Personnel

3476 Microbial Sciences Building

1550 Linden Drive

Office: (608) 262-9795 Laboratory: (608) 262-1958

Email: npkeller@wisc.edu

Sung Chul Park, PhD

Email: park54@wisc.edu 

Since: 2021

B.S. in Biochemistry and Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

Ph.D. in Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, 2021

(Advisor: Jongheon Shin)

Enrique Aguilar Ramírez, PhD

Email: aguilarramir@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

B.S. in Pharmaceutical Biological Pharmaceutical Chemistry, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
M.S. in Chemical Sciences, UNAM
Ph.D in Chemical Sciences, UNAM

Harrison Estes

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: hpestes@wisc.edu 

Since: 2024

Genetics Training Program

B.Sc. in Applied Biotechnology, Auburn University, 2023

Ben Haefner

Ph.D. Student

Email: bhaefner@wisc.edu 

Since: 2024

Plant Pathology PhD Program

B.Sc. in Plant Sciences, Cornell University, 2023

Mariana Santos

M.S. Student

Email: santoscravei@wisc.edu

Since: 2024

Plant Pathology Graduate Program

B.Sc. in Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2024

Madeline Michaelis
Ph.D. Student

Email: mmichaelis@wisc.edu

Since: 2025

Genetics Training Program

B.S in Evolutionary Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2025

Kyle Digman

Email : kdigman@wisc.edu

Biology Major 

Since: 2022

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Dr. Jin Woo Bok

Makaya McCarthy

Email : mgmccarthy5@wisc.edu

Biology Major 

Since: 2025

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Mentor: Ben Haefner