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Assistant Professor

Nutrition & Food Science 3305 Marie Mount Hall 7814 Regents Drive College Park, MD 20742-7521

Expertise

  • Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial genomics
  • Food Safety

Education

  • Ph.D., Microbial Ecology. University of Florida (2017)
  • M.S., Environmental Microbiology. University of Maryland, College Park (2014)
  • B.S., Biology. University of Maryland, College Park (2011)

Additional Training

Postdoctoral Fellow. NIH-NHGRI, Microbial Genomics Section (2020-2022)

Postdoctoral Fellow. Northwestern University (2017-2020)

Research Associate. USDA-ARS Environmental Microbial Food Safety Laboratory (2011-2015)

Academic Responsibilities

50% Research, 50% Teaching

Teaching:

NFSC-430/679M: Food Microbiology (3 credits, Spring)

NFSC-434: Food Microbiology Laboratory (3 credits, Spring)

NFSC-679G: R for Applied Genomics (3 credits, Fall)