{"id":28,"date":"2019-04-29T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T17:37:07","slug":"students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/students\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Students"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Vorse, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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The College of Wooster, B.S. in Biology, 2019<\/p>\n

UNE, M.S. in Marine Science, 2022<\/p>\n

Jessica was a M.S. student in Marine Science and co-advised by Dr. Kristin Burkholder (School of Biological Sciences) and Dr. Carrie Byron (School of Marine and Environmental Programs).\u00a0 Jess’s research focused on post-harvest conditions that impact microbiological safety of edible seaweed.\u00a0 Her work was truly interdisciplinary and allowed her to engage in microbiology bench work while also interacting with \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 collaborators in the Maine seaweed industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Collen Moody<\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2022<\/p>\n

Colleen studied the effect of post-harvest conditions on microbiological safety of edible seaweed.\u00a0 Her findings will inform food safety practices used by Maine’s growing seafood industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Justin Dixson<\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2022<\/p>\n

Justin studied whether microplastics can serve as vectors for pathogen transport into marine organisms used for human food consumption.\u00a0 He also played hockey for UNE.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Afnan Saleem Yahya<\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology with minors in Public Health and Health, Wellness, and Society, 2022<\/p>\n

Afnan’s project examined the potential for novel compounds to increase Staphylococcal susceptibility to antibiotics. Her work will provide insight to one novel approach to multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Katharina Roese, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2021<\/p>\n

UNE, M.S. in Biology, 2022<\/p>\n

Kati was a 4+1 M.S. student in Biology and studied the impact of novel compounds on Staphylococcal biofilm formation and antibiotic susceptibility. Her work will aid in our understanding of mechanisms by which we may impair bacterial biofilm development and enhance efficacy of existing antimicrobials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lyle Massoia, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2022<\/p>\n

UNE, M.S. in Biology, 2024<\/p>\n

Lyle was a 4+2 M.S. student in Biology and studied whether microplastics can serve as vectors for pathogen transport into marine organisms used for human food consumption. Her work will shed light on the potential food safety impact of ocean microplastics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lauren Cooper, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology with a minor in Public Health, 2023<\/p>\n

Lauren\u2019s project examined the potential for novel hybrid compounds to increase Staphylococcal susceptibility to antibiotics and assisted with Kati\u2019s project.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Ashley Kand, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology (Pre-Dental, 3+4), with a minor in Chemistry, 2022<\/p>\n

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Justin Trueira, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, with minors in Public Health and Health, Wellness, and Society, 2023<\/p>\n

Justin assisted with our seaweed food safety projects, which examine the impact of post-harvest storage conditions and processing methods with microbial safety of seaweed.<\/p>\n

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Carly Stringer, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2023<\/p>\n

Carly assisted with our seaweed food safety projects, which examine the impact of post-harvest storage conditions and processing methods with microbial safety of seaweed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sarah Swanick, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, with a minor in Nutrition, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Anjana Govindaraj, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology (3+4 COM track), with a minor in Health, Medicine, and Society, 2024<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Amber-Rae Pesek<\/h3>\t\t

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Alya Theriault, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2024<\/p>\n

UNE, M.S. in Biology, 2025<\/p>\n

Because Staphylococcus aureus infections are a major cause of drug resistant, biofilm-associated infections, novel therapeutics are needed to treat these infections. Therefore, her project focused on the effects of antimicrobial peptides (AMP) on the antibiotic-mediated killing of staphylococcal biofilms.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Jason Kang, B.S. <\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Julia Gold<\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology (3+4 CDM track), 2027 (expected)<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Lauren Adams<\/h3>\t\t

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UNE, B.S. in Medical Biology, 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPast Students - Burkholder Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Past Students - Burkholder Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Burkholder Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-11T17:37:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/students\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.une.edu\/burkholderlab\/students\/\",\"name\":\"Past Students - 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