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
current position: postdoc for NSF RCN through Notre Dame
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Graduate students
Max Spehlmann

M.S. in 2021
project: drinking water age & microbial communities
current position:
Natalie Gayner

M.S. in 2018
project: contaminated groundwater metagenomes
current position: Scientist at LanzaTech Inc.
Ryan Bartelme

Ph.D. in 2018
project: aquaculture microbial communities
current position: Data Scientist @CyVerseOrg
Undergraduate students
Abe Gonzalez

Lauren Bonofiglio

Undergraduate Researcher
2019 - 2020
projects: plume study - microbial particle association
UWM - Biological Sciences
Undergraduate Researcher
2018 - 2019
projects: sewage microorganisms
office: GLRF 2073
UWM - Biological Sciences
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
Julia Zimmer

Undergraduate Researcher
Lab Research Technician
2016 - 2017
project: fish gut microbiomes &
lab guru
Current Position: Scientist Milwaukee County Health Department
Katie Alexander

Undergraduate Researcher
Lab Research Technician
2017 - 2019
projects: fish gut microbiota, culturing
freshwater microbes, all
things sampling & lab guru
Current Position: Intern at American Conservation Experience
Visiting Scholars
Patrick McNamara

Associate Professor
Marquette University
Civil & Environmental Engineering
https://mcnamaraenviro.wixsite.com/research
2019
project: sabbatical, microbial community analysis
Kazuaki Matsui

Professor
Kindai University, Osaka Japan
Civil & Environmental Engineering
https://www.matsui-lab.org/en/index.html
2019 - 2020
project: sewage time-series & antibiotic resistance