PAMS Member Faculty

Interests/expertise: Host-microbiome interactions in human health and disease, sexual dimorphism, nutrition, dietary intervention.

Tzu-Wen Cross

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science

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Abhinoraseth, ArnirujUndergraduate Studentaabhinor@purdue.edu
Clapp, AnnaGraduate Studentclapp5@purdue.edu
Sotelo, StephanieUndergraduate Studentssotelo@purdue.edu
Vanamala, Anjali JoiUndergraduate Studentavanamal@purdue.edu
Zhang, PengjunGraduate Studentzhan5084@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Insect microbial ecology, plant-insect-microbe interactions, genomics, applied evolutionary entomology, vector biology, population genetics

Laramy Enders

Assistant Professor, Entomology

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Duvanenko, NatalieUndergraduate Studentnduvanen@purdue.edu
Schofield, KylieResearch Scientistkschofi@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Synthetic biology, biological controllers, microbiome engineering

Leo Green

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

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Dankwa, DerrickGraduate Studentddankwa@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Food animal/livestock microbiome as relates to nutrition & health, antibiotic/antimicrobial resistance, microbial ecology

Timothy Johnson

Assistant Professor, Animal Sciences

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Centeno Martinez, Eunice Graduate Studentrcenteno@purdue.edu
Chang, TiffanyUndergraduate Studentchang710@purdue.edu
Ellis, AudreyGraduate Studentellis123@purdue.edu
Long, EricaUndergraduate Studentlong387@purdue.edu
NoelmiUndergraduate Studentnoelmi.ulloa@est.zamorano.edu
Nooshan Mir Mohammad Ali, SeyedehGraduate Studentnoomir@purdue.edu
Oladele, PaulGraduate Studentpoladele@purdue.edu

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

Stephen Lindemann

Associate Professor, Food and Nutrition Sciences

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Alvarez, Miguel Graduate Studentgonzale1@purdue.edu
Baruah, RwivooPostdoctoral Researcherbaruahr@purdue.edu
Bhattarai, SajalGraduate Studentbhattar3@purdue.edu
Brock, KierraUndergraduate Studentbrock38@purdue.edu
Crisan, Carina MariaUndergraduate Studentccrisan@purdue.edu
Deemer, DaneProject Managerddeemer@purdue.edu
Eck, EleanorUndergraduate Studentemeck@purdue.edu
Errihani, Youssef AdamUndergraduate Studentyerrihan@purdue.edu
Guerrero, MarceloInternguerre52@purdue.edu
Gutierrez Pionce, DenisseGraduate Studentgutie235@purdue.edu
Guzman Sanchez, MarianaGraduate Studentguzmansm@purdue.edu
Jackson, PeterPostdoctoral Researcherppjackso@purdue.edu
Kreunen, SkylerUndergraduate Studentskreunen@purdue.edu
Nguyen, MaiGraduate Studentnguye684@purdue.edu
Petrusson, WilliamUndergraduate Studentwpetruss@purdue.edu
Pujari, AnuragGraduate Studentpujari1@purdue.edu
Quinn, AdamGraduate Studentquinn112@purdue.edu
Raghunath, RajsriGraduate Studentrraghun@purdue.edu
Ransford, MaddieUndergraduate Studentmransfor@purdue.edu
Schneider, HudsonUndergraduate Studentschne167@purdue.edu
Wang, YuxinLead Computational Biologistwang6209@purdue.edu
Yao, TianmingPostdoctoral Researcheryao132@purdue.edu

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

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Ceglio, DanielUndergraduate Studentdceglio@purdue.edu
Del Angel, JorgeGraduate Studentjdelang@purdue.edu
Duffy, GavinUndergraduate Studentgaduffy@purdue.edu
Ehde, Aliya B.Graduate Studentaehde@purdue.edu
Fleming, CatieUndergraduate Studentflemin50@purdue.edu
Spicuzza, EmilyGraduate Studentespicuzz@purdue.edu
Wei, RuthUndergraduate Studentwei356@purdue.edu
Whitaker, MadelynUndergraduate Studentmjwhitak@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Field-deployable biosensors, in vitro models of microbiomes

Mohit Verma

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Abbas, Naseem Postdoctoral Researcherabbas6@purdue.edu
Athalye, Shreya Graduate Studentsathalye@purdue.edu
Bajpai, Ishaan Undergraduate Studentbajpaii@purdue.edu
Balasamy, RajeshUndergraduate Studentrbalasam@purdue.edu
Bayram, AbdullahPostdoctoral Researcherabayram@purdue.edu
Benschikovski, Ilan Undergraduate Studentibenschi@purdue.edu
Blankenberger, AmandaUndergraduate Studentblanke16@purdue.edu
Bran Ortiz, Laura Undergraduate Studentlbrano@unal.edu.co
Davidson, JosiahGraduate Studentdavids60@purdue.edu  
Hans, JennaUndergraduate Studenthans8@purdue.edu
Kamel, MohamedPostdoctoral Researchermkamalka@purdue.edu
Kaur, SimerdeepGraduate Studentkaur149@purdue.edu
Kayabasi, Ashley Undergraduate Studentakayabas@purdue.edu
Klaassen, ConnorUndergraduate Studentcklaasse@purdue.edu
Kleiner, RussellUndergraduate Studentkleinerr@purdue.edu
Kumar, VirendraPostdoctoral Researcherveer21.nishad@gmail.com
Lalit, DishaUndergraduate Studentdlalit@purdue.edu
Mayorga, CindyGraduate Studentcmayorg@purdue.edu
McGuire, ZacharyProfessional Staffzmcguir@purdue.edu
Nikolaou, TheopistiUndergraduate Studenttnikolao@purdue.edu
Palla, GopalPostdoctoral Researchergpalla@purdue.edu
Ra, Kyungyeon Postdoctoral Researcherkra@purdue.edu
Rafiq, NafisaGraduate Studentnrafiq@purdue.edu
Rath, Ishaan Undergraduate Studentirath@purdue.edu
Raut, Bibek Graduate Studentbraut@purdue.edu
Ruge, BrandonUndergraduate Studentbruge@purdue.edu
Slabach, HannahUndergraduate Studenthslabach@purdue.edu
Wang, JiangshanGraduate Studentwang4665@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Microbial ecology, bioinformatics, surface ecology, decomposition, plant symbioses, biogeochemistry, soil biology, stable isotope probing

Roland (Roli) Wilhelm

Assistant Professor, Agronomy

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Doty, RyanGraduate Studentrpdoty@purdue.edu
Elango, ArvalGraduate Studentavijiela@purdue.edu
Machado, TulioGraduate Studenttmachado@purdue.edu
Thurgood, TreverGraduate Studenttthurgoo@purdue.edu

Interests/expertise: Microbial metabolism, nutrition, social equity, health disparities

Patricia (Patty) Wolf

Assistant Professor, Nutrition Science

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Buobu, Pius SarfoGraduate Studentpbuobu@purdue.edu
Sayovitz, KaliUndergraduate Studentksayovit@purdue.edu
Szramowski, MirandiaTechnicianmszramow@purdue.edu