Tyler LAIRD
Gillian BERGMANN
Eduardo RUIZ
Alycia RASMUSSEN
Mira CONYERS
Elnatan GOLAN
Yousuf MUSTAFA
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.
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.
Alycia RASMUSSEN
Microbiology Ph.D. student; in the lab since Spring 2022
arrasmussen (at) ucdavis (dot) edu
Photodegradation of bacterially produced indole 3-acetic acid (IAA).
Mira CONYERS
Microbiology Ph.D. student; in the lab since Spring 2022
Testing microbials for protection of strawberry plants against pathogens.
Visiting Ph.D. student from the Gilat Research Center in Israel; in the lab since Summer 2023
Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in the phyllosphere.
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.