Zechiedrich Lab Graduates

Graduate Student: May 2012 – Jan. 2019
BS Chemistry, summa cum laude (2012), Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Ph.D. BMB (2019)
Thesis Title: Sugar and Iron: Toward Understanding the Antibacterial Effect of Ciclopirox in Escherichia coli
Funding: Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases Training Program. Funded by NIH T32AI055449 (S. Norris, PI)

Current position:
Postdoctoral Fellow
Vanderbilt University

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab

Graduate Student: Aug. 2011 - March 2017
BS Biochemistry and Biophysics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Ph.D. MVM (2017)
Thesis T.itle: Effects of circular DNA vector length on transfection efficiency via electroporation AND Single nucleotide polymorphism in Escherichia coli DNA repair gene MutM affects function by altering protein stability
Funding: CFAR seed funding, R01 (Zechiedrich, PI)

Previous positions: 
Zika Epidemiologist
Disease Control and Clinical Prevention
Harris County Public Health
Houston, TX

Researcher III
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL

Epidemiologist
Alabama Department of Public Health
Birmingham, AL

Current position:
Epidemiologist 2
Connecticut Department of Public Health
Hartford, CT

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab

Graduate Student: July 2010 - July 2012, July 2014 - Dec. 2016
BS Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 
Ph.D. TBMM (2016)
Thesis Title: Genetic characterization of multidrug-resistant clinical isolates and investigation of the resistance-associated ligase B gene
Funding: Training Program in Molecular Medicine (T32 GM088129) (08/2011–06/2012); MSTP (MD/PhD) Program (07/2012–2015)

Previous position: 
Radiology Fellow 
University of Kansas

Current position: 
Radiation Oncologist at MercyOne Radiation Oncology in Des Moines, IA

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab

Graduate Student: Mar. 2010 - Aug. 2013
Ph.D. Biochemistry (2013)
Thesis Title: Characterization of ciclopirox as a repurposed antibiotic effective against multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates.

Professional Society:
American Society for Microbiology

Awards:
Second place poster award, Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases Retreat, Houston, TX, 03/2012
Honorary Talk Award, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat 10/2011

Talks/Poster Presentations:
Poster: Molecular Basis of Infectious Diseases Retreat Mar. 2012
Talk: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat Oct. 2011
Poster: 111th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology May 2011
Poster: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat Oct. 2010
Poster: Baylor Graduate Student Symposium Oct. 2010
Poster: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat Oct. 2009
Poster: Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Annual Retreat Oct. 2008

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Previous position: 
Postdoctoral Fellow
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Current position:
Medical writer, Regulatory Department at Acumed

Graduate Student: July 2006 - March 2011 
Ph.D. CMB (2011) 
Thesis Title: Molecular Mechanisms, Clinical Trends and Genomic Fingerprints of Multidrug- Resistant E. coli Isolates

Awards:
2009, 2010 8-Stranded Beta-Barrel Jelly Roll Award for Best Teaching Assistant – presented by the first year class, Baylor College of Medicine
2008-2011 Fellow of the W.M. Keck Center Gulf Coast Consortia
2007 Retreat Organizer, 2007 Research Conference and Retreat in Cell and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
2004 Mendelian Award for Excellence in Biology, Carlow University
2004 Honor’s Scholar, Carlow University
2004 BS Biology Magnum cum laude, Carlow University
2000-2004 Dean’s List, Carlow University

Professional Societies:
American Society for Microbiology
Beta Beta Beta Biological Honors Society
American Chemical Society

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral fellow: 
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Previous position: 
Bioscience Writers Editor, Houston, TX

Current position: 
Senior Scientific Writer, Houston Methodist, Houston, TX

Graduate Student: Aug. 2004 - May 2008
Ph.D. MVM (2008)
Thesis Title: Factors Affecting Fluoroquinolone Toxicity in Clinical Isolates of E. coli
Funding: 2005-2008: Training Fellowship, Pharmacoinformatics Training Program, W. M. Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology, Gulf Coast Consortia (NIH Grant No. 1 T90 DK070109-01)2004: Houston Independent School District and Baylor College of Medicine's Discovery Center Mentoring Gran

Professional Societies
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, South Central Texas Chapter (since 2006)

Awards
2006 First place tie Pharmacoinformatics Layperson Writing Contest, 16th Annual Keck Center Research Conference, Houston, TX
2006 Travel Award: Bugs, Drugs, and Vaccines: Securing Our Future, Sponsored by the Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas, Galveston, TX
2005 Third place, University of Texas School of Health Information Science Fall Symposium Poster Award, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 
2005 Third place, Molecular Virology and Microbiology Retreat Poster Award, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2005 Third place, Pharmacoinformatics Writing Contest, Keck Center of the Gulf Coast Consortia, Houston, TX

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Previous positions: 
Co-Director
Biostatistics and Informatics
Dan L Duncan Cancer Center
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Director of Biostatistics, Informatics, and Strategic Alliances 
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
Austin, TX

Current position: 
Vice President
Real World Evidence
Pfizer Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Graduate Student: May 2004 -  May 2008
Ph.D. SCBMB (2008)
Thesis Title: Bullied No More: When and how DNA Shoves Proteins Around.
Primary Mentor: B. Montgomery Pettitt 
Funding: Training fellowship, W. M. Keck Center for Computational & Structural Biology, Gulf Coast Consortia (NLM Grant No. 5T15LM07093)

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Current Position: C.E.O. Noninvasix Medical Devices
Houston, Texas

Graduate Student: May 2003 - Jan. 2008
Ph.D. MVM (2008)
Thesis Title: Accounting for Clinical Fluoroquinolone Resistance in E. coli
Funding: Houston Area Molecular Biophysics Program

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Previous Position: Coordinator of Clinical Research Programs, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
skmorgan@mdanderson.org

Current Position: Chief Editor, Bioscience Writers, LLC., Houston, Texas

Graduate Student: May 2002 - Feb. 2007
Ph.D. (2007)
Florida State University, Program in Biomedical Mathematics,
Primary Mentor: De Witt L. Sumners
Thesis Title: DNA Knotting: Occurrences, Consequences & Resolution
Funding: Program in Mathematics & Molecular Biology
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Interfaces Program

Postdoctoral Fellow: March - May 2007

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral fellowship:
Department of Mathematics
University of Texas
Austin, TX

Current position:
Professor of Instruction and Undergraduate Mathematics Faculty Advisor 
Department of Mathematics
The University of Texas
1 University Station/C1200
Austin, TX 78712-0257
jmann@math.utexas.edu

Graduate Student: May 1999 - Aug. 2006
Ph.D. CMB (2006)
Thesis title: Investigating the in vivo role of topoisomerase III in E. coli.
Funding: Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program
DAMD17-02-1-0287

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral positions:
Department of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX

Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Texas Health Sciences Center
Houston, Texas

Current position: 
Lecturer 
Baylor University
Waco, TX

Graduate Student June 1998 - Feb. 2003
Ph.D. CMB (2003)
Thesis title: "Biological Implications of DNA knots and the in vivo activity of topoisomerase IV"
Funding: August 1997 - July 1998 CMB training grant T32 GM08231 July 1998 - February 2003 Predoctoral Fellowship from the Program in Mathematics & Molecular Biology National Science Foundation and Burroughs Wellcome Fund)

Postdoctoral Fellow: Feb. - Sept. 2003

Funding: February - June 2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Program in Mathematics & Molecular Biology (National Science Foundation and Burroughs Wellcome Fund)
July - September 2003 NSF grant (ELZ, P.I.)

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral position:
Jane Coffin Childs Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School
Building C1, Room 501
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-432-2291
richard_deibler@hms.harvard.edu

Previous positions: 
Scientist
Good Start Genetics, Inc.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Research Scientist II 
C4 Therapeutics

Associate Director of Biochemistry
Photys Therapeutics, Boston, MA

Current position:
Director of Biology
Nexo Therapeutics
Boston, MA

Graduate Student: April 1998 - May 2001
BS Biology (1994) University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 
Ph.D. MVM (2001)
Thesis title: Quinolone resistance mechanisms in E. coli
Funding: CFAR training grant

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral Fellow: 
Associate Team Lead
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Assistant Professor:
Center for Educational Outreach
Department of Family Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Current position:
Chair and Biology Faculty 
Science,
Kinkaid School
Houston, Texas

Visiting Graduate Student: May - July 2013

Then graduate student in the laboratory of Professor Dorothy Buck, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College, London
Funding: Imperial College, London Travel Award
Ph.D., Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Visiting Graduate Student: March - May 1999

Then graduate student in the laboratory of Professor Georgi Muskhelishvili
Funding: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft through SFB 190
Ph.D., Ludwig Maximillian University, Institute for Genetics and Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Publications while in the Zechiedrich Lab.

Postdoctoral Fellow: MRC, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Previous Position: Faculty at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany

Current Position: https://www.helmholtz-munich.de/en/ife/pi/robert-schneider