution: UC Santa Barbara
Research Interests: SIV/HIV, antiviral immunity, mucosal immunology
Nicholas Hilton
nhilton@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Research Interests: eukaryotic parasites, cellular biology, host pathogen interaction
Hannah Houts
hehouts@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: C. Titus Brown
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Microbial evolution and ecology
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
Dylan Lanser
dmlanser@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Angela Gelli
Undergraduate Institution: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Research Interests: Host Microbe Interactions
Clancy Lee
Research Mentor: Dennis Hartigan-O’Connor
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Interactions between host immune system and viruses as vectors for delivery of therapeutic technologies
Jonathan Lin
johlin@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Undergraduate Institution: Calvin College
Research Interests:
William Louie
willouie@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Lark Coffey
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: microbial diversity, evolution, metagenomics, extremophiles
Scott Mahan
spmahan@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Andreas Bäumler
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Gut microbiome research, bacterial pathogenesis
Kaylah Marcello
kmmarcello@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Dawn Sumner
Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University
Research Interests: Host Microbe Interactions
Erin Markle
edmarkle@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Undergraduate Institution: Colorado State University
Research Interests: Virology, biotechnology, and host-microbe interactions of viruses, specifically how viruses evade the host innate immune response
Chad Masarweh
cfmasarweh@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: David Mills
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests:
Courtney Mattson
clmattson@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Sam Díaz-Muñoz
Undergraduate Institution: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Research Interests: Genetic exchange and evolution in segmented RNA bacteriophages
Claire Morris
clamorris@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stephen McSorley
Undergraduate Institution: UC San Diego
Research Interests:
Shruti Parikh
sparikh@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Christopher Simmons
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington
Research Interests: Community ecology of microbes in food waste and agricultural systems, fungal-bacterial interactions, and sustainable agriculture
Beau Parry
bhparry@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Renee Tsolis
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests:
Tyler Powell
tpowell@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Dawn Sumner
Undergraduate Institution: California State, Los Angeles
Research Interests:
Eva Marie Quijano Cardé
evaquijano@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Esteban Soto Martinez
Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
Research Interests: Interactions between herpesviruses and their hosts’ immune systems
Alycia Rasmussen
arrasmussen@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Johan Leveau
Undergraduate Institution: UC Davis
Research Interests:
Abigail Ray
abray@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bennett Penn
Undergraduate Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, microbial ecology
Mary Riley
myriley@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: David Mills
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Molecular biology and physiology of microbes
Andrew Rogers
awrogers@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Andreas Bäumler
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Research Interests: Bacterial Pathogenesis, Biofilms, and Bacterial Physiology
Eduardo Ruiz
Research Mentor: Johan Leveau
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: The biology and ecology of bacterial multicellularity, plant-microbe interactions
Muhammad Adil Salim
asalim@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Ilias Tagkopoulos
Undergraduate Institution: University of Peshawar
Research Interests: Microbial systems biology
Jordan Sayre
jmsayre@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jorge Rodrigues
Undergraduate Institution: Sonoma State University
Research Interests: Microbial Communities, Metagenomics
Dino Sbardellati
Research Mentor: Rachel Vannette
Undergraduate Institution: Sonoma State University
Research Interests:
Cory Schlesener
cschlesener@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Bart Weimer
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas, Austin
Research Interests: Microbial evolution and ecology
Hannah Starcevich
hnstarcevich@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: Walla Walla University
Research Interests: Parasitology, Host-Pathogen Interaction
Jeannine Stroup
jnstroup@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Stefan Rothenburg
Undergraduate Institution: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Research Interests: Host Microbe Interactions
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
Research Interests:
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
Jessica Trinh
jetrinh@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Gitta Coaker
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: The discovery and evolution of immunogenic proteins in plant pathogenic bacteria
Keywords: bacterial evolution/bioinformatics, plant immunity, plant-microbe interactions
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
Joseph Williams
joswilliams@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Davis
Research Interests: Molecular biology and physiology of microbes
Alonna Wright
adwright@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Jonathan Eisen
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kentucky
Research Interests: Agricultural microbiomes, Metagenomics, Bioinformatics
Gillian Wright
Research Mentor: Melanie Gareau
Undergraduate Institution: University of California, Riverside
Research Interests: Microbiota-gut-brain axis, host-microbe interactions, translational research
Alexander Zerkle
ajzerkle@ucdavis.edu
Research Mentor: Scott Dawson
Undergraduate Institution: UC Berkeley
Research Interests: Evolutionary cell biology, cytoskeletal biology, non-model systems