John G Gibbons (Principal Investigator)
John earned his BS in Biology from Keene State College, and his PhD in Biological Sciences from Vanderbilt University where he worked in the lab of Antonis Rokas. John was a postdoc at The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where he worked with Bernardo Lemos. John was a faculty member in the Biology Department at Clark University for 4 years, before moving to the Department of Food Science at UMass. John is broadly interested in comparative and population genomics.
Adenike Adeyanju (PhD Student in Food Science)
Adenike studies the genetics of Listeria monocytogenes resistance to sanitizers.
Nadia Yammoul Guzman (PhD Student in Food Science)
Nadia studies allergen reduction via microbial fermentation.
Katie Yanez (PhD Student in Microbiology)
Katie studies the genetics of antifungal resistance in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Gibbons Lab Alumni
Dr. Katherine Chacon-Vargas (PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Katherine is currently a genomics scientist at Synbiotic Health.
Dr. Shu Zhao (PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology)
Shu is currently a bioinformatics scientist International Flavors & Fragrances.
Julia Hershelman (Undergrad Researcher in Microbiology)
Julia is currently a PhD student in Ben Wolfe's lab @ TuftsÂ
Dr. Kimberly Acevedo (PhD in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology)
Kim is currently a postdoc in Richard Gomer's lab at Texas A&M University