Fifth Year Students
Alexis Garcia
BS Biology
Texas A&M University
Soo Chan Lee Lab
Elucidation of Echinocandin Drug Resistance Mechanisms in Mucorales Fungi
Cameron Lloyd
BS Molecular Biology
University of California-Santa Cruz
Klose Lab
Assessing the Relationship Between Virulence Factor Expression and Motiliy in Vibrio cholerae
Taylor MacMackin
BS Biology
Middle Georgia College
Seshu Lab
Role of Plasmid Encoded Genes in the Pathophysiology of Lyme Disease
James McLellan
BS Microbiology
Texas State University
Hanson Lab
Harnessing the Nascent Proteome in Plasmodium for Drug Discovery
Fourth Year Students
Shawkat Alam
MS Microbiology
Bangladesh University
Zhang Lab
Elucidating Mechanisms of the Vaccine-Induced Protective Immune Response against Coxiella burnetii Infection
Olabayo (Harry) Ajetunmobi
MSc Microbiology
Babcock University
Lopez-Ribot Lab
High Throughput Screening of "Medicines for Malaria Venture Chemical Libraries" to Identify Novel Inhibitors of Candida auris
Colin Rorex
MS Biology
Stephen F. Austin State University
Cardona Lab
Investigating the Contribution of Astrocytes in Retinopathy
Third Year Students
Amanda Brenner
BS Micro/Molecular Biology
Portland State University
Raghavan Lab
Jessica O'Berry
BS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Seshu Lab
Role of Borrelia Unfed Tick Induced Protein (BtiP) in the Colonization of the Lyme Disease Agent within Tick and Mammalian Hosts
Second Year Students
Nathan Kilgore
BS Microbiology and Immunology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Seshu Lab
Sarah Saeger
BS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Hung Lab
Courtney Smith
MS Biology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Lee Lab
First Year Students
Nawal Samer Abdul-Baki
BA Psychology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Zackary Armstrong
MS Microbiology
Texas State University
Megan Taylor Medrano
BS Biology
St. Mary’s University
Armando Mendez
MS Epidemiology
University of North Texas HSC–Fort Worth
Whitney Ortiz
MS Aquatic Biology
Texas State University
Irvin Rivera
MS Biotechnology
University of Texas at San Antonio
Venus Shawn Stanton
BS Biochemistry
Texas State University
Jolie Starling
MS Epidemiology
University of North Texas HSC–Fort Worth
Kathryn Elizabeth West
BS Microbiology
Idaho State University
