https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2872-4903
Overview
My research interests are: Host-pathogen interactions, evolution, microbial diversity, and Salmonella.
Recent Scholarly Works
A Novel Subcluster of Closely Related Bacillus Phages with Distinct Tail Fiber/Lysin Gene Combinations.
Journal article Viruses · November 2023 Bacteriophages (phages) are the most numerous entities on Earth, but we have only scratched the surface of describing phage diversity. We isolated seven Bacillus subtilis phages from desert soil in the southwest United States and then sequenced and ... Full text CiteComplete Genome Sequences of Two Temperate Bacillus subtilis Phages Isolated at Tumamoc Hill Desert Laboratory.
Journal article Microbiology resource announcements · September 2022 Bacteriophages are important in structuring bacterial communities, including desert soils dominated by Bacillus species. Here, we describe two genetically similar temperate phages isolated on a Bacillus subtilis strain from soil in Tucson, Arizona. ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Elucidating natural resistance among Salmonellae to MCOLN2-mediated nutritional immunity
FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2029HUMAN GENETIC VARIATION REGULATING SALMONELLA HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS AND DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY
ResearchGraduate Student · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2015 - 2025View All Grants