People

 Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Eric Baggs, 2020-2023, part-time

Purification of isotopically enriched acyl carrier proteins.

Dr. Shibani Basu, 2018-2020, part-time

• Purification of Substrates, Inhibitors and Enzymes for AHL Synthesis.

• Characterization of acyl carrier protein specificity in RhlI AHL synthase.

Dr. Dastagiri Dudekula, 2011-2013

Synthesis of substrates, inhibitors for AHL Synthases.

Dr. Xinzhu Pu, 2011

Optimization of chromatographic methods to characterize Acyl Homoserine Lactone Synthases.

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Mosqueda, 2023

Purification of acyl carrier proteins from Burkholderia mallei.

Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2022

Characterization of isotopically enriched acyl carrier proteins for BmaI1 and RhlI AHL synthases.

Ashley Poppe, 2019

Substrate specificity studies on the RhlI AHL synthase.

Mila (Nhu) Lam, 2017

Beta-ketoacyl-ACP mimics for 3-oxoacyl-ACP utilizing EsaI and YspI quorum signal synthases.

Daniel Shin, 2017

Acyl-homoserine lactone chemical probes to discover RhlI AHL synthase modulators.

Nicole Frane, 2016

Investigation on acyl-donor specificity for an acyl-CoA utilizing BjaI AHL synthase.

Aubrey Montebello, 2014

Acyl-substrate recognition in Burkholderia mallei BmaI1 AHL synthase.

Undergraduate Students

Rylli Burton (Idaho INBRE student, BYU-Idaho, Summer 2021)

Seamus Jude (03/2021-present)

Zahra Akbari (01/2021-present)

Cole Shaffer (06/2019-10/2019)

 Lydia Henderson (06/2018-12/2018)

 Elizabeth Mosqueda (01/2019-12/2020)

Jose Saucedo (01/2019-05/2019)

Aliona Chernish (06/2018-05/2020)

Gretchen Kunz (09/2018-05/2020)

Bethany Gold (09/2018-05/2020)

 Ryland McDermott (06/2018-12/2018)

Fabio Hallo (06/2018-12/2018)

Kim Farrar (05/2017-12/2017)

Elena Paz Munoz (05/2017-05/2018)

Bradley Lopez (05/2017-10/2017)

Omid Mohammad Mousa (01/2017-12/2018)

Levi Mitchell (01/2016-05/2016)

Zoe Anderson (01/2017-05/2017)

 Neilson Rexrode (01/2016-05/2018)

 Scott Swenson (01/2016-06/2017)

 Christopher Bonner (01/2016-05/2017)

John Taffin (02/2016-08/2017)

 Bri Durham (04/2016-05/2017)

Christian Keetch (Idaho-INBRE student, Idaho State University, Summer 2016)

Neha Naidoo (Whitman College, Summer 2016)

Lukas Schwarz (Claremont-McKenna College, Summer 2016)

 Veronika Culina, 01/2015-12/2015

 Daniel Shin, 09/2013-12/2013

Nhu (Mila) Lam, 09/2013-05/2015

Jesse McDonald, 01/2013-12/2015

 IIlona Csik (Idaho-INBRE student, Montana State University)

Sadigha Heydari, 09/2013-12/2013

Megan Wheeler 12/2013-04/2014

Adiya Jaffari, 05/2013-08/2013

 Angie Richard, 10/2013-02/2014

Jessie Gibson, 09/2013-04/2014 (NSF-STEP student)

 Marie Claudio Cintron, 05/2013-08/2013 (NSF-REU student, University of Peurto Rico)

 Susan Knox, 05/2013-08/2013 (NSF-REU student, The College of New Jersey)

Cade Mendenhall, 05/2012-08/2012 (Idaho-INBRE student, Idaho State University)

 Ryan M. Brecht, 06/2011-05/2014

Charlane Crusta, 08/2012-04/2013 (NSF-STEP student)

Jennifer Ivey, 07/2012-09/2012

Katherine Westover, 09/2012-04/2014

 Shon Vanhoozer, 07/2011-12/2012

Ira Seferovich, 08/2011-04/2012

 Logan Danielson, 08/2011-11/2011

Kevin Stroschein, 08/2011-12/2011

Nicole Thomas, 08/2011-04/2012

 Lauren Arthur, 08/2011-05/2012

Jesse Keeler, 05/2011-08/2011, 05/2012-08/2012 (NSF-REU Student, Northwest Nazarene Univ.)

Miranda Ghali, 05/2011-08/2011, 05/2012-08/2012 (NSF-REU Student, Stetson Univ., FL)

 Remington Turner, 05/2011-08/2012

Laura Markey, 05/2011-05/2012

Curtiss Schiewe, 05/2011-05/2012

Russell Powell, 04/2011-05/2011

 Farhad Mangal, 05/2011-12/2011

High School Students

Jinho Kim (06/2021- 08/2021), Timberline High School

Hein Kim (06/2021-08/2021), Timberline High School

Eline Jessica Abraham (06/2021-07/2022), Timberline High School

Lucy Coleman (10/2019-05/2020), Timberline High School

Vishali Sutharsan (10/2019-present), Les Bois Junior High School

Ayah Ahmad (05/2019-07/2019), Timberline High School

Puja Batchu (06/2018-08/2018), Centennial High School

Sarrah Belhadj (06/2018-05/2019), Centennial High School

Noah Collingwood, 06/2016-08/2016, Renaissance High School

Matthew Thompson, 06/2016-05/2017, Bishop Kelly High School

Kathik Mouli, 02/2014-05/2014, Boise High School

Maneesha Julakanti, 07/2012-03/2013, Timberline High School

Sergio-Rodriguez-Orellana, 11/2012-08/2013, Treasure Valley Math and Science

Anne Marie Rauker, 01/2012-05/2012, Boise High School

Olivia Do, 08/2011-05/2012, Treasure Valley Math and Science

High School Teachers

Ms. Sheryl Howe, 2012-2013, Science Teacher, Boise High School

Ms. Laura Bingham, 2020-present, Centennial High School

Ms. Janice Poppenga, 2020-2021 Treasure Valley Math and Science Center, Boise

Mr. Bartholomew Mestelle, 2020-2021, Borah High School