Current Lab Members

Tyler LAIRD
Gillian BERGMANN
Eduardo RUIZ
Alycia RASMUSSEN
Mira CONYERS
Sampson LI
Alireza GAENI
Kacie LUI
Alex VELASCO
Yousuf MUSTAFA
Deepesh AGGARWAL


Tyler LAIRD

Microbiology Ph.D. Student, in the lab since Spring 2019
tslaird (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Genomics, evolution, and ecology of bacterial iac genes for the degradation and utilization of the plant hormone indole 3-acetic acid (IAA).

Gillian BERGMANN

Ecology Ph.D. Student, in the lab since Fall 2020
gbergmann (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Community assembly processes in the seed microbiome; parental selection of seed microbes; effect of metacommunity processes on seed microbiome structure; impacts of seed microbes on seedling health.

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Eduardo RUIZ

Microbiology Ph.D. Student, in the lab since Spring 2021
emruiz (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Biology and ecology of bacterial symplasmata and multicellularity; phyllosphere microbiology.

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Alycia RASMUSSEN

Microbiology Ph.D. student; rotating in Lab Leveau in Fall 2021
arrasmussen (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Photodegradation of bacterially produced indole 3-acetic acid (IAA).

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Mira CONYERS

Microbiology Ph.D. student; rotating in Lab Leveau in Fall 2021

Testing microbials for protection of strawberry plants against pathogens.

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Sampson LI

Volunteer lab manager, in the lab since Sep 2019
gsli (at) ucdavis (dot) edu

Graduate student in the Trouillas lab since Fall 2019.

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Alireza GAENI

Senior student majoring in Global Disease Biology

Gaining research experience in Lab Leveau, since Spring 2021.

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Kacie LUI

Junior student majoring in Biological Sciences
Gaining research experience in Lab Leveau, since Fall 2022.

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Alex VELASCO

Senior student majoring in Global Disease Biology
Gaining research experience in Lab Leveau, since Fall 2022.

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Yousuf MUSTAFA

Junior student majoring in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Former COSMOS Cluster 7 student (2021). Gaining research experience in Lab Leveau, since Fall 2022.

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Deepesh AGGARWAL

Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
Former COSMOS Cluster 7 student (2021). Gaining research experience in Lab Leveau (remotely), since Fall 2021.

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