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The Molecular Microbial Ecology Lab

Molecular Microbial Ecology Lab at PVMS, 2022. From left to right: Megan Mitchell, Kristen DeAngelis, Mallory Choudoir, Melissa Shinfuku, Achala Narayanan, Rachel Simoes, Abigail Sondrini, Ashley Eng.
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Principal Investigator

Kristen DeAngelis, Ph.D.
Microbiology, University of California Berkeley (ORCID, Google scholar, LinkedIn, CV (pdf)).

Spring 2021, from top left: Hila Schaal, Kristen DeAngelis, Vedang Diwanji, Rachel Simoes, Maureen Morrow, Melissa Shinfuku, Megan Mitchell, Ashley Eng, Mallory Choudoir, Achala Narayanan, Xiaojun Liu, Hailey Erb. Missing: Alon Efroni.

Summer 2020: Kristen DeAngelis, Luiz Domeignoz-Horta (postdoc), Xiaojun Liu (postdoc), Grace Pold (visiting scholar), Melissa Shinfuku (Microbiology graduate student), Achala Narayanan (technician), Hila Schaal (Microbiology graduate student), Hailey Erb (Plant Biology graduate student), Hayley Green (undergraduate), Megan Mitchell (summer intern), Maureen Morrow (visiting professor and collaborator)

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Spring 2017: Julia Schnabel, Jacob Ford, Erin Bergeron, Grace Pold, Megan Whalen, Lani DeDiego, Gina Chaput, Kristen DeAngelis, Priya Roy Chowdhury, Sadia Islam, Achala Naryan

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2017 Systems Biology group meeting: Kevin Geyer, Stuart Grandy, Seeta Sistla, Serita Frey, Alex Bales, Kristen DeAngelis, Shana Whitney, Luiz Domeignoz-Horta, Grace Pold, Christine Bunyon
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2016 group: Priya Roy Chowdhury, Grace Pold, Gina Chaput, Ioanna Chalki
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2015 lab group: Priya Chowdhury, Grace Pold, Gina Chaput, Spencer Moore, Jacob Ford, Kristen DeAngelis, Julia Schnabel, Cecilia Prado

Past lab members 

Mallory Choudoir, Postdoc, microbial ecologist, and evolutionary biologist figuring out how microbes adapt to climate change. Drinks too much coffee and exclusively reads fantasy/sci-fi. Social and environmental justice advocate. 2020 to Asst. prof at NCSU starting Sept 2022.
Achala Narayanan, 2019 – 2021
Xiaojun Liu, postdoc, 2017-2021
Grace Pold, MS Microbiology, PhD OEB 2019
Luiz Domeignoz Horta, postdoc 2017-2020
Hila Schaal, MS Microbiology 2021
Gina Chaput, PhD Microbiology 2019
Priya Roy Choudhury,
Emily Clark, Undergraduate Microbiology Major
Julia Schnabel, Undergraduate Microbiology Honors College, BA 2017
Jacob Ford, Undergraduate Microbiology Honors College & Food Sciences Major & Biotechnology Minor, BA 2017
Isabella Bushko, Undergraduate Microbiology Honors College
Dylan Rofulowitz, Undergraduate Microbiology Honors College
Cecilia Prado, Undergraduate 2015 Microbiology Major and Batch Fermentation Specialist
Spencer Moore, Undergraduate 2016 Biochemistry Honors College & Math Minor
Dan Burkhardt, Undergraduate 2015 Microbiology Major, now at Yale PhD Program
Matt Tuttle, Undergraduate 2015 Microbiology & Environmental Sciences Major, now at University of Tennessee PhD Program
Samantha Murphy, Undergraduate 2014 Environmental Sciences Major
Marie Kroeger, Microbiology PhD Rotation Student 2014
Srishti Kashyap, Microbiology PhD Rotation Student 2014
Andrew Billings, MS student & Technician 2011-2015
Farah Abdul-Rahman, now a PhD student at NYU
Gillian Gundersen, Undergraduate Student BA est 2015
Bianca Surjawan, Undergraduate Student BA est 2016
Larry Feinstein, Postdoc, June – September 2012
Rebecca Varney, May 2012 – July 2013
Chelsea Hedderig, Technician Sept – Nov 2013
Timothy Bowman, Technician October 2011 – May 2012