Students in Population Biology, Ecology, and Evolution

Igor Albizua

ialbizu@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2007
Degree & School: B.S. & M.S., University of Basque Country
Advisor: Stephanie Sherman
Research interests: Comparative genomics, population genetics and genetic diseases

Pierre Ankomah

pankoma@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2009 (MD/PhD)
Degree & School: B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
Advisor: Bruce Levin
Research Interests: Within-host microbial infection dynamics; Evolution of antibiotic resistance

Carolyn Ayers

cayers2@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.S., College of William and Mary
Advisor: Berry Brosi
Research interests: Mathematical ecology, foraging Theory, and plant-pollinator systems

Anand Bhardwaj

abhard2@emory.edu
Year Matricuated: 2008
Degree & School: B.S., Emory University
Advisor: Les Real
Research Interests: Theoretical models of rapid viral evolution; Ecological and evolutionary limits to viral mutation rates

Brooke Bozick

bbozick@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2010
Degree & School: B.S., Pennsylvania State University
Advisor: Les Real
Research Interests: Effects of spatial processes on the population structure and evolutionary dynamics of viruses

Kelsy Alaine Broadaway

kbroada@emory.edu
Year Matricuated: 2009
Degree & School: B.S., Montana State University
Advisor: Mike Epstein & Stephanie Sherman
Research Interests: Analytic methods for human gene mapping, genetic epidemiology, and population & quantitative genetics

Mary Bushman

mbushma@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.A., Carleton College
Advisor: Jaap de Roode & Venkatachalam Udhayakumar
Research Interests: Within-host and between-host dynamics driving evolution of drug resistance in malaria

Alex Chang

achan25@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.S., Brown University
Adivsor: Nicole Gerardo
Research Interests: The effect of bacterial endosymbionts on behavior and mate choice

Jannelle Couret

jcouret@emory.edu
Year Matricuated: 2009
Degree & School: A.B., Princeton University & M.E.M., Duke University
Advisor: Nicole Gerardo
Research Interests: Vector-borne disease, environmental factors influencing host development and host-microbe interactions, geospatial analysis

Matthew Ezewudo

mezewud@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.S., University of Benin & M.S., Georgia State University
Advisor: Tim Read & Mike Zwick
Research Interests: Population biology of infectious diseases, whole genome analysis of bacteria populations

Justine Garcia

jrhall2@emory.edu
Year Matricuated: 2009
Degree/School: B.S., University of New Mexico
Advisor: Nicole Gerardo
Research Interests: Host-microbe interactions, symbiosis, environmental factors of disease, evolution of pathogenicity
*PBEE Executive Committee Member

Michael Gehring

mgehrin@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2008
Degree & School: B.S., Carnegie Mellon University & M.S., Michigan State University
Advisor: James Taylor
Research Interests: Examining the three-dimensional organization of genomes and the effects of higher-order chromatin architecture on transcriptional regulation and genome evolution

Marissa Grossman

marissa.grossman@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2012
Degree & School: B.A., Princeton University & M.P.H, Emory University
Advisor: TBD
Research Interests: Eco-epidemiology of vector-borne and zoonotic disease including spatial analysis
*PBEE Executive Committee Member

David Gruenewald

david.gruenewald@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2012
Degre & School: B.S., Saint Louis University
Advisor: TBD
Research Interests: Community ecology, pollination ecology

Sarah Guagliardo

sguagli@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2010
Degree & School: B.S., George Washington University & M.P.H., Yale University
Advisor: Uriel Kitron
Research Interests: Eco-epidemiology of vector-borne and zoonotic disease, spatial analysis, remote sensing

Erin Keebaugh

ekeebau@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2007
Degree & School: B.S., University of Georgia
Advisor: Todd Schlenke
Research Interests: Host-pathogen interactions and gene conflict

Beth Kochin

bkochin@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2007
Degree & School: B.A., Yale University
Advisor: Rustom Antia
Research Interests: Disease dynamics both within and between hosts

Rebecca Levine

rclevin@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2008
Degree & School: B.A., Princeton University & M.P.H., Emory University
Advisor: Uriel Kitron
Research Interests: Ecology of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases, spatial ecology of diseases
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c7pr0zMAAAAJ

Zachary Lynch

zrlynch@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.S., University of Rochester
Advisor: Jaap de Roode
Research Interests: Behavioral defense against parasites, primarily focusing on trans-generational medication in monarch butterflies and fruit flies

Michael Mina

michael.mina@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2009 (MD/PhD)
Degree & School: A.B., Dartmouth College
Advisor: Keith Klugman
Research Interests: Influenza and bacterial coinfections, vaccines, innate immunology, international infectious diseases, water and sanitation development in rural countries

Benjamin Parker

bparke4@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2008
Degree & School: B.A., University of Chicago
Advisor: Nicole Gerardo  
Research Interests:  Host-parasite coevolution & evolutionary ecology
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fUvp6ekAAAAJ&hl=en

Michele Parsons

mparsons@cdc.gov
Year Matriculated: 2005 (Part-Time)
Degree & School: B.A., Saint Anselm College & M.S., Catholic University of America
Advisor: Robert Tauxe & Tom Gillespie
Research Interests: Anthropogenic disturbance and the ecology and emergence of zoonotic infectious diseases

Amanda Pierce

amanda.pierce@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2010
Degree & School: B.S., University of Kansas
Advisor: Japp de Roode
Research Interests: Genetic and environmental factors underlying behavior

Chloe Robins

crobi27@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2012
Degree & School: B.A., Northwestern University
Advisor: TBD
Research Interests: Mathematical ecology, disease surveillance optimization

Johanna Salzer

jsalzer@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2008
Degree & School: B.A., Florida State University & D.V.M., University of Illinois
Advisor: Tom Gillespie
Research Interests: Relationships among habitat disturbance, host diversity, and emergence of infectious disease

Joshua Shak

jshak@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2010 (MD/PhD)
Degree & School: B.A., Amherst College
Advisor: Keith Klugman & Bruce Levin
Research Interests: Infectious diseases, evolution, biofilms, antibiotic resistance
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ayaobw8AAAAJ&hl=en

Ivan Shoemaker

i.r.shoemaker@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2011
Degree & School: B.S., Salisbury University & M.S., Columbus State University
Advisor: Berry Brosi & Jaap de Roode
Research Interests: Pollinators and genetic diversity of pollen loads

Amanda Jo Williams-Newkirk

ajwill6@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2008
Degree & School: B.A., Bryn Mawr College & M.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Advisor: Greg Dasch
Research Interests: Disease ecology
Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eziIhI4AAAAJ&hl=en

Melo-Jean Yap

melo-jean.yap@emory.edu
Year Matriculated: 2012
Degree & School: B.S., San Francisco State University & M.S., California State University-Los Angeles
Advisor: TBD
Research Interests: Eco-epidemiology & infectious disease modeling