Roster of Students
The following lists the graduate students currently working in laboratories of faculty in the Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology (MVM). Also included are students from other programs, who work in departmental laboratories and interact with MVM students on a daily basis. The academic background of the trainees is shown to illustrate the broad range of institutions from which MVM draws students.
Programs
MVM - Molecular Virology and Microbiology
CMB – Program in Cell and Molecular Virology
BCH – Department of Biochemistry
MD/PhD – MD/PhD Combined Program
SCBMB – Program in Structural & Computational Biology & Molecular Biophysics
MCB – Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Ajami, Nadim
DuPont Lab
MVM
B.Sc. - Universidad Javeriana University Javeriana-Colombian

Banks, Lori
Palzkill Lab
MVM
B.S. - Prairie View A & M University, Prairie View, TX

Bonderoff, Jennifer
Lloyd Lab
CMB
B.Sc. - Biochemistry, Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Brown, Nicholas
Palzkill Lab
BCH
B.S. - Texas A & M University, College Station, TX

Budhiraja, Sona
Rice Lab
MVM
M.S. - University of Houston, Houston TX
M.S. - University of Baroda Baroda, Gujarat, India
B.S. - University of Baroda Baroda, Gujarat, India

Cardenas, Ana Maria
Palzkill Lab
MVM
B.S. - Universidad de los Andes, Bogata, COLOMBIA

Carrillo, Berenice
Prasad Lab
MVM
B.S. - New Mexico State University, New Mexico

Chiang, Karen
Rice Lab
TBMM
B.S. - Princeton University, Princton, NJ

Crawford, Sue
Estes Lab
MVM
B.S. - Texas A&M University

Criglar, Jeanette
Ramig Lab
MVM
B.S. - University of Houston-Downtown

Cubas, Rafael
Yao Lab
MVM
B.A. - Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Danielson, Bryan
Kimata Lab
MVM
B.S. - Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Darlington, Yolanda
Donehower Lab
CMB
B.S. - Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Dayaram, Tajhal
Marriott Lab
CMB
B.A. - Amherst College, Amherst, MA

Dougherty, Jon
Lloyd Lab
MVM
B.S. - St. Edwards University, Austin, TX

Dow, Eugene, IV
Rice Lab
MVM
B.S. - Microbiology, U.T.E.P, El Paso, TX

Golebiewski, Lisa
Rice Lab
MVM
B.S. - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Grace, Elicia
Christophe H. Lab
MVM
B.S. - Iowa State university, Ames, IA

Hartsough, Rebecca
Palzkill Lab
MVM
B.A. - Oberlin College, Oberlin OH

Heard, Tiffany
Butel Lab
MVM
B.S. - St. Mary's University of San Antonio, TX

Hemarajata, Peera
Versalovic Lab
MVM
M.D. - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok Thailand

Herb, Stephanie
Petrosino Lab
MVM
B.S. - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

Hodgson, Amanda
Slagle Lab
CMB
B.S. - University of Minnesota, Duluth

Honsa, Erin
Maresso Lab
MVM
B.S. - Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia

Lackey, Kristen
Yao Lab
MVM
B.S. - University of California, Irvine

Lay, Margarita
Estes Lab
MVM
M.A. - Washington University - St. Louis B.S. - Biology, Pontificia Universidad Catelica de Chile

Marin-Muller, Christian
Yao Lab
MVM
M.S. - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH B.S. - Molecular Biology, Florida Tech., Melbourne, FL

McWilliams, Brian
Petrosino Lab
MVM
B.A. - Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Miller, Amber
Conner Lab
MVM
B.S. - University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA M.S.-Biology, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA.

Moon, Sung-Hwan
Donehower Lab
MCB
B.S. - Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Nguyen, Thuy-Ai
Donehower Lab
CMB
M.S. Biotechnology - Boston University, Boston, MA B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boston University, Boston, MA

Ross, Matthew
Petrosino Lab
MVM
B.S. - Texas A & M University, College Station, TX

Sewatanon, Jaturong
Ling Lab
MVM
M.D. - Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, THAILAND

Sharp, Tyler
Estes Lab
MVM
H.S. - B.Sc. - Molecular Biology & Genetics, University of Guelph

Tavlarides, Michelle
Zechiedrich Lab
CMB
B.S. - Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA

Thippeshappa, Rajesh
Kimata Lab
MVM
M.S. - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

Viskovska, Maria
Prasad Lab
MVM
B.S. - Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Vongpunsawad, Sompong
Estes Lab
MVM
M.S. - Wayne State University, MI B.S.-Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, MI

White, James
Lloyd Lab
MVM
B.S. - University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY

Williams, Tiffany
Rice Lab
TBMM
B.S. - George Washington University, Washington, DC

Williamson, Shana
MVM
B.S. - Texas A&M University

Youmans, Bonnie
Highlander Lab
MVM
B.S. - University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY