People
Jay T. Lennon
Principal Investigator
Research Interests: Ecology, evolution, and biodiversity of microbial systems
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Jipeng Luo
Postdoctoral researcher
Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of microbial communities, plant-microbiome interactions, evolutionary genomics, soil remediation
Emmi Mueller
Ph.D. student
Research Interests: Physical complexity and microbial communities website
Joy O'Brien
Ph.D. student
Research Interests: Microbial dormancy, permafrost soils, and global change in the Arctic
El Park
Ph.D. student
Research Interests: Intracellular mechanisms of sporulation and phage infections, division of labor in spore-forming populations
Anna Lennon
Ph.D. student
Research Interests: Ecology and evolution of microbial communities, dormancy and pathogenesis, emergence of dormancy in the tree of life
Jasmine Ahmed
Research Technician
Research Interests: Sporulation of bacteria and virospore formation in soils and permafrost
Caleb Hill
Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Evolutionary genomics of leguem-rhizobia symbiosis under nitrogen enrichment
Emily Case
Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Division of labor among engineered strains of spore-forming bacteria using experimental evolution
Kaliyah Edwards
Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Microbial ecology and host-phage coevolution across plant and soil habitats
Henock Mugoovi
Undergraduate student
Research Interests: Infection dynamics and evolution of legume-associated rhizobia in response to phage
Ali Ergül
Visiting student (Boğaziçi University, Turkey)
Research Interests: Molecular evolution, evolution of microbial communities, microbiome-host interactions and coevolution
Former Lab Members
Postdocs and Graduate Students
John McMullen, Postdoc (Research Scientist, Bayer)
Canan Karacoç, Postdoc (Research Scholar, Georgia Institute of Technology)
Daniel Schwartz, Postdoc (Microbiologist, DSM)
Pat Wall, MS (Research Asssistant, University of Michigan)
Ford Fishman, MS (Data Analysis Specialist, Brandeis University)
Roy Moger-Reischer, Ph.D. (Scientist, Arzeda)
Will Shoemaker, Ph.D. (Postdoc, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
Nathan Wisnoski, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University)
Megan Behringer, Postdoc (Asssistant Professor, Vanderbilt University)
Chian-Jun Chen, MS
Jordan Bird, Postdoc (Bioinformatician, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
Ken Locey, Postdoc (Data Analyst, Rush University Medical Center)
Venus Kuo, MS
Kevin Webster, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Diné College)
Mario Muscarella, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks)
Megan Larsen, Ph.D. (Data Scientist, Pivot Bio)
Ariane Peralta, Postdoc (Associate Professor, East Carolina University)
Sarah Placella, Postdoc (CEO, Root Applied Sciences)
Stuart Jones, Postdoc (Professor, University of Notre Dame)
Ed Hall, Postdoc (Associate Professor, Colorado State University)
Zach Aanderud, Postdoc (Professor, Brigham Young University)
Evan Kane, Postdoc (Associate Professor, Michigan Tech)
Kali Bird, MS (Deputy Executive Director, Catksill Center for Conservation and Development)
Visiting Scholars and Teachers
Melany Fisk, Professor, Miami University
Sarah Bray, Professor, Transylvania University
Marty Green, Teacher, Plainwell Middle School
Sandy Erwin, Teacher, Harper Creek High School
Research Technicians and Assistants
Brent Lehmkuhl, Technician
Bezner Jonathan Gomez Dominguez, Technician
Emily Long, Technician
Kyle Miller, Technician
McKenzie Givens, Technician
Steve Reynolds, Technician
Evgeniya Polezhaeva, Technician
Sophie Kranke, Technician
Sarah Widney, Technician
Sarah Kuenzel, Technician
Brent Nowinski, Technician
Megan Lowenberg, Technician
Lewis Wooster, Technician
Rob Morrison, Technician
Cathy McMinn Technician
Justin Rensch, Assistant
Bryan Wallace, Assistant
Undergraduate Researchers
Michalle Mendoza, University California Berkeley
Jayda Griffin, Indiana University
Kim Reish, Indiana University
Jainiah Harden, Indiana University
Alison McHugh, Indiana University
Rayan Jaziri, Indiana University
Melih Çakar, Middle East Technical University
Danni Boylan, Indiana University
Bryan Julijanto, Indiana University
Elizabeth (“Betsy”) Snider, Indiana University
Katarina Walker, Indiana University
Kelsey McKenzie, Indiana University
Ashley Justice, Indiana University
John “JD” French, Indiana University
Benjamin Kelly, Indiana University
Jessica Zellinger, Indiana University
Max Zaret, Indiana University
Derek Hocker, Indiana University
Cari Rice, Indiana University
Mollie Carrison, Indiana University
SydneyEllen Gooding, Transylvania University
Mary Wallace, Transylvania University
Benjamin Fleet, Indiana University
Bianca Blaettner, Indiana University
Catherine Meador, Indiana University
Peyton Thomas, Transylvania University
Jaylen Beatty, Transylvania University
Luke Pryke, Indiana University
Drew Meyer, Indiana University
Keaton Wieschhaus, Indiana University
Sarah Cummins, Indiana University
Rachel Ferrill, Transylvania University
Jared Brewer, Transylvania University
Zachary Wakefield, Indiana University
Shanika Daniels, Indiana University
Xia Meng Howey, Indiana University
Andrew Koultourides, Indiana University
Claire Freeman, Colorado State University
Ebony Rodgers, Bennett College
Sarah Thornburgh, Drake University
Taiquitha Robins, Jackson State University
Robbie Snyder, The Ohio State University
Ben Phillips, Michigan State University
High School Students
Ian Schowe, East Noble High School, Kendallville, IN
Nicole Nguyen, Burris Laboratory School, Muncie, IN
Samuel Iwu, Indiana Math and Science Academy North, Indianapolis, IN
Dakayla Calhoun, Shortridge International Baccalaureate High School, Indianapolis, IN
Dante Razzo, Bloomington North High School, Bloomington, IN
Nick Nelson, Bishop Noll Institute, Hammond, IN