Graduate Students
3400 Skaggs Research Building
Dissertation: Discovery of novel metallophores from great salt microorganisms
I am studying microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi from Great Salt Lake to identify novel metallophores. These are small molecules with the ability to chelate metals. I am specifically focusing on those with the ability to bind arsenic, mercury, lead, and selenium for use in bioremediation.
Dissertation project: Discovering Novel Antibiotic RiPP (Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptide) Natural Products and Elucidating Their Biosynthesis by Great Salt Lake Actinomycetota
Undergraduate School: Westminster College
3400 Skaggs Research Building
I started my PhD through the Biological Chemistry program in the Fall of 2020 and joined Jaclyn Winter’s lab. My research is focused on the discovery of novel natural product compounds with antimicrobial potential. Specifically, I am interested in using actinobacteria isolated from Great Salt Lake sediment as a source for the discovery of ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs) including the subfamilies of lasso peptides and linaridins.
POST DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Research: Bioactive natural products from plants, animals, or microbes; Natural products biosynthesis
PhD Peking Union Medical College and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Post-Doc: Winter Lab
Office: 3400 L.S. Skaggs Research Building
Research: Genome Mining and development of fungal resources: searching for special functional enzymes and applying them to production and life, discovering novel active compounds and analyzing biosynthetic pathways.
PhD Capitol Normal University
Post-Doc: Winter Lab
Office: 3400 Skaggs Research Building