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Meet Our MCW Microbiology & Immunology Research Staff and Postdoctoral Researchers

Research Staff

Cameron Anderson

Research Technologist, Riehle Lab

caanderson@mcw.edu

Samantha Atkinson, PhD

Bioinformatics Analyst III, Microbiology & Immunology

Matthew Bluma

Research Technologist, Kristich Lab

Dusanka Djoric, PhD

Research Scientist, Kristich Lab

Alex Gardner, PhD

Research Scientist I, Barbieri Lab

agardner@mcw.edu

Lauren Hackner

Research Technologist, Lochhead Lab

lhackner@mcw.edu

Cynthia Johnson

Lab Technician, Microbiology & Immunology

cyjohnson@mcw.edu

Kaitlin Schulz

Research Technologist, Barbieri Lab

kschulz@mcw.edu

Donna McAllister

Lab Supervisor, Dwinell Lab

dmcallis@mcw.edu

Susanne Mueller, PhD

Research Scientist, Kirby Lab

sumueller@mcw.edu

Shashank Pandey

Research Technologist, Tecle Lab

Christal Phelps

Research Technologist, Kelliher Lab

cphelps@mcw.edu

Amanda Przedpelski

Research Associate, Barbieri Lab

Allison Pugel

Research Technologist, Yu Lab

Molly Riegert

Research Technologist, Frank Lab

mriegert@mcw.edu

Jitka Rybova, PhD

Research Scientist, Lochhead Lab

jrybova@mcw.edu

Andrew Sukowaty

Research Technologist, Terhune Lab

asukowaty@mcw.edu

Xiaohong Yuan, MD, PhD

Project Appointment Researcher, Yu Lab

Postdoctoral Researchers

Reza Alimohammadi, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Yu Lab

ralimohammadi@mcw.edu

Qiao Cheng, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Yu Lab

Jaden (Denggang) Fu, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Yu Lab

Carly Mascari, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Kelliher Lab

cmascari@mcw.edu

Sadaf Riaz, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, Tecle Lab

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