PAMS Member Faculty
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
Abhinoraseth, Arniruj | Undergraduate Student | aabhinor@purdue.edu |
Clapp, Anna | Graduate Student | clapp5@purdue.edu |
Sotelo, Stephanie | Undergraduate Student | ssotelo@purdue.edu |
Vanamala, Anjali Joi | Undergraduate Student | avanamal@purdue.edu |
Zhang, Pengjun | Graduate Student | zhan5084@purdue.edu |
765-496-3990
Phone- lenders@purdue.eduEmail
- 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 |
Interests/expertise: Synthetic biology, biological controllers, microbiome engineering
Leo Green
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Green Lab Directory
Dankwa, Derrick | Graduate Student | ddankwa@purdue.edu |
765-494-8019
Phone- john2185@purdue.eduEmail
Interests/expertise: Food animal/livestock microbiome as relates to nutrition & health, antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance, microbial ecology
Johnson Lab Directory
Centeno Martinez, Eunice | Graduate Student | rcenteno@purdue.edu |
Chang, Tiffany | Undergraduate Student | chang710@purdue.edu |
Ellis, Audrey | Graduate Student | ellis123@purdue.edu |
Long, Erica | Undergraduate Student | long387@purdue.edu |
Noelmi | Undergraduate Student | noelmi.ulloa@est.zamorano.edu |
Nooshan Mir Mohammad Ali, Seyedeh | Graduate Student | noomir@purdue.edu |
Oladele, Paul | Graduate Student | poladele@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 |
Bhattarai, Sajal | Graduate Student | bhattar3@purdue.edu |
Brock, Kierra | Undergraduate Student | brock38@purdue.edu |
Crisan, Carina Maria | Undergraduate Student | ccrisan@purdue.edu |
Deemer, Dane | Project Manager | ddeemer@purdue.edu |
Eck, Eleanor | Undergraduate Student | emeck@purdue.edu |
Errihani, Youssef Adam | Undergraduate Student | yerrihan@purdue.edu |
Guerrero, Marcelo | Intern | guerre52@purdue.edu |
Gutierrez Pionce, Denisse | Graduate Student | gutie235@purdue.edu |
Guzman Sanchez, Mariana | Graduate Student | guzmansm@purdue.edu |
Jackson, Peter | Postdoctoral Researcher | ppjackso@purdue.edu |
Kreunen, Skyler | Undergraduate Student | skreunen@purdue.edu |
Nguyen, Mai | Graduate Student | nguye684@purdue.edu |
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 |
Ransford, Maddie | Undergraduate Student | mransfor@purdue.edu |
Schneider, Hudson | Undergraduate Student | schne167@purdue.edu |
Wang, Yuxin | Lead Computational Biologist | wang6209@purdue.edu |
Yao, Tianming | Postdoctoral Researcher | yao132@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
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 |
Duffy, Gavin | Undergraduate Student | gaduffy@purdue.edu |
Ehde, Aliya B. | Graduate Student | aehde@purdue.edu |
Fleming, Catie | Undergraduate Student | flemin50@purdue.edu |
Spicuzza, Emily | Graduate Student | espicuzz@purdue.edu |
Wei, Ruth | Undergraduate Student | wei356@purdue.edu |
Whitaker, Madelyn | Undergraduate Student | mjwhitak@purdue.edu |
- msverma@purdue.eduEmail
- www.vermalab.comPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: Field-deployable biosensors, in vitro models of microbiomes
Verma Lab Directory
Abbas, Naseem | Postdoctoral Researcher | abbas6@purdue.edu |
Athalye, Shreya | Graduate Student | sathalye@purdue.edu |
Bajpai, Ishaan | Undergraduate Student | bajpaii@purdue.edu |
Balasamy, Rajesh | Undergraduate Student | rbalasam@purdue.edu |
Bayram, Abdullah | Postdoctoral Researcher | abayram@purdue.edu |
Benschikovski, Ilan | Undergraduate Student | ibenschi@purdue.edu |
Blankenberger, Amanda | Undergraduate Student | blanke16@purdue.edu |
Bran Ortiz, Laura | Undergraduate Student | lbrano@unal.edu.co |
Davidson, Josiah | Graduate Student | davids60@purdue.edu |
Hans, Jenna | Undergraduate Student | hans8@purdue.edu |
Kamel, Mohamed | Postdoctoral Researcher | mkamalka@purdue.edu |
Kaur, Simerdeep | Graduate Student | kaur149@purdue.edu |
Kayabasi, Ashley | Undergraduate Student | akayabas@purdue.edu |
Klaassen, Connor | Undergraduate Student | cklaasse@purdue.edu |
Kleiner, Russell | Undergraduate Student | kleinerr@purdue.edu |
Kumar, Virendra | Postdoctoral Researcher | veer21.nishad@gmail.com |
Lalit, Disha | Undergraduate Student | dlalit@purdue.edu |
Mayorga, Cindy | Graduate Student | cmayorg@purdue.edu |
McGuire, Zachary | Professional Staff | zmcguir@purdue.edu |
Nikolaou, Theopisti | Undergraduate Student | tnikolao@purdue.edu |
Palla, Gopal | Postdoctoral Researcher | gpalla@purdue.edu |
Ra, Kyungyeon | Postdoctoral Researcher | kra@purdue.edu |
Rafiq, Nafisa | Graduate Student | nrafiq@purdue.edu |
Rath, Ishaan | Undergraduate Student | irath@purdue.edu |
Raut, Bibek | Graduate Student | braut@purdue.edu |
Ruge, Brandon | Undergraduate Student | bruge@purdue.edu |
Slabach, Hannah | Undergraduate Student | hslabach@purdue.edu |
Wang, Jiangshan | Graduate Student | wang4665@purdue.edu |
765-494-8095
Phone- rcwilhel@purdue.eduEmail
- https://ag.purdue.edu/agry/Pages/wilhelm.aspxPersonal Website
Interests/expertise: Microbial ecology, bioinformatics, surface ecology, decomposition, plant symbioses, biogeochemistry, soil biology, stable isotope probing
Wilhelm Lab Directory
Doty, Ryan | Graduate Student | rpdoty@purdue.edu |
Elango, Arval | Graduate Student | avijiela@purdue.edu |
Machado, Tulio | Graduate Student | tmachado@purdue.edu |
Thurgood, Trever | Graduate Student | tthurgoo@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 |