Students in Program

Current DEBVBD students:

Sarah Abusaa Major Professor: Chris Barker, PhD

Laura Backus Major Professor: Janet Foley, PhD

Shih-Yu Chen Major Professor: Chris Barker, PhD

Anna Erickson Major Professor: Bryce Falk, PhD

Anna Kawiecki Major Professor: Chris Barker, PhD

Erin Kelly Major Professor: Geoffrey Attardo, PhD

Cileah Kretsch Major Professor Su Hao Lo

Lindsey Mack Major Professor: Geoffrey Attardo, PhD

Adam Moore Major Professor: Lark Coffey, PhD & Christine Johnson, PhD

Francesca Rubino Major Professor: Janet Foley, PhD

Kyle Yomogida Major Professor: Beatriz Martinez Lopez, PhD

Talia Wong Major Professor: Chris Barker, PhD

Graduate student Kasen Riemersma wearing PPE by the Ultra Low Temp Freezer

DEBVBD Alumni:

Christy Andrade Associate Professor, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

Veronica Armijos Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis

Erin Ball AFRIMS Bangkok

Nick Booster Deceased and sorely missed.

Ashley (Horton) Brenton Associate Director, R&D, Proove Biosciences, Irvine, CA

Sharon Brummitt

Brian Butler Associate Professor St. Georges University, Grenada, West Indies

Jenny Carlson Postdoctoral Fellow Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Jennifer Chau Staff Development Scientist, Clinical Affairs, Beckman Coulter, Sacramento, CA

Mary Beth Danforth Research Scientist California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA

Marisa Donnelly California Department of Public Health, Berkeley, CA

Anna Drexler Consultant, Vector Ecology and Management World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jessica Franco

Elizabeth Glennon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Seattle, WA

Jessica Healy Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Karen Holcomb Biologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO

Andra Hutton Senior Research Associate II California Animal Health and Food Safety, Davis, CA

Jennifer Kwan Analyst National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Stanley Langevin Senior Research Scientist University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Kelly Liebman Postdoctoral Fellow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

William Louie Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Davis, Davis CA

Payal Maharaj Postdoctoral Fellow University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

Brittany Nelms Entomologist Lake County Vector Control District, Lakeport, CA

Sandra Olkowski Data Analyst Citrus Research Board for UCD and CRB

Norma Ordaz Research Scientist, Clear Labs, Newark, California

Risa Pesapane Tenure Track Faculty, Ecosystem Health, Ohio State University

Benjamin Plourde Science Teacher, Albany Unified School District, Albany, CA

Mimi Portillo

Rashaun Potts Research Scientist Cerus Corporation, Concord, CA

Jennifer Reed Epidemiologist, Decision Resource Group

Lisa Reimer Lecturer Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK

Kasen Riemersma Staff Scientist at Promega, Madison, WI

Tara Roth Vector Ecologist San Mateo Mosquito and Vector Control District Burlingame, CA

Melody Schmid Professor Butte College, Oroville, CA

Nicole Stephenson Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Davis

Pascale Stiles Postdoctoral Epidemiologist, National Veterinary Institute, Sweden

Matthew Stuckey Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, CDC

Win Surachetpong Assistant Professor Kesetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

Tara Thiemann Assistant Professor University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Sarah Wheeler District Biologist Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District, Elk Grove, CA

Olivia Winokur Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

Jaclyn Wong Postdoctoral Fellow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA

Three Images: Top Left, Spraying Plants. Bottom Left, Contained Plants. Right, Jessica Franco in Lab