Our People
A Roadmap to Our Members…
PAMS Member Faculty & Labs
765-496-3376
Phone- tlcross@purdue.eduEmail
Interests/expertise: Host-microbiome interactions in human health and disease, sexual dimorphism, nutrition, dietary intervention.
Cross Lab Directory
| Clapp, Anna | Graduate Student | clapp5@purdue.edu |
| Isaiah Junior Osei Duah | ioseidua@purdue.edu | |
| Fangxin Chen | chen3527@purdue.edu | |
| Vanamala, Anjali Joi | Undergraduate Student | avanamal@purdue.edu |
| Lillian Gogel | gogell@purdue.edu | |
| Isaac Bailey | irbailey@purdue.edu |
765-496-3990
Phone- lenders@purdue.eduEmail
- https://entm.purdue.edu/microbiomelab/Personal Website
Interests/expertise: Insect microbial ecology, plant-insect-microbe interactions, genomics, applied evolutionary entomology, vector biology, population genetics
Enders Lab Directory
| Duvanenko, Natalie | Undergraduate Student | nduvanen@purdue.edu |
| Schofield, Kylie | Research Scientist | kschofi@purdue.edu |
- greenln@purdue.edu Email
- www.green-research-lab.comPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: nDesign and development of DNA and RNA nanotechnology, biological control systems, and microbiome engineering for human and agriculture applications
Leopold Green
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering Sciences
Green Lab Directory
| Smrutiti Jena | Postdoc | sjena@purdue.edu |
| Sang Hoon Um | Graduate Student | ums@purdue.edu |
| Damilola Lawore | Graduate Student | dlawore@purdue.edu |
| Grigorii Rudakov | Graduate Student | grudakov@purdue.edu |
| Derrick Dankwa | Graduate Student | ddankwa@purdue.edu |
| Grace Cook | Graduate Student | cook335@purdue.edu |
| Luis Montalvo | Graduate Student | lmontal@purdue.edu |
| Jade Coxon | Undergraduate Student | jcoxon@purdue.edu |
| Emily Linder | Undergraduate Student | ejlinder@purdue.edu |
| Zachery Heppner | Undergraduate Student | zheppne@purdue.edu |
765-494-8019
Phone- john2185@purdue.eduEmail
- animalmicrobiome.orgPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: Host-microbe interactions in livestock animals, gut health, antibiotic resistance, community succession, sustainable livestock production
Johnson Lab Directory
| Ellis, Audrey | Graduate Student | ellis123@purdue.edu |
| Oladele, Paul | Graduate Student | poladele@purdue.edu |
| Long, Erica | Undergraduate Student | long387@purdue.edu |
- ju48@purdue.eduEmail
- https://ag.purdue.edu/directory/ju48Personal Website
Interests/expertise: Host-microbe interactions in livestock animals, gut health, microbial manipulation via nutritional and management strategies, sustainable livestock production
Ju Lab Directory
| Long, Erica | Undergraduate Student | long387@purdue.edu |
| Akkinapally, Kashyap | Undergraduate Student | kakkinap@purdue.edu |
| Scinto, Sara | Graduate Student | sscinto@purdue.edu |
| Ng, Vanessa Wai-Yin | Graduate Student | ng129@purdue.edu |
765-494-9207
Phone- lindems@purdue.eduEmail
Interests/expertise: Dietary fiber structure influences on microbiome structure and function, microbiome influences on host health, division of labor in microbial communities (especially with respect to polysaccharide consumption), microbial ecology theory, species-resolved metagenomics and genome-enabled ‘omics approaches to microbiomes
Lindemann Lab Directory
| Alvarez, Miguel | Graduate Student | gonzale1@purdue.edu |
| Baruah, Rwivoo | Postdoctoral Researcher | baruahr@purdue.edu |
| Bernal, Alexis | Undergraduate Student | bernal10@purdue.edu |
| Bhattarai, Sajal | Graduate Student | bhattar3@purdue.edu |
| Brock, Kierra | Undergraduate Student | brock38@purdue.edu |
| Deemer, Dane | Project Manager | ddeemer@purdue.edu |
| Galit, Beraja | Undergraduate Student | gberaja@purdue.edu |
| Guerrero, Marcelo | Intern | guerre52@purdue.edu |
| Gutierrez Pionce, Denisse | Graduate Student | gutie235@purdue.edu |
| Guzman Sanchez, Mariana | Graduate Student | guzmansm@purdue.edu |
| Hale, Victoria | Undergraduate Student | halev@purdue.edu |
| Harper, Jasmine | Undergraduate Student | harpe142@purdue.edu |
| Hijaz, Yara | Undergraduate Student | yhijaz@purdue.edu |
| Jackson, Peter | Postdoctoral Researcher | ppjackso@purdue.edu |
| Jimenez, Seth | Undergraduate Student | jimen162@purdue.edu |
| Kopolow, Norah | Undergraduate Student | nkopolow@purdue.edu |
| Kreunen, Skyler | Undergraduate Student | skreunen@purdue.edu |
| Krishna, Nicole | Undergraduate Student | krish229@purdue0.onmicrosoft.com |
| Nguyen, Mai | Graduate Student | nguye684@purdue.edu |
| Orbach, Brandon | Undergraduate Student | borbach@purdue0.onmicrosoft.com |
| Petrusson, William | Undergraduate Student | wpetruss@purdue.edu |
| Pujari, Anurag | Graduate Student | pujari1@purdue.edu |
| Quinn, Adam | Graduate Student | quinn112@purdue.edu |
| Raghunath, Rajsri | Graduate Student | rraghun@purdue.edu |
| Schneider, Hudson | Undergraduate Student | schne167@purdue.edu |
| Vojslavek, Lea | Undergraduate Student | lvojslav@purdue.edu |
| Wang, Yuxin | Lead Computational Biologist | wang6209@purdue.edu |
| Yao, Tianming | Postdoctoral Researcher | yao132@purdue.edu |
| Ye, Han | Undergraduate Student | ye327@purdue.edu |
765-496-2997
Phone- cnakatsu@purdue.eduEmail
Interests/expertise: Basic, molecular biology and ‘omic techniques are used to gain a better understanding of the adaptation of environmental microorganisms to perturbed ecosystems. Microbial analyses range from examination of the entire community to the identification and tracking of specific bacteria and genes. Perturbed ecosystems currently being studied are human/animal guts, stream and lake water exposed to urban and rural inputs, and agricultural fields subjected to different agronomic practices.
Cindy Nakatsu
Professor, Agronomy
- www.TheProctorLab.comPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: aquatic ecology, drinking water safety; pathogen tracing; rapid microbiome characterization
Caitlin Proctor
Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering
Proctor Lab Directory
| Ceglio, Daniel | Undergraduate Student | dceglio@purdue.edu |
| Del Angel, Jorge | Graduate Student | jdelang@purdue.edu |
| Ehde, Aliya B. | Graduate Student | aehde@purdue.edu |
| Haue, Addrita | Graduate Student | haque27@purdue.edu |
| Spicuzza, Emily | Graduate Student | espicuzz@purdue.edu |
Ilya Slizovskiy
Assistant Professor, Antimicrobial Resistance/Farm Animal Medicine
- msverma@purdue.eduEmail
- www.vermalab.comPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: Field-deployable biosensors, in vitro models of microbiomes
Verma Lab Directory
Visit the Verma Lab Directory at https://www.vermalab.com/people.
765-494-8095
Phone- rcwilhel@purdue.eduEmail
- https://ag.purdue.edu/directory/rcwilhelPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: Soil and rhizosphere microbiology, stable isotopes, envir-omics, biogeochemistry, ecophysiology, synthetic biology, sustainable agriculture, and One Health. Managed Ecosystem Microbial Ecology (MEME) Lab.
Wilhem Lab Directory
| Arval Elango | Graduate Student | avijiela@purdue.edu |
| Raven Lewis | Graduate Student | lewis789@purdue.edu |
| Túlio Machado | Graduate Student | tmachado@purdue.edu |
| Trever Thurgood | Graduate Student | tthurgoo@purdue.edu |
| Alex Trentin | Graduate Student | batista2@purdue.edu |
| Arsen Yerlan | Graduate Student | ayerlan@purdue.edu |
| Eliazar Martinez | Visiting Scholar | mart2776@purdue.edu |
| Sulemana Issifu | Visiting Scholar | sissifu@purdue.edu |
Interests/expertise: Microbial metabolism, nutrition, social equity, health disparities
Wolf Lab Directory
| Buobu, Pius Sarfo | Graduate Student | pbuobu@purdue.edu |
| Sayovitz, Kali | Undergraduate Student | ksayovit@purdue.edu |
| Szramowski, Mirandia | Technician | mszramow@purdue.edu |