People

Principal Investigator

Tiffany Lowe-Power
Associate Professor
Twitter: @tlowepower
Email: tlowepower@UCDavis.edu
Office: 282 Hutchison Hall
Office Phone: 530-754-1212
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B.S. Applied Biology Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, University of Wisconsin–Madison (in Dept of Plant Pathology)
Postdoc Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
For fun: biking, sciTwitter, hunting for weeds to pull in the garden, and cats 😺
The Global Disease Biology students interviewed Dr. Lowe-Power about her career path, hobbies, and advice

Postdocs

Nathalie Aoun
Email: naoun@ucdavis.edu
M.S. Agricultural Engineering, INP-ENSAT (Toulouse, France) PhD Plants-Microorganisms Interactions, LIPME-INRAE (Toulouse, France) Twitter: @Nat_Aoun For fun: hiking, biking and exploring new places.
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Katie MacGillivray
Email: kmacgil@ucdavis.edu
A.B. Chemistry, Harvard University
M.S. Biology, New York University
PhD Quantitative Biosciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Gina (Gi Yoon) Shin
Email: giyshin@ucdavis.edu
M.S. Microbiology, University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Pretoria (Pretoria, South Africa)
Postdoctoral Training in Kvitko lab (Univ. Georgia) and Mitchum lab (Univ. Georgia)
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Specialists

Vienna Elmgreen
Email: vnelmgreen@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Genetics, Minor Women’s Studies, University of Georgia
Integrated Genetics and Genomics Graduate Group UC Davis
For fun: dinosaurs, hiking, podcasts, spending time with friends
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Evan Roybal
Email: earoybal@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis
For fun: reading, video games, and climbing

Graduate Student Researchers

Nicolas Bonagura
Email: nbonagura@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UC Davis Microbiology Graduate Group UC Davis
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Matt Cope-Arguello
Email: mcope@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Biology California State University-San Marcos
A.A. Liberal Arts with Emphasis in Mathematics and Sciences MiraCosta College
Plant Pathology Graduate Group UC Davis
For fun: video games, bouldering, gardening, and more!
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Noah Guillome
Email: nrguillome@ucdavis.edu
A.S. in Natural Sciences, Napa Valley College
B.S. Global Disease Biology, UC Davis
Microbiology Graduate Group UC Davis
For fun: Dungeons and Dragons and dancing
Noah Guillome

Lisa Repetto
Email: lerepetto@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Global Disease Biology UC Davis
Plant Pathology Graduate Group UC Davis

Collaborating Grad Students and Postdocs

Dr. Alba Moreno Perez
Email: amorenop@ucdavis.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar in the Coaker lab

Veronica Casey
Twitter: @NemaVero
Email: vicasey@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Entomology graduate student in the Siddique Lab
For fun: boxing, video games, cats!
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#wUndergrads

Clara Araujo
Email: cdiasdearaujo@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Genetics & Genomics
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Dominic Avila
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UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Analiese Boedeker
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UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun:
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Denny Chen
Email:
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Jasmine Chin
Email:
UC Davis Major: Genetics and Genomics
For fun:
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Nicole Chong
Email: nicchong@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Skiing, hiking, baking
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Alex Corona-Vargas
Email:
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun:
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Tabitha Cowell
Email: tccowell@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Applied Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry Emphasis
For fun: photography, reading, crafts
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Ziya Faizel Chirammal
Email:
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Willem Elings
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UC Davis Major: Environmental Science and Management
For fun:
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Muhammad Farooq
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UC Davis Major: Medicinal Chemistry
For fun:
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Giancarlo Gonzalez
Email:
UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
For fun:
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Paloma Gonzalez Contreras
Email:
UC Davis Major: Chemical Engineering
For fun:
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Nicole He
Email: nyhe@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Art, Hiking, Travel LinkedIn Page

Miranda Jaramillo
Email: mja@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: ** Cell Biology**
For fun: music, knitting, ballroom dancing

Anaya Kamat
Email:
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Bhavana Karthik
Email:
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Nevanmee Kurulugama
Email:
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Jia Yu Liou
Email: jliou@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Microbiology
For fun: looking at cats, going on walks, and playing games
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Hana Mohammed
Email: hmohamm@ucdavis.edu
UC Davis Major: Microbology and Minor in Public Health
For fun: hiking, horseback riding, traveling

Grace Park
Email:
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Ashlee Pilon
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UC Davis Major: Systems and Synthetic Biology
For fun:
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Miguel Soto
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UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
For fun:
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Valerie Whitfield
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UC Davis Major: Systems and Synthetic Biology
For fun:
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Daryn Yong
Email:
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Ruxi Zhang
Email:
UC Davis Major: Environmental Science and Management
For fun:
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Alumni

Lab alumni are represented on the Alumni page.