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SCOTT F. MICHAEL

Department of Biological Sciences

Biotechnology Research Group

Florida Gulf Coast University

Fort Myers, FL 33965

smichael@fgcu.edu

(239) 590-7439 office/(239) 590-7200 fax

Personal

Born: October 21, 1964. Chicago, IL

Married: Sharon Isern, Ph.D., one child

Education

1982-1986 Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA

Bachelor of Special Studies, Majors: Chemistry and Biology

1986-1991 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Advisor: Dr. Jeremy Berg

Professional Experience

1987-1991 Dissertation research with Dr. Jeremy Berg. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

1991-1993 Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Ronald Swanstrom. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

1993-1996 Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Eric Hunter. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

1996-1998 Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Dr. Beatrice Hahn. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2004. Assistant Professor of Tropical Medicine in the Center for Infectious Diseases. Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA

2004-present Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL

Honors and Awards

1982- 1986 George and Helen Tyson Scholarship

1985 Tri Beta Biology Honor Society

1991- 1992 Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellow

1992- 1994 National Research Service Fellow (N.I.H.)

2003 Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, Eta Chapter

Consultantships

Pixar Studios, Emeryville, CA

Genphar Inc., Mt. Pleasant, SC

Professional Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Society of Microbiology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Editorial service

Editorial Board:

BMC Virology Journal

Reviewer:

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Biotechniques

Journal of Neurovirology

Applied Herpetology

Iranian Journal of Science and Technology

National and International Committees

2000 Scientific Review Board, International Meeting on Primate Models for HIV, New Orleans, LA

2004 Chair, session on development of antimicrobial compounds, Southwestern Regional meeting of the American Chemical Society, Fort Worth, TX

Teaching

1984-1986 Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, IA. Laboratory Assistant, Cell and Molecular Biology and Plant Physiology.

1986-1987 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Teaching Assistant, Introductory Chemistry.

1994 International Journeys Inc., Miami, FL. Naturalist guide for an ecotour of the upper Amazon river.

1997 University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Instructor, Cell Biology, Department of Biology.

1998-2004 Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

Instructor, Tropical Virology (Spring ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ‘04)

Instructor, Parasitology Seminar (Spring ’01, ’02)

Lecturer, Methods in Cell Biology (Spring ’00)

Lecturer, Biological Mechanisms of Disease (Spring and Fall ’01, ’02, ‘03)

Lecturer, Epidemiology of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Spring ’01, ’02, ’03)

Lecturer, Medical Informatics (Spring ’01, ’02)

Lecturer, Molecular Epidemiology (Fall ’01)

Lecturer, Emerging Infectious Diseases (Spring ’04)

2004-present FGCU, Fort Myers, FL.

Instructor, General Biology I (Fall ’04, Spring & Fall ’05, Spring & Fall ’06, Spring ‘07)

Co-Instructor, Molecular Virology (Fall ’05)

Instructor, Cell Biology (Fall ’07, Spring ‘08)

Co-Instructor, Virology (Spring ’08)

Publications

Peer-Reviewed,Primary Research Publications

1. Michael, SF, Kilfoil, VJ, Schmidt, MH, Amann, BT, and Berg, JM. Metal Binding and Folding Properties of a Minimalist Cys2, His2 Zinc Finger Peptide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 89:4796-4800 (1992)

2. Pettit, SC, Michael, SF, and Swanstrom, R. Specificity of the HIV-1 Protease. Perspectives in Drug Discovery and Design 1:69-83 (1993)

3. Michael, SF. Mutagenesis by Incorporation of a Phosphorylated Oligo During PCR Amplification. Biotechniques 16(3):409-412 (1994)

4. Kaplan, AK, Michael, SF, Wehbie, RS, Knigge, MF, Paul, DA, Everitt, L, Kempf, DJ, Norbeck, DW, Erickson, JW, and Swanstrom, R. Selection of Multiple Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Variants That Encode Viral Proteases With Decreased Sensitivity to an Inhibitor of the Viral Protease. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 91:5597-5601 (1994)

5. Michael, SF. Captive Breeding of two Species of Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico (Anura: Leptodactylidae) With Notes on Behavior in Captivity. Herpetological Review 26:27-29 (1995)

6. Michael, SF. Courtship Calls of three Species of Eleutherodactylus from Puerto Rico (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Herpetologica 52:116-120 (1996)

7. Michael, SF. Vocalization and Diurnal Retreat Defense in the Puerto Rican Frog Eleutherodactylus cochranae. Journal of Herpetology 31:453-456 (1997)

8. Michael, SF. Captive Breeding of Eleutherodactylus antillensis from Puerto Rico (Anura: Leptodactylidae) With Notes on Behavior in Captivity. Herpetological Review 28:141-143 (1997)

9. Goh, WC, Rogel, ME, Kinsey, CM, Michael, SF, Fultz, PN, Hahn, BH, and Emerman, M. HIV-1 Vpr increases viral expression by manipulation of the cell cycle: a mechanism for selection of Vpr in vivo. Nature Medicine 4:65-71 (1998)

10. Gao, F, Bailes, E, Robertson, DL, Chen, Y, Rodenburg, CM, Michael, SF, Cummins, LB, Arthur, LO, Peeters, M, Shaw, GM, Sharp, PM, and Hahn, BH. Origin of HIV-1 in Pan troglodytes troglodytes. Nature 397:436-441 (1999) (Cover article)

11. Mittleider, D, Green, LC, Mann, VH, Michael, SF, Didier, ES, Brindley, PJ. Survey of genome sequences from the opportunistic microsporidian pathogen, Vittaforma corneae. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 49:393-401 (2002)

12. Copeland, CS, Brindley,PJ, Heyers, O, Michael, SF, Johnston, DA, Williams, DJ, Ivens, A, Kalinna, BH. Boudicca, a retrovirus-like, LTR retrotransposon from the genome of the human blood fluke, Schistosoma mansoni. Journal of Virology 77: 6153-6166 (2003)

13. Jones, C and Michael, SF. Cryopreservation of spermatozoa of the terrestrial Puerto Rican frog Eleutherodactylus coqui. Cryobiology 48: 90-94 (2004)

14. Michael, SF, Buckley, C, Toro, E, Estrada, A, and Vincent, S. Induced ovulation and egg deposition in the direct developing anuran Eleutherodactylus coqui. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2:6 (1-5) (2004)

15. Ellis, BR, Munene, E, Elliott, D, Suleman, MA, Robinson, J, Otsyula, MG, and Michael, SF. Seroprevalence of simian immunodeficiency virus among wild and captive born Sykes’ monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) in Kenya. Retrovirology 1:34 (2004)

16. Toro, E and Michael, SF. Egg activation and in vitro fertilization in Eleutherodactylus coqui (Anura: Leptodactylidae). Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 2:60 (2004)

17. Buckley, CR, Michael, SF, and Irschick, DJ. Early hatching decreases jumping performance in a direct-developing frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui. Functional Ecology 19:67-72 (2005)

18. Hrobowski, YM, Garry, RF, and Michael, SF. Peptide inhibitors of dengue virus and West Nile virus infectivity. Virology Journal 2:49 (2005)

19. Modisett, KL, Robinson, CD, Raina, AK, Lax, AR, Michael, SF, and Isern, S. Foreign gene transfer in termite cells using a recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus. Accepted for Publication: Journal of Insect Science

20. Rees, CR, Costin, JM, Fink, RC, McMichael, MM, Fontaine, KA, Isern, S, and Michael, SF. In vitro inhibition of dengue virus entry by p-sulfoxy-cinnamic acid and structurally related combinatorial chemistries. Submitted to Antiviral Research

21. Costin, JM, Hrobowski, YM, Rees, CR, Fontaine, KA, Holbrook, MR, Hunsperger, E, Garry, RF, Isern, S, and Michael, SF. A broadly active peptide inhibitor of flavivirus entry. In preparation

22. Costin, JM, Jenwitheesuk, E, Rees, CR, Hunsperger, E, Conrads, K, Fontaine, KA, Isern, S, Samudrala, R, and Michael, SF. Structural optimization and de novo design of dengue virus entry inhibitory peptides. In preparation

23. Ellis, BR, Munene, E, Isern, S, Otsyula, MG, and Michael, SF. Serological evidence for sylvatic dengue circulation among wild monkeys in Kenya. In preparation

Peer-reviewed Book Chapter

Michael, SF. Thermostable ligase-mediated incorporation of mutagenic oligos during PCR amplification. pp.189-195. In: Methods in Molecular Biology, Volume 67. PCR Cloning Protocols: From Molecular Cloning to Genetic Engineering. B.A. White (Ed.). Humana Press, Totowa, NJ (1997)

Other Publications

1. Moore, DS and Michael, SF. Mutagenesis of amplified DNA sequences using Ampligase thermostable ligase. Epicentre Forum 2:4-5 (1995)

2. Michael, SF. A "Chick-a-dee" or a "Co-qui"? Letter to the Editor, Science 310:620-621 (2005)

Patents

1. West Nile virus fusion inhibitors. Non-Provisional Patent Application. Tulane University 2004

2. Dengue virus entry inhibitory peptide. Provisional Patent Application. FGCU 2007

3. Optimized dengue virus entry inhibitory peptide. Provisional Patent Application. FGCU 2007

4. Anti-viral properties of zosteric acid and related molecules. Provisional Patent Application. FGCU 2007

Presentations and abstracts (1998-present)

5/20/98 Declining amphibian populations in Louisiana. Interview with Louisiana Public Television.

7/24/98 Conservation Issues for West Indian Eleutherodactylus Frogs. Audubon Center for Research on Endangered Species, New Orleans, LA.

10/27/98 Recent Progress in HIV Research. Tulane University Molecular and Cellular Biology Program.

11/19/98 Intrinsic Regulation of the HIV Protease. Tulane University/LSU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit.

12/1/98 Intrinsic Regulation of the HIV Protease. New Orleans Area Virology Association.

6/1/99 Evidence for the Origin of HIV in African Primates. University of Sherbrooke Department of Microbiology Seminar Series. Quebec, Canada.

9/29/99 Regulation of Retroviral Proteolytic Processing. Tulane University Primate Center.

9/11/99 West Indian Eleutherodactylus Frogs: Acoustic Communication and Conservation Issues. University of New Orleans. Department of Biology Seminar Series.

11/22/99 Recent Progress in HIV Research. Tulane University Molecular and Cellular Biology Program.

06/22/00 Evolution of SIVs in African Primates. Tulane University/LSU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit.

9/26/00 Recent Progress in HIV Research. Tulane University Molecular and Cellular Biology Program.

11/14/00 Regulation of Retroviral Proteases. Loyola University Department of Biology Seminar Series. New Orleans, LA

1/21/01 The History of Yellow Fever in New Orleans. Le Petit Salon, New Orleans.

3/12/01 The History of Yellow Fever in New Orleans. Louisiana State History Museum, The Cabildo.

11/2/01 Molecular Phylogenetics and the Origin of HIV: A Detective Story. Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Seminar Series.

11/13/01 Sylvatic Dengue Virus in East African Primates. ICIDR Directors Meeting, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

1/18/02 The Origin of HIV-1 from Chimpanzees. Invited Lecture, Institut Pasteur, Dakar, Senegal.

10/26/02 Sylvatic Dengue Virus in East Africa. Invited Lecture, CFAR, University of Alabama at Birmingham.

11/13/03 Serosurvey for SIVsyk in Wild and captive Syke’s Monkeys in Kenya. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Denver, CO. (poster)

12/4/02 Effects of Atrazine on Frog Development. Interview with Louisiana Public Television.

2/27/03 Naturally Occurring SIV Infections in African Monkeys. Tulane University/LSU AIDS Clinical Trials Unit.

5/9/03 Infection of African Monkeys with Naturally Occurring SIVs. New Orleans Area Virology Association.

6/10/03 Molecular Analysis of Invasion Routes of Exotic Species. Society of Wetlands Scientists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

10/24/03 Cloning and Expression of Flavivirus Envelope Proteins. American Society of Microbiology, New Orleans, LA. (poster)

12/5/03 An Inducible Expression System for Foreign Genes Using Dengue Virus Genomic Terminal Regions. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. (poster)

3/8/04 Host physiology and cross-species virus transmission: West Nile virus in frogs. Tulane University Department of Physiology Seminar Series.

3/20/04 Sylvatic Dengue Virus: a Serological Search in Kenya, East Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases Meeting, Galveston, TX. (poster)

4/28/04 Peptide inhibitors of West Nile virus and dengue –2 virus host cell membrane fusion. Tulane University Research Day. (poster)

9/22/04 Peptide inhibition of Flavivirus-host cell membrane fusion. American Chemical Society, Southwestern Regional Meeting, Ft. Worth, TX, September 22, 2004 (graduate student Yancey Hrobowski presenting)

10/7/04 Peptide Inhibitors of Flavivirus Infectivity. Germany (graduate student Yancey Hrobowski presenting)

10/12/04 Peptide Inhibitors of Flavivirus Infectivity. Invited seminar, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France (graduate student Yancey Hrobowski presenting)

11/10/04 Peptide Inhibitors of Flavivirus Infectivity. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL (graduate student Yancey Hrobowski presenting)

11/10/04 Serological evidence for dengue, West Nile and yellow fever virus infections in wild East African monkeys. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Miami, FL (graduate student Brett Ellis presenting)

Posters for FGCU Research Day

11/4/05 Resurrection of extinct species of frogs. Naples Explorers Club invited presentation, Naples, FL (Melissa Coleman presenting)

12/13/05 Modified ELISA and endpoint microneutralization assay for the rapid screening and differential diagnosis of dengue, West Nile, and yellow fever antibodies in East African non-human primate hosts. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC (graduate student Brett Ellis presenting)

12/14/05 Peptide inhibitors of flavivirus infectivity. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC (graduate student Yancey Hrobowski presenting)

12/14/05 Small molecule anti-adhesion inhibitors of viral entry. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC (Alex Blair presenting)

2/14/06 Emerging Viral Diseases. FGCU Renaissance Academy Lecture Series in Biotechnology. J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL

2/22/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. Invited seminar. J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL

6/13/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. FGCU Renaissance Academy Lecture Series in Biotechnology. FGCU campus, Ft. Myers, FL

7/28/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. FGCU Renaissance Academy Lecture Series in Biotechnology. Arbor Trace, North Naples, FL

9/12/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. Invited seminar. Rookery Bay National Wildlife Sanctuary seminar series, Rutenberg Park, Fort Myers, FL

9/21/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. Invited seminar. Rookery Bay National Wildlife Sanctuary seminar series, Naples, FL

9/22/06 Inhibitors of Influenza Virus Infectivity. Invited presentation to CSO of GNC, Pittsburgh, PA

9/29/06 Development of Peptide Inhibitors of Flavivirus Infectivity. Invited seminar. Florida Atlantic University Department of Chemistry, Boca Raton, FL

10/10/06 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. Invited seminar. “Ding” Darling Days, J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, FL

11/15/06 Activity and Mechanism of Flavivirus Peptide Entry Inhibitors. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, DC (Joshua Costin presenting)

12/4/06 Anti-influenza activity of elderberry extract. Press release for HerbalScience. New York, NY

1/30/07 Emerging Viral Diseases: Avian Influenza. FGCU Renaissance Academy Lecture Series in Biotechnology. Naples campus, Naples, FL

7/15/07 Inhibition of influenza and dengue virus by zosteric acid and related combinatorial chemistries. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR

7/16/07 Dengue virus entry inhibitors. American Society for Virology Annual Meeting, Corvallis, OR

10/2/07 No Unauthorized Entry: Flavivirus Envelope Protein Inhibitors. Invited seminar. University of Washington School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series, Seattle, WA

Grants and Contracts

Past

Resurrection of Extinct Species of Frogs. NSF IBN-9896265

4/15/98 - 6/30/99 $49,710 Effort: 15% (P.I.)

Resurrection of Extinct Species of Frogs. Louisiana BOR LEQSF

6/1/99-5/31/01 $68,614 Effort: 8.3% (P.I.)

Ecological Remediation: Resurrection of an Extinct Species of Frog from Puerto Rico.

Office of Naval Research/Department of Defense

7/1/99-12/31/01 $105,362 Effort: 25% (P.I.)

Assessment of the Purizer Process with Respect to Treatment/Disinfection of Wastewater and Combined Sewer Overflows. Purizer Corp.

8/1/00-12/31/01 $169,890 Effort: 10% (co-PI)

Acoustic Monitoring of Declining Anuran Populations in Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

Declining Amphibian Population Task Force 3/1/01-2/28/02 $1,800 (P.I.)

Possible Role of Avian Retroviruses in Human Cancer. NIH R03

11/1/00-10/31/02 $148,500 Effort: 5% (co-PI)

Sylvatic Dengue Virus in East African Primates. NIH (ICIDR)

6/1/01-5/31/03 $83,663 Effort: 10% (P.I.)

Route and Timing of Invasions from the Caribbean: Molecular and Field-based approaches. Coypu Foundation.

6/01/02-12/31/04 $140,000 (P.I.)

Upgrades to Biohazard Facilities. Tulane University Wall Fund.

7/1/03-6/30/04 $250,000 (P.I.)

Fellowship Training Program in Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases at Tulane University. CDC

9/01/02-8/31/07 $1,400,000 (co-PI)

Characterization of Viral Pathogens of the Formosan Termite. USDA ARS

5/1/01-12/31/04 $83,000 Effort: 10% (P.I.)

Developmental biology of Eleutherodactylus frogs. NSF SGER IOB-0406619

1/1/04-12/31/04 $50,000 (PI) Effort: 5%

Small molecule chemistries. Cerno Biosciences

3/1/05-2/28/06 $115,000 (co-PI) Effort 10%

Dual use technologies for biodefense. DoD

4/1/05-10/31/06 $920,000 (co-PI) Effort 20%

Evaluations of bioactives for antiviral activity. HerbalScience, Singapore, Pte Ltd

4/15/06-4/14/07 $236,216 (co-PI) Effort 20%

Characterization of small molecule chemistries. CernoFina, LLC

5/1/06-4/30/07 $245,000 (PI) Effort 10%

Biochemical and biological effectiveness, safety and synthesis probability assessment of bioactives. HerbalScience, Singapore, Pte Ltd

7/1/06-6/30/07 $249,475 (PI) Effort 10%

Present

Dual use technologies for biodefense. DoD

10/17/06-10/18/07 $920,000 (co-PI) Effort 20%

Peptide inhibitors of dengue virus infectivity. NIH Shannon award 1-56-AI064617-01A2

10/01/06-09/30/07 $105,435 (PI - FGCU subcontract) Effort 20%

Dual use technologies for biodefense. DoD

1/14/08-1/15/09 $1,000,000 (co-PI) Effort 20%

Service

5/98-8/04 Co-directed the Tulane University Medical Center Biosafety Laboratories with Dr. Robert Garry

5/98-8/04 Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Curriculum Committee. Multiple departmental courses reviewed. Completed full Tropical Medicine departmental review. Developed entirely revised school core curriculum.

1/00-5/01 Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Doctoral Committee. Involved in school-wide re-definition of PhD, DrPH, and ScD degrees.

5/01-4/02 Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Faculty Senate Secretary.

10/01- 5/03 Tulane University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Reviewed research proposals involving animal use and conducted facilities inspections.

3/05-present FGCU Research Safety Committee (Chair 3/07-present).

3/05-3/06 FGCU Biotechnology Program Scholarship Committee

3/05-present FGCU Biotechnology Program Postdoctoral Recruitment Committee

7/05-present Foreign Collaborator/Advisor for US State Department project with the Tajik Science and Research Institute of Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Health, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

7/05-present Foreign Collaborator/Advisor for US State Department project with the Republican Center for Quarantine and Extremely Dangerous Infections, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

8/05 FGCU CAS Sociology faculty search committee

11/05 Biological Sciences Curriculum Revision Committee

2/3/05 Representative for Lee, Charlotte, and Collier Counties Economic Development Committees to the Florida Life Sciences Road Map Meeting. FAU, Boca Raton, FL

10/06 FGCU Environmental Health and Safety search committee

1/07 FGCU Department of Biological Sciences microbiologist faculty search committee

1/07 FGCU Department of Biological Sciences cell biologist faculty search committee

1/07 FGCU Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences chemistry instructor search committee

1/08 FGCU Department of Mathematics and Physical Sciences mathematics assistant professor search committee

Advising and Mentoring

Postdoctoral Fellows:

Joshua Costin, Ph.D. Tulane University, 2005-present

Jennie Dolan, Ph.D. Emory University, 2006 (current position: Pox virus branch, CDC Atlanta)

William Roschek, Jr., Ph.D. Vanderbilt University, 2006-2007 (current position: HerbalScience, LLC)

Ryan Fink, Ph.D. University of Milan, 2007 (current position: HerbalScience, LLC)

PhD Research Assistants (current affiliation):

Brett Ellis, 1998- 2004, MSPH, Ph.D. (University of Hawaii, CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases Fellowship with Dr. Duane Gubler)

Charles Foltz, 1998-2003, MSPH, Ph.D. (Olympic triathalon trainer)

Doctoral Thesis committees (current affiliations):

Debra Moore (UAB Biology Department, Ph.D. awarded 1998) (Professor, Troy State University, Dothan, AL)

Debbie Edwards (Tulane Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ph.D. awarded 2002)

Clara Ocampo (Tulane Tropical Medicine/Parasitology Program, Ph.D. awarded 2002) (Assistant Professor, Universidad Autonoma, Cali, Colombia)

Mohamed El Sawy (Tulane Environmental Health Sciences Program, Sc.D. awarded 2003)

Chan Chadopyat (Tulane Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, Ph.D. awarded 2004) (Postdoctoral Fellow, Baylor University)

Yancey Hrobowski (Tulane Department of Microbiology, Ph.D. awarded 2006) (CDC Emerging Infectious Disease Fellowship, Pathology Branch, CDC Atlanta)

Ph.D. Rotation Students:

Latoya Johnson, 1998

Debbie Edwards, 1999

Meredith Walls, 2000

Chan Chadopyat, 2000

Sarah Nangle, 2001

Scott Olsen, 2003

Masters Research Assistants (current affiliations):

Sheila Keating, 1998-1999 (Johns Hopkins University)

Noah Stromer, 1998-1999 (University of Minnesota.)

Justin Jin, 1998-2001 (Tulane School of Medicine)

Jane Myung, 1998-1999 (University of Iowa School of Medicine)

Lucy Perrone, 1999-2000 (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, PhD completed 2006)

Casey Vibbard, 1999-2000 (St. George’s University, Grenada)

Sarah Michaels 1999-2000 (LA Office of Public Health)

Mabel Chu, 2000-2001 (Dynavax, Berkeley, CA)

Kevin Caillouet, 2000-2001 (Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine)

Marium Holland, 2000-2001 (Tulane Medical School)

Johanna Nororis, 2002-2004 (Children’s Hospital, New Orleans)

Emilie Lefait, 2004 (Universite de Nice, FR, Currently at University of HI)

Undergraduate Research Assistants (original school and current affiliations):

Amanda Long, 2000 (Senior, Tulane. Currently a secondary school teacher in CA)

Shawn Vincent, 2000-2002 (Junior-Senior, Loyola. Currently in the Tulane Ecology and Organismal Biology Ph.D. program)

Cecily Jones, 2000-2001 (Senior, Xavier. Currently an MD student at Tulane)

Sebastian Lourido, 2000-2001 (Freshman-Sophmore, Tulane. Currently at the Max Plank Institute for Molecular Virology in Berlin)

Alayna Stepter, 2001 (Senior, Xavier. Currently an MD student at Tulane)

Isabella Green, 2002 (Sophomore, Xavier)

Jo Gonzalez, 2002 (Freshman, Metropolitan University, San Juan, PR)

Elephas Munene, 2002 (Institute for Primate Research, Nairobi, Kenya)

Tiffani Garrett, 2003 (Junior, Xavier)

Esteban Toro, 2003-2004 (Senior, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia. Currently in the Stanford PhD program in Biology)

Margarita Ramos 2003 (Tulane University/Universidad de los Andes, Currently in the Princeton PhD program in Biology)

Lauren Dimes, 2004 (Sophomore, Xavier)

Alex Blair, 2004-2005 (Junior, FGCU)

Melissa Coleman, 2004-2005 (Senior, FGCU, currently a science teacher at Golden Gate High School, Naples, FL)

Senta Reyes, 2005 (Senior, FGCU, currently accepted to University of Michigan Dental School)

Gregory Tenn, 2005 (Freshman, FGCU, currently a lab tech at Univ. Arizona)

Stephanie Spielman, 2005 (Senior, Community school, Naples, currently attending Brown University)

Mandy Dustin, 2005-2006 (Senior, FGCU, currently a science teacher in Naples, FL)

Craig Rees, 2005-2008 (Junior FGCU)

Chelsea Flaum, 2005-2007 (Junior FGCU)

Brandon Perkovich, 2005-2006 (Junior, Community School, Naples, FL)

Cindo Nicholson, 2006-2008 (Junior FGCU)

Amanda Corbett, 2007-2008 (Junior FGCU)

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