Graduate Students

The Konkel Lab welcomes graduate students interested in a rotation and finding a research home.

Graduate StudentDegree Awarded / SemesterTitle of Dissertation/ThesisCurrent Position
Dr. Steve GarvisPh.D.
Spring 1999
Identification and characterization of the Campylobacter jejuni CadF adhesinLaboratoire de Biologie et Modelisation de la Cellule (LBMC). Lyon, France
Dr. Sean GrayPh.D.
Fall 2000
Genetic analyses of the molecular basis of Campylobacter jejuni pathogenesisVice President at PAI Lifesciences., Inc, Seattle, Washington
Julie Yoon, MDM.S.
Spring 2001
The role of CadF in the binding of Campylobacter jejuni to host cells Internal Medicine of Brighton Rochester, NY
Dr. Vanessa Rivera-AmillPh.D.
Fall 2001
Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni entry-promoting proteins. Associate Dean Biomedical Sciences. Professor. Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico
Dr. Marshall MontevillePh.D.
Spring 2003
Characterization of the translocation of Campylobacter jejuni across polarized cellsCAPT Marshall Monteville, Executive Officer at NAMRU-South East Asia, Singapore
Gary FlomM.S.
Spring 2004
Identification and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni two-component regulatory systemsMicrobiology Technical Specialist at PeaceHealth Laboratories, Eugene, Oregon
Alison LaneM.S.
Spring 2007
Campylobacter jejuni motility is regulated by co-culture with epithelial cells
Dr. Preeti Malik-KalePh.D.
Spring 2007
Investigation of the mechanism that Campylobacter jejuni uses to survive within mammalian cellsSenior Contract Manager at Denali Therapeutics, San Francisco, California
Becky C. FlanaganM.S.
Spring 2009
Characterization of Campylobacter jejuni secreted proteins
Sophia A. PachecoM.S.
Spring 2010
Investigation of CiaB: A substrate of the Campylobacter jejuni type III secretion systemOregon Health & Science University
Dr. Charlie LarsonPh.D.
Spring 2010
Investigation of the Campylobacter jejuni CadF protein as an agent for reducing Campylobacter carriage in chickensMicrobiologist, Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH, Hamilton, Montana
Dr. Jason Neal-McKinneyPh.D.
Spring 2011
Use of Lactobacillus as a delivery agent
for the Campylobacter jejuni CadF protein to reduce Campylobacter carriage in chickens
Research Microbiologist, Seattle, Washington, United States
Dr. Derrick SamuelsonPh.D.
Spring 2013
Identification and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni secreted proteins Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Dr. Tyson EuckerPh.D.
Spring 2014
Campylobacter jejuni invasion of epithelial cells is dependent upon focal complex components and Rac1 activationPoultry BacT Project Leader
Kansas City, CEVA SANTE ANIMALE, Kansas City, KS
Dr. Nicholas NegrettiPh.D.
Spring 2010
Investigation of Campylobacter jejuni gene expression in response to host-like conditionsPostdoc at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Courtney KlappenbachM.S.
Spring 2021
Campylobacter jejuni modulates the composition and function of focal adhesionsTechnician, Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University, Pullman, WA