Principle Investigator

Alita Burmeister
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Graduate Students

Undergraduates

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Alex Alenius
- University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Biological Sciences
- Quantitative phage biology, evolutionary trade-offs, virus evolution, environmental microbiology
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​​Ally Ruffino
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate
Support for Undergraduate Research Fellow, Senior Excellence in Research Award Fellow
Junior, Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Molecular evolution, phage biology and applications

​Isaac Mowbray
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate
​SURF Fellow
​Research interests: Host-phage protein interactions

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May Miller
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate
​UR@UWM Program, SURF Fellow
​Research interests: Genetics of virus evolution and host range


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Jimena Jones
​University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate






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Lauren Stanford
​University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate

Recent students

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Harleen Tewatia
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Undergraduate Student
Senior Excellence in Research Awardee Undergraduate Research Fellow
Senior, Biological Sciences
Research Interests: Bacterial evolution, phage biology and applications

​Chloé Skinner
​University of Wisconsin Milwaukee SURF Undergraduate Research Fellow
Junior, Biology major
Research Interests: Bacterial evolution, phage biology and applications

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​Grant May
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Recent Graduate
Research interests: Bacteria-phage molecular evolution, lipopolysaccharide-phage interactions
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