B.S. in Biology – Molecular Biotechnology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Hometown: Surat, GJ, India
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Defining Human Macrophage Metabolic and Stress Responses to Coxiella burnetii
Fulbright Scholar
B.S. in Biotechnology, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan
M.Phil. in Molecular Pathology and Genomics, Forman Christian College,
Lahore, Pakistan
Hometown: Lahore, Pakistan
Mentor: Dr. Jia Liu
Research: Understanding the role of novel components of innate immunity during myxoma virus infection.
B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Jackson, TN
Mentor: Dr. Roger D. Pechous
Research: Studying regulation of essential virulence determinants in Yersinia pestis
B.A. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Hendrix College
Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Mentor: Dr. Mark Smeltzer
Research: The role of extracellular proteases and their regulation in the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff
Hometown: Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: Pathogenesis of Mammalian orthoreovirus
Marie Chow Memorial Research Awardee
Training in Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology (SPaT) T32 NIGMS Fellowship
B.S. in Biochemistry, Florida State University
Hometown: Windermere, Fl
Mentor: Dr. Tiffany Weinkopff
Research: Host responses to Leishmania
B.S. in Biology (Minor in Chemistry), Cleveland State University
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Host immune response toPlasmodium parasites
B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Rowlett, Texas
Mentor: Dr. Jon Blevins
Research: Cyclic dinucleotide-dependent signaling and pathogenesis in the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia turicatae
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas
M.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: El Dorado, AR
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Our lab focuses on the immune response to Plasmodium infection.
B.S. in Microbiology, University of Oklahoma
M.S. in Microbial and Cellular Biology, Emporia State University
Hometown: Edmond, OK
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: Mammalian orthoreovirus pathogenesis
American Association of Immunologists Careers in Immunology Fellowship
B.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Macau SAR, China
Mentor: Dr. Lin-Xi Li
Research: Immune responses to Chlamydia
B.S.: Virginia State University
Hometown: Bryant, AR
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Host Response to Gammaherpesvirus Infections
B.S. in Human Biology, Indiana University
M.S. in Biology, Louisiana Tech University
Hometown: Fishers, IN
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Manipulation of Stress Signaling During Early Infection by Coxiella burnetii in Macrophages
B.S. in Biology, Auburn University of Montgomery
M.S. in Biology, University of West Florida
Hometown: Dothan, AL
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Jorgenson
Research: Investigating the bacterial surface using Escherichia coli to find new
ways to exploit its properties
B.A.: Hendrix College, French and Biology
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Our laboratory uses molecular tools to dissect the pathogenesis of pneumonic plague in detail by focusing on several primary areas: 1. Identification of bacterial factors that contribute to infection; 2. characterizing direct host/pathogen interactions in vivo during infection; and 3. characterizing host responses to pulmonary infection. Currently, I am investigating how integration of the EF-Tu-like GTPase BipA into the ribosome during infection impacts protein production and alters virulence.