Current Students

Isaac Adediji
2nd year PhD student

Adivsor: Lynda Harris, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
                 MS, University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Sushmita Adhikari
3rd year PhD student

Advisor: Stacey Gilk, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Nebraska - Omaha

Monisha Alla
4th year PhD student

Advisor: Rey Carabeo, PhD
Research: Pathogen recognition of iron-starved Chlamydia trachomatis.
Education: MS, Vellore Institute of Technology, India

Ridhi Bhola
2nd year PhD student

Advisor: Rakesh Singh, PhD
Research: Role of Cathepsin G in Mammary Tumors
Education:   MDS, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, India

Taylor Burke
1st year PhD student
MD/PhD Scholars Program

Advisor: Paul Fey, PhD
Research: TBD
Education:  BS, BA, Creighton University, NE

Del Dsouza
3rd year PhD student

Advisor: M. Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Omaha, NE

Christi Ellis
3rd year PhD student

Advisor: Derrick Samuelson, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, Southeast Missouri State University, MO

Amanda Fernandes
4th year PhD student

Advisor: Santhi Gorantla, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: B.tech., Manipal Institute of Technology, India

Francis Fontanilla
5th year PhD student

Advisor: Rey Carabeo, PhD
Research: Structural and biophysical studies of DNA repair proteins like Replication Protein A
Education: MS, University of Philippines

Valerie Fousek-Schuller
6th year PhD student

Advisor: Gloria Borgstahl, PhD
Research: Structural and biophysical studies of DNA repair proteins like Replication Protein A
Education: BS, Wayne State College, NE

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Wayne State College, NE 

Advisor: M. Jana Broadhurst, MD, PhD
Research: Development of immunological tests for emerging infectious diseases including SARS-CoV-2
Education: BS, Peru State College, NE

Advisor: Marilynn Larson, PhD
Research: Characterization of the Stress Response in Francisella tularensis
Education: BS, Northern Arizona University, AZ

Advisor: Benita McVicker, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Nobel College Affiliated to Pokhara University, Nepal

Advisor: Vinai C. Thomas, PhD
Research: Investigating the metabolic pathways Staphylococcus uses to respond to oxidative stress
Education: BS, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Advisor: TBD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, University of Nebraska-Kearney
                 MS, University of Bradford, UK

Advisor: Stacey D. Gilk, PhD
Research: Manipulation of the host endocytic pathway during Coxiella burnetii infections
Education: BS, Peru State College, NE

Cole Holderjano
1^st year PhD student
MD/PhD Scholars Program

Advisor:  Scot Ouellette, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BA, Stanford University, CA

Advisor: Howard Gendelman, MD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Oregon State University, OR

Brigham Killips
5th year PhD student

Advisor: Stacey D. Gilk, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Kansas

Elizabeth Klug
5th year PhD student

Advisor:  Joshua Santarpia, PhD
Co-Advisor:  St. Patrick Reid, PhD
Research: Intrinsic Factors Impacting Viral Aerosol Stability in the Environment
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Haley Knowles
4th year PhD student

Advisor: Elizabeth Rucks, PhD
Research: Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis on host cell vesicular trafficking
Education: BS, Saint Andrews University, NC

Jaxon Kramer
2nd year PhD student

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Maddie Love
2nd year PhD student

Advisor: Pengwei Zhang, PhD
Research: Early Intracellular HPV trafficking and infection
Education: BA, Whitman College, WA

Mojisola Ogunnaike
3rd year PhD student

Advisor: Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD
Research: Targeting Viral Replication and cccDNA as a Potential Functional Cure for Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Education: MS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Ghana

Advisor: Derrick Samuelson, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Michigan State University - East Lansing

Advisor: Dr. Martin Conda-Sheridan
Research: TBD
Education: MS, Federal University of Parana, Brazil

Advisor: Caroline Ng, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Advisor: Paul Davis, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MBA, Midland University, NE

Advisor: Paul D. Fey, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, University of Nebraska Medical Center, NE

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Wayne State College, NE

Advisor: Stacey D. Gilk, PhD
Research: Role of host IL-17 signaling during Coxiella burnetii infection
Education: BS, North South University, Dhaka

Advisor: Maher Abdalla, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Tafila Technical University, Jordan

Advisor: Maher Abdalla, PhD
Research: Targeting Heme Oxygenase-1 in Prostate Cancer
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Omaha

Reegan Sturgeon
4th year PhD student

Advisor: Rakesh Singh, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, University of Dubuque, IA

Advisor: TBD
Research: Non-thesis
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Advisor:  Scot Ouellette, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Bryan College of Health Sciences, NE

Advisor: Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal

Advisor: Tammy Kielian, PhD
Research: The association between metabolism and epigenetics during S. aureus craniotomy infection
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Advisor: Paul D. Fey, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, University of Nebraska – Omaha

Advisor: Leonardo da Silva Augusto, PHD 
Research: TBD
Education: BA, Saint Andrew University, NC

Advisor: Elizabeth Rucks, PhD
Research: Eukaryotic SNARE Protein Recruitment to and Interactions with the Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion
Education: BS, South Dakota State University, SD

Advisor:  Scot Ouellette, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS, Bryan College of Health Sciences, NE

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BA, University of Nebraska-Omaha