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Mario Muscarella
Principal Investigator
Research Interests: Microbial Ecology, Ecophysiology, Growth Efficiency
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Amanda Stromecki
PhD Student (Co-Advised w/ Mary Beth Leigh)
Research Interests: Understanding the roles microbes play in human, wildlife, and ecosystem heath. Research approaches include culture-based, molecular, and computational tools.
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Kodi Haughn
PhD Student (Co-Advised w/ Brandon Briggs at UAA)
Research Interests: Microbial interactions in Antarctic lakes
Morgan Brown
PhD Student
Research Interests:
Paige Paulsen
MS Student
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Maura Grahek
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Research Interests: Microbiomes, LTER
Michelle Rameriz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
BLaST Scholar
Research Interests: Microbiomes, GUTT
| Visiting Scholars | Role | Home Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Tonin | PhD Student; Insubria Polar | University of Insubria |
| Hailey Webb | PhD Student; BNZ LTER | UC Boulder |
| Former Lab Members | Role/Years | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Graduate Students | ||
| Hannah Woody | MS Student; 2022 – 2024 | Arctic Data Services |
| Becca Olson | MS Student: 2022 – 2024 | AK DEC |
| Undergraduate Students | ||
| Drew Shelton | Undergraduate Research Assistant; 2022 – 2024 | |
| Aria Workman | Undergraduate Research Assistant; 2022 – 2024 | |
| Maria Beaulieu | BNZ LTER REU; 2023 | UMass Amherst |
| Julian Pender | Undergraduate Research Assistant; INBRE Scholar 2021-2023 | Research Professional |
| Tyler Baker-Chapman | Undergraduate Research Assistant; BLaST Scholar 2022-2023 | Applying to Med School |
| Emma Lin | BNZ LTER REU; 2022 | Skidmore Collage |
| Rya Berrigan | Undergraduate Research Assistant; 2022 | Medical School |
| Kaia Victorino | Undergraduate Research Assistant; BNZ LTER REU; 2021 | UAF |
| Shannyn Bird | Lab Technician | |
| Jill Jacobs | Undergraduate Research Assistant; BLaST Scholar | UAF Graduate |
| Amelia Dell | Undergraduate Research Assistant 2021 | UAF Graduate |
| Abigail Jensen | Undergraduate Research Assistant; 2021 | UAF Graduate |
| Previous Mentees | ||
| Belen Muniz | UIUC; 2017–2018 | |
| Mollie Carrision | Indiana University; 2015–2016 | |
| Xia Meng Howey | Indiana University; 2013–2015 |