Group Members
andrew ahearne
4th year phd student
projects:
antibiotic discovery from myxobacteria
heterologous expression of targeted BGCs from newly discovered myxobacteria
kayleigh phillips
2nd year phd student
projects:
discovery of myxobacteria from environmental isolates
predation-based model system for horizontal transfer of BGCs
shailaja khanal pokharel
2nd year phd student
projects:
antibiotic discovery from myxobacteria
myxobacterial response to plant chemical signals associated with biotic stress (NIAID: R15AI137996)
nawal shehateh
1st year Fulbright MSc student
(co-mentor with professor pavl boudreau)
projects:
antibiotic discovery from myxobacteria
analytical analysis of metabolites from myxobacterial heterologous hosts
gage allbert
research technician
projects:
heterologous expression of targeted BGCs from newly discovered myxobacteria
miranda hoing
p2 pharmD student
projects:
discovery of novel myxobacteria from environmental isolates
myxobacterial response to plant chemical signals associated with biotic stress (NIAID: R15AI137996)
thomas knehans
undergraduate student
projects:
discovery of novel myxobacteria from environmental isolates
group alumni:
barbara adaikpoh, 2021 graduate, current - postdoc at the University of Illinois at Chicago
shukria akbar, 2021 graduate, current - postdoc at University of Wisconsin-Madison
hanan albataineh, 2022 graduate, current - postdoc at Georgia Tech
undergraduates:
rachael pace
katherine gregory, BS in computer science, Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College (http://thesis.honors.olemiss.edu/id/eprint/1463)
laura a. salvador
justin caldwell, UM STEMS REU student, indiana university-purdue university indianapolis
pillar quinn
pharmD students:
alex gochenauer (UM School of Pharmacy Student Research Fellowship Awardee)
logan magana (UM 2019 Distinguished Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Pharmacognosy)
sean harrison (UM 2019 Distinguished Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Pharmacognosy)
william stepp (UM 2019 Distinguished Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Pharmacognosy)
maya duke (UM 2021 Distinguished Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Biomolecular Sciences)
visiting scientists:
jeffery henry, CBBI fellow, university of notre dame, from rich taylor’s group
susumu watari, musashino university, from koji ichinose’s group
ARISE students (high school students):
sarah swiderski, mississippi school of math and sciences
cathrine boltz, mississippi school of math and sciences
volunteer high school students:
alex nagle, oxford high school
