Lab Alumni
Postdocs
Jill McClary
M.S. Environmental Engineering & Science at Stanford University
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering & Science at Stanford University
Project: urban plume microbial communities & world harbor project
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Current position: Biological safety officer/Senior Environmental Health Specialist at UW-Milwaukee
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Graduate students
Lou LaMartina
Ph.D. in 2022
Project: sewage microbial communities & antibiotic resistance
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Current position: Postdoctoral Scholar at Marquette University
Max Spehlmann
M.S. in 2021
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Project: drinking water age & microbial communities
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Current position:
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Natalie Gayner
M.S. in 2018
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Project: contaminated groundwater metagenomes
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Current position: Scientist at LanzaTech Inc.
Ryan Bartelme
Ph.D. in 2018
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Project: aquaculture microbial communities
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Current position: Bioinformatics Scientist at Pivot Bio.
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Undergraduate students
Erika Schell
Undergraduate Researcher
project: Microcystis quantification & diversity​
2022 - 2023
University of Minnesota - Plant & Microbial Biology
Allie Getty
Undergraduate Researcher
project: flavobacteria isolation
2023
UWM Biological Sciences
Garrett Scapellato
Undergraduate Researcher
project: flavobacteria characterization
2020 - 2022
UWM - Biological Sciences
Kayla Xu
Undergraduate Researcher
2021 - 2022
project: fish gut microbiota
UW-Madison - Microbiology
Devin Gagnon
Abe Gonzalez
Undergraduate Researcher
2020 - 2021
project: fish gut microbiota
UWM - Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Researcher
2019 - 2021
projects: plume study - microbial particle association
UWM - Biological Sciences
Lauren Bonofiglio
Undergraduate Researcher
2018 - 2019
projects: sewage microorganisms
UWM - Nursing
Talia Whitmore
Undergraduate Researcher
2019
project: Plume study - cell counts
Ariel Franitza
Undergraduate Researcher
2018
projects: groundwater & flavobacterium
Carthage College - Biology
Matt Sanville
Undergraduate Researcher
2017 - 2018
project: developing a Lake Michigan specific culture medium
UWM - Conservation and Environmental Sciences
Katie Alexander
Undergraduate Researcher
Lab Research Technician
2017 - 2019
projects: fish gut microbiota, culturing
freshwater microbes, all
things sampling & lab guru
UWM - Biological Sciences & Conservation and Environmental Sciences
Julia Zimmer
Undergraduate Researcher
Lab Research Technician
2016 - 2017
project: fish gut microbiomes &
lab guru
UWM - Biological Sciences & Conservation and Environmental Sciences
Lab Technicians
Brooke Schurr
Lab Research Technician
2021 - 2022
project: fish gut microbiomes &
Veteran's Park Lagoon
Visiting Scholars
Patrick McNamara
Associate Professor
Marquette University
Civil & Environmental Engineering
https://mcnamaraenviro.wixsite.com/research
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2019
sabbatical project: microbial community analysis & sludge dewatering
Kazuaki Matsui
Professor
Kindai University, Osaka Japan
Civil & Environmental Engineering
https://www.matsui-lab.org/en/index.html
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2019 - 2020
sabbatical project: sewage time-series & antibiotic resistance
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