Assistant Professor
Louisiana State University
Department of Environmental Sciences
2281 Energy, Coast and Environment Building
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office: (225) 578-9422
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Research Interests
- How Vibrio spp. (V. parahaemolyticus, V. vulnificus, and V. cholerae) respond to environmental cues, including sea surface temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, turbidity, suspended particulate matter, and dissolved organic carbon.
- The genetic relationships among pathogenic vibrios.
- A more recently described pathogenicity factor in vibrios called the Type III Secretion System (TTSS). TTSSs work by injecting effector proteins into eukaryotic cells that interfere with host cell signaling cascades and their ability to mount an immune response to fight off vibrio infections.
- Outreach.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 2009-present
- Research Assistant Professor, Marine Microbiology, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, 2006-2009
- Postdoc, Marine Microbiology, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Springs, MS, 2005-2006
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, 2004-2005
- Ph.D., Ecology, Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
- B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
