Speaker:  Dr. Davida Smyth, PhD., is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University – San Antonio. She received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland, and completed her postdoctoral training at New York Medical College, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and New York University. She has served as an […]

Speaker: Dr. Kelly K. Baker, PhD., is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Environmental Health at the State University of New York Buffalo School of Public Health, and Director of the Center for Climate Change and Health Equity research. She conducts One Health focused eco-epidemiology studies in the US and globally that identify practical intervention […]

Speaker: Mary Coughter, PhD Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session

Speaker:  Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD., Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. She is a soil microbiologist who works at the intersection of ecosystem ecology and evolution with an emphasis on fungi. She did her bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Molecular Ecology at the Autonomous University of Baja California. Dr. Romero-Olivares completed […]

Speaker: Dr. Aidee Guzman, PhD. Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Standford University. Lab website here. Link to page with more info on the speakers. Register for this session

Speaker: Dr. Adina Howe, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Adina Howe is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering at Iowa State University.  She leads the Genomics and Environmental Research in Microbial Systems (GERMS) Laboratory. The goal of the GERMS Lab is to understand and manage the impacts of microbiology as we […]

Speaker: Dr. Landon Getz, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Landon J. Getz is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry within the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Landon is a Gay/Queer man and a molecular bacteriologist specializing in bacterial genetics and phage-host interactions. He is a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow and […]

Speaker: Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD. About the Speaker: Dr. Adriana Romero-Olivares, PhD., is an Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University. She is a soil microbiologist who works at the intersection of ecosystem ecology and evolution with an emphasis on fungi. She did her bachelor’s degree in Biology and master’s degree in Molecular Ecology at […]