Lowe-Power Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral Scientists

Becca Schomer
Co-Mentored by Dr. Becky Parales
Email: raschomer@ucdavis.edu
Twitter: @becA_recA
PhD Microbiology UW-Madison
B.S. Bacteriology UW-Madison
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Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Arizona. LinkedIn Page

Brian Ingel
Email: bmingel@ucdavis.edu
PhD Plant Pathology UC-Riverside
B.S. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology UC-Davis
Current Position Environmental Scientist at the California Department of Pesticide Regulation LinkedIn Page

Graduate Student Researchers

Jonathan Beutler
Email: jdbeutler@ucdavis.edu@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
International Agricultural Development Graduate Group, UC Davis
For Fun: Planting Fruit Trees, Snowboarding, Biking Windy Roads, and Hiking with Butters - his Papillon
Current Position PhD student at the University of British Columbia
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Stratton Georgoulis
Email: georgoulis@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Biochemistry University of Texas-Austin
Plant Pathology Graduate Group UC Davis
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Lisa Repetto
Email: lerepetto@ucdavis.edu
B.S. Global Disease Biology UC Davis
Plant Pathology Graduate Group UC Davis

Junior Specialists

Jason Avalos
B.S. Global Disease Biology Jason is working jointly in the Parales lab and Lowe-Power lab at UC Davis.

Visiting Researchers

Rafael (Rafa) de Rezende
Email: rafael.r.rezende@ufv.br
B.S. Biological Sciences, Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Brazil M.S. Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Ph.D. Agronomy, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil
Postdoctoral Training in Alfenas-Zerbini lab (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil)
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Ofir Bahar, PhD **
**Twitter: @ofirbahar
Principal Investigator from Volcani Institute, Israel (currently on Sabbatical leave)
Interests: Phytobacteriology, insect-vectored bacterial pathogens, plant-microbe interactions, Extracellular vesicles Website: Bahar lab

Mariama Carter
Twitter: @themaricart
Email: mdcarter3@wisc.edu
B.S. Microbiology Iowa State University
Visiting from the Plant Pathology PhD Program at UW-Madison
For fun: knitting, pottery, food culture, Zumba & cats (love them, but highly allergic)
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Isis Capella
PhD Student Universidade Federal Rio de Janiero.

Agnès Bellon
Email: agnes.bellon.ab@gmail.com
B.S. Food and Biological Industries University Institute of Technology of Reunion Island
R&D intern at UC Davis in the Lowe-Power Laboratory’s plant pathology department
Master’s student in Biological Engineering, specializing in biotechnology at Polytech Marseille – France
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Collaborating Grad Students and Postdocs

Ben Arbaugh
B.S. Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of California Davis
Ag & Bio Engineering graduate student in the Jeoh Lab
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#wUndergrads

Miguel Soto
UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
For fun: running, piano, video games
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Clara Araujo
UC Davis Major: Genetics & Genomics
For fun: sports, movies, spending time with family and friends
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Dominic Avila
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Jasmine Chin
UC Davis Major: Genetics and Genomics
For fun: Reading, Crocheting, Cooking, Singing
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Nicole Chong
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Skiing, hiking, baking
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Alex Corona-Vargas
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun: painting, listening to music, exercising and spending time with my cats, friends, and family
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Ziya Faizel Chirammal
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: baking, reading, & traveling
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Muhammad Farooq
UC Davis Major: Medicinal Chemistry
For fun:
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Giancarlo Gonzalez
UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
For fun:
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Paloma Gonzalez Contreras
UC Davis Major: Chemical Engineering
For fun:
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Nicole He
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Art, Hiking, Travel LinkedIn Page

Jia Yu Liou
UC Davis Major: Microbiology
For fun: looking at cats, going on walks, and playing games
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Grace Park
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Minor: Public Health
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Hana Mohammed
UC Davis Major: Microbology and Minor in Public Health
For fun: hiking, horseback riding, traveling

Neha Prasad
UC Davis Major: Cell Biology and Minor in Global Disease Biology
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Erin Allyson Adea
UC Davis Major: Entomology
For fun: bug hunting, baking, and video games
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Katherine Bohonak
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Minor: Political Science
For fun: Hiking, baking, and reading
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Ana Fierros
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology, Microbiology Emphasis
For fun: Baking, Travel, Music
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Samantha Green
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Christian Lehr
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Hiking, History, Music
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Benjamin Ramirez
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Tiffany Su
UC Davis Major: Computer Science
For fun: Hiking, reading, video games
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Siear Walizada
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun: Biking, Chess, Video Games
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Laura Lemus
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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April McClendon
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Victoria Vo
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Ariana Enriquez
UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
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Larissa Hayes
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: Poetry & roller skating
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Matt Dougan
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology

Saleena Bains
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry
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Riley Hudson
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
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Hussien Aysheh
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Yali Bai
UC Davis Major: Statistics and Applied Mathematics dual major
For fun: cooking, reading, playing Lego, and spending time with children
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Kaitlin White
UC Davis Major: Molecular and Medical Microbiology
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Rolando Lopez
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology

Ashley Merino
Major: Medical and Molecular Biology (Woodland Community College)
For fun: watching shows, hiking, trying new foods
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Kasey Miqueo
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Henry Pomeroy
Visiting undergraduate student from the University of Sydney LinkedIn Page

Ajay Sandhar
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology

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Noor Shahbaz
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Nicolas Bonagura
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun:
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Kimmy Grulla
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Donnie Ca
Major: Biology with emphasis in Cellular Molecular Biology (CSU Northride)
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Rachel Chen
UC Davis Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology
For fun:
reading, birding, doing small magic tricks, and learning more about the sport of karuta LinkedIn Page

Rama Parasar
UC Davis Major: Biological Sciences
For fun:
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Su Tun
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:

Aracely Hernández Rivas
A.A. Language Studies American River Community College
A.S. General Science American River Community College
A.S. Physical Science/Mathematics American River Community College
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: I love to spend time with my boyfriend and family. I love going out to eat and just listening to music to relax.
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Hashem Bkayrat
UC Davis Major: Biomedical Engineering
For fun: Travel, Soccer, Reading, and Running
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Angela Cadatal
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Margery Ho
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Trung-Hieu Nguyen
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Alexandra Olyushinets
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
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Elizabeth (Liz) Jiang
UC Davis Major: Microbiology with a Statistics minor
For fun: digital art, baking, gaming, skiing
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Claudia Enriquez
UC Davis Major: Microbiology
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Maria Charco Munoz
Fall 2020 - Summer 2021
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Research Project: Maria worked on the global Ralstonia project
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Darrell Sparks
Summer 2021
B.S. in Animal Science Fort Valley State University
M.S. in Biotechnology Fort Valley State University
Research Project: Darrell worked on the global Ralstonia project
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Darrielle Williams
Summer 2021
B.S. in Animal, Poultry, and Veterinary Sciences Tuskegee University
For Fun: Make acrylic paintings, Read Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and Finding Good Vegan Spots.
Research Project: Darrielle worked on the global Ralstonia project and on data analysis under Jonathan Beutler and Stratton Georgoulis. LinkedIn Page

Jason Avalos
Fall 2020-Spring 2021
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Research Project: Jason was mentored by Tiffany on the Global Ralstonia Diversity meta-analysis. Jason taught himself to use MEGAX and reconstruct phylogenies using Ralstonia gene sequences from NCBI.

Grace Lankford
Winter - Spring 2021
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Research Project: Grace was mentored by Tiffany on a meta-analysis of hospital-acquired infections with Ralstonia spp. Grace taught us a lot about how cousins of our wilt pathogens cause infections in humans.
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Elva Xian
Fall 2019-Spring 2021
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Research Project: Elva was mentored by Stratton to develop an assay that will allow us to investigate inter-bacterial competition, cloned several knockout plasmids, and uses BLAST to compare genomic content of Ralstonia genomes.
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Dayna Alyse Denver
Summer 2020
A.A. Natural Science Mt. San Antonio College
B.Sc. Microbiology at Cal Poly Pomona
Dayna is a research student from Cal Poly Pomona joining the lab through the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP). Dayna was mentored by Stratton to use BLAST to compare genomic content of Ralstonia genomes.
For fun: photography, kayaking, hiking, providing unsolicited science fun facts, getting overly excited about microbes
What she did after graduating: Dayna is a M.S. student at CSU San Marcos.
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Kyle Chipman
Winter - Spring 2020
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
Research Project: Kyle was first mentored by Stratton to create knockout plasmids to make mutant bacteria. Then the covid-19 pandemic hit and Kyle and Tiffany devised a remote research project, called the Global Ralstonia Diversity meta-analysis.
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Amanda Eulano
Fall 2019
Dominican College of California: Public Health
Solano Community College: A.S.T. Biology, A.A. in General Science, and A.A. in Science & Quantitative Reasoning
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun: shopping, hanging out with my dog 🐶, and traveling
What she did after leaving the lab: Amanda interned at Genentech.
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Katie Shalvarjian
Twitter: @kshalv
BS Microbial Biology UC Berkeley
Katie was a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow working with Dr. Lowe-Power in the Lindow lab at Berkeley to investigate Ralstonia solacearum’s growth requirements in tomato xylem sap.
For fun: Rock climbing, baking bread, hiking

What she did after graduating: In Fall 2019, Katie joined Dr. Dipti Nayak’s lab at UC Berkeley where she is a research technician unraveling the mysteries of Archaea. In Fall 2020, Katie started her PhD in the Plant and Microbial Biology department at UC Berkeley.
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