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
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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
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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

Analiese Boedeker
UC Davis Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
For fun: reading, anything outdoors, board games, spending time with friends and family
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Denny Chen
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun: badminton, biking, listening to music
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Tabitha Cowell
UC Davis Major: Applied Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry Emphasis
For fun: photography, reading, crafts
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Willem Elings
UC Davis Major: Environmental Science and Management
For fun: Movies, Exploring Cities, Swimming
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Miranda Jaramillo
UC Davis Major: Cell Biology
For fun: music, knitting, ballroom dancing

Anaya Kamat
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun: reading, watching movies, traveling, baking
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Bhavana Karthik
UC Davis Major: Global Disease Biology
For fun:
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Nevanmee Kurulugama
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun:
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Ashlee Pilon
UC Davis Major: Systems and Synthetic Biology
For fun: reading, sewing, embroidery, baking
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Valerie Whitfield
UC Davis Major: Systems and Synthetic Biology
For fun: saxophone, video games, knitting
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Daryn Yong
UC Davis Major: Biotechnology
For fun: dancing, k-pop, anime, listening to music, embroidery
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Ruxi Zhang
UC Davis Major: Environmental Science and Management
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Alumni

Lab alumni are represented on the Alumni page.