Current Students

 

Sushmita Adhikari
2nd year PhD student

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

 

 

Monisha Alla
3rd year PhD student

 

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

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Ridhi Bhola
1st year PhD student

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education:  BDS, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal University of Health Sciences, India

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

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

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Ashish Das
3rd year PhD student

          

Advisor: David Oupicky, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, South Asian University, New Delhi

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Srijanee Das    
5th year PhD student

Advisor: Howard Gendelman, MD
Co-Advisor: Benson Edagwa, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BS/MS, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India

 

Del Dsouza
2nd year PhD student

 

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

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Taylor Dunning
1st year PhD student

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Educaton: BS, Webster University, MO

 

Christi Ellis
2nd year PhD student

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

 

Amanda Fernandes
3rd year PhD student

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

 

Francis Fontanilla
4th 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
5th 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

Dylan George
4th year PhD student

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

Benjamin Girardo
6th year PhD student

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

 gurung Jampa (Jhyama) Gurung
1st year MS student

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

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3rd year PhD student

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

Emily Heaton
4th year PhD student

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

  Dawson Hollingsworth
2nd year PhD student

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

 

Aaron Jensen 
5th year PhD student

Advisor: Scot Ouellette, PhD
Research: Proteomic turnover in the context of chlamydial developmental cycle progression
Education: BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Brigham Killips
4th year PhD student

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

Elizabeth Klug
4th 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
3rd year PhD student

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

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Jaxon Kramer
1st year PhD student

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

 

Mojisola Ogunnaike
2nd year PhD student

Advisor: Larisa Poluektova, MD, PhD
Research: CRISPR- based curative technologies for Hepatitis B virus
Education: MS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE

 

Megan Otte
3rd year MS student

Advisor: Amar Singh, PhD
Research: Molecular mechanisms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Education: BS, University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  Kabita Pandey
5th year PhD student

Advisor: Siddappa Byrareddy, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: MS, South Dakota State University

 

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3rd year PhD student

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

  Aramis Pereira
3rd year PhD student

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

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1st year PhD student

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Education: BS, BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Itidal Reslane
4th year PhD Student

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

  Enakshi Roy
6th year PhD student

Advisor: St. Patrick Reid, PhD
Research: Understanding the dynamics of Chikungunya virus-induced impairment of bone homeostasis during infection
Education: MS, University of Calcutta, India.

  Arif Sadi
2nd year PhD student

Advisor: Stacey D. Gilk, PhDResearch: TBDEducation: BS, North South University, Dhaka

 sahtout Dania Sahtout
1st year MS student, Fulbright Scholar

Advisor: Rotating
Research: TBD
Educaton: BS, Tafila Technical University, Jordan

Ramia Salloom
4th year PhD student

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

Natalie Sturd
4th year PhD student
MD/PhD Scholars Program

Advisor: Elizabeth Rucks, PhD
Research: TBD
Education: BA, Carleton College, MN 

Reegan Sturgeon
3rd year PhD student

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

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1st year MS student

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

Zachary Van Roy
3rd year PhD student
MD/PhD Scholars Program

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

Gabrielle Watson
2nd year PhD student

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

  Ray Widner
5th year PhD student

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