Amruta Karbelkar, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: University of Southern California
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: Mechanism of Biofilm formation in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough.
Catherine Armbruster, PhD, MPH
Ph.D. Institute: University of Washington
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bomberger
Project: Ecology and evolution of microbial populations throughout the respiratory tract of people with cystic fibrosis.
Charles Puerner, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: Université Côte d'Azur in Nice, France
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm and its microenvironment
Chris Kesthely, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover in Niedersachsen Germany
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: Polymicrobial communities and biofilm maintenance
Emily McClure, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: UConn
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ross
Project: The gut microbiome in cystic fibrosis patients & Microbiome of wounds and surgical implants
Fabrice Jean-Pierre, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: Armand-Frappier Health Biotechnology Research Centre – INRS, Montreal, Canada
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. O'Toole
Project: Understanding the how microorganisns living as polymicrobial communities in the cystic fibrosis (CF) airway interact together and shift drug efficacy
Landon G. Vom Steeg, PhD, MSPH
Ph.D. Institute: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Wira
Project: Impact of aging on HIV susceptibility
Marta Rudzite
Ph.D. Institute: Imperial College London
Current Lab Affiliation: O’Toole Lab
Project: ‘omics and molecular genetic approaches to identify strategies microbes use to survive in the context of a polymicrobial community
Paula Zamora PhD
Ph.D. Institute: Vanderbilt University
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Bomberger
Project: Cellular responses to therapeutic phages and other insults in the CF lung.
Roberto Miguel Alers-Velazquez, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: Univ. of Toledo
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Leib
Project: Maternal immunity/psychovirology
Sandeep Vellanki Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: The University of Texas at San Antonio
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Cramer
Project: In vivo Aspergillus fumigatus disease progression
Shawna Pratt
Ph.D. Institute: Montana State University
Current Lab Affiliation: O’Toole Lab
Project: Early stages in bacterial biofilm formation known as surface sensing
Sophie Robitaille, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Institute: Armand-Frappier Health Biotechnology Research
Current Lab Affiliation: Dr. Ross
Project: Understanding the regulation of the type six secretion system in Bacteroides fragilis
Soubhik Ghosh
Ph.D. Institute: University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Current Lab Affiliation: Jakubzick Lab
Project: Mediators through which interstitial macrophages contribute to tumor growth in the lung.