Alumni

Name Degree Semester Awarded Department Advisor Thesis/Dissertation
           
Bienvenido Tibbs-Cortes PhD Fall 2022 Animal Science

Stephan Schmitz-Esser

 Identification and Functional Characterization of Genes Involved in the Listeria monocytogenes Stress Response
Swastik Sen PhD Fall 2022 Chemical and Biological Engineering Thomas Mansell

Expanding the toolbox for gene editing and expression in Lactococcus lactis

Wan Sun PhD Fall 2022 Chemical and Biological Engineering

Zengyi Shao

Metabolic engineering of non-model yeasts for polymer precursor production and cellulose degradation

El-Sadig Ibrahim Abdo Ali MS Fall 2022 Food Science and Human Nutrition Aubrey Mendonca

Application of atmospheric cold plasma for inactivation of foodborne enteric pathogens on cantaloupe melon and whole raw carrots

Brandon Scott Ruddell PhD Fall 2022 Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine Amanda J. Kreuder,
Paul J. Plummer

Investigation of small RNAs CjNC110 and CjNC140 and the activated methyl cycle in the pathobiology of Campylobacter jejuni

Dua Xong Vang MS Summer 2022
  • Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology
 Larry Halverson

Experimental and genetic tools for elucidating the contribution of secreted public goods and genetic pathways to rhizosphere competence of Pseudomonas putida

Kia Cristin Barry MS Spring 2022 Food Science and Human Nutrition Aubrey Mendonca, Gregory Phillips

Long-term-survival phase Salmonella enterica: Life cycle comparison with a high persister mutant, and tolerance to atmospheric cold plasma

Chloe Wasendorf PhD Spring 2022 Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology Nancy Boury, Nick Peters

Growing plants and minds: Examining soft rot causing bacteria and students' understanding of genetic concepts

Kristina R. Larsen MS Spring 2022 Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine Austin K. Viall,
Bryan H. Bellaire		 Catching NETs—development of a flow cytometric assay to detect canine neutrophil
extracellular traps
Charles E. Lewis PhD Spring 2022 Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine

Jim Roth

Susceptibility of domestic pigs to experimental infection with ebolaviruses

Elena M. Thornhill PhD Spring 2022 Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine David Verhoeven Molecular mechanisms of Respiratory Syncytial Virus regulation

 

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