Mentor: Michael Gebhardt, PhD

Research Focus:

My thesis is focused on the proteinaceous post-transcriptional regulator CsrA using various genetic approaches to identify its regulatory network and the underlying genetic cause of its conditional essentiality in the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. 

Involvement: 

Microbiology Graduate Student Association, President, 2024-Present

UIowa ASM Student Chapter, General Member, 2024-Present

Dept. of M&I Retreat Planning Committee, Member, 2024-Present

Awards:

ASM Richard and Mary Finkelstein Student Travel Award, 2026

University of Iowa ASM Student Chapter Travel Award, 2026, 2024

MMPC Abstract Award, 2025

Biology of Acinetobacter XIV Conference Travel Award, 2025

Pulvermacher Graduate Student Teaching Award, 2025

Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award, 2^nd Place, North Central Branch Meeting, 2024

University of Iowa Dr. Rachel J. Mason Travel Award, 2023