People

Farrah

Farrah Bashey-Visser

PI
Farrah is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Biology and in the Human Biology Program.

Ashwini

Ashwini Ramesh

Ph.D. Student
Fall 2016-current
Ashwini is interested in understanding the eco-evolutionary processes that govern host-parasite interactions and their consequences for disease spread. She's delving deep into mechanisms of parasite coexistence using modeling and experimental approaches. She graduated with a B.S.-M.S. degree from IISER Pune, India, where she investigated the influence of social cues on oviposition decisions in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

Zoe

Zoe Dinges

Ph.D. Student
Fall 2015-current
Zoe is student in Curt Lively's lab who is exploring the ability of Xenorhabdus bovienii to partner with novel nematode species.

Raelyn

Raelyn Phillips

Undergraduate
Spring 2017-current
CEWiT REU

Kevin

Kevin Phan

Undergraduate
Summer 2018-current
X490

Laura

Laura Whitney

Undergraduate
Spring 2018-current
CEWiT REU

Jack

Jack Rosswurm

Undergraduate
Spring 2019-current
STARS, X490

Lab Alumni

(if you are not listed and want to be, send me an update)

Amrita Bhattacharya (2013-2019) Ph.D. 2019
Amrita studied bacteriocin production, its relation to virulence, and how competition can limit the evolution of its resistance. She's now a postdoc in the Kennedy lab [Amrita's Website].

Sofia Espada (Fall 2016-2019) B.S. 2019
Sofia entered the lab through the CEWiT program. She helped develop qPCR methods for nematode id. Sofia is now working for Cook Medical .

Aishvarya Agrawal (Spring 2019)
Visiting M.S. Student from Institute of Bioinfomatics and Biotechnology Savitribai Phule Pune University, India.

Shaina Lee (Fall 2014-2018) B.S. 2018
CEWiT REU, L490. Shaina is now at tech in the Chemistry Department.

Trey Embrey (Fall 2014-May 2017) B.S. 2018
STARS, L490. Trey is now attending IU Medical School.

Mark Gaughan (Spring 2014-2017) B.S. 2017
L490. Mark is now pursuing biochemical engineering at University College London.

Sofia Bertoloni-Meli (Spring 2013-May 2016) B.S. 2016
NSF REU, Honor's Thesis in Biology, recipient of the IU Biology Undergraduate Research Award and Fox Glen Award 2016.
Sofia is now attending IU Medical School.

Nick Ivers (February-October 2014) B.S. 2014
Nick is now a Ph.D. student studying disease ecology in bees at UT Austin .

Leah Palmer (Spring 2013-May 2014) B.S. 2014
NSF REU, Honor's Thesis in Microbiology.
Leah is now a research scientist at Lilly.

Collaborators

Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Dept. of Microbiology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Hadas Hawlena, Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Curt Lively, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington

Levi Morran, Dept. of Biology, Emory University

Steve Forst, Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee