Petra Levin, PhD

Petra Levin, PhD

Primary Investigator, Professor of Biology

Victoria Afe

Victoria Afe

EnTER Program Student

A Washington University undergraduate, Victoria is working on acid stress response mechanisms in the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Yoselyn Banuelos

Yoselyn Banuelos

EnTER Program Student

Sarah Beagle, PhD

Sarah Beagle, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Sarah is exploring the relationship between environmental pH and antibiotic sensitivity in E. coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Adrienne Brauer

Adrienne Brauer

Graduate Student

Adrienne is working on the mechanisms driving cytoplasmic condensation in response to sudden nutrient starvation.

Jessie Bullock

Jessie Bullock

Graduate Student

Jessie is investigated the mechanisms governing assembly and activation of the bacterial division machinery.

Edward Hao

Edward Hao

Washington University Undergraduate Student

Edward is determining the minimal carbon and energy requirements for endospore formation in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis

Vibert Putra

Vibert Putra

Graduate Student

Vibert’s work focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying the relationship between nutrient availability, growth rate, cell size, and cell cycle progression.

Kyra Raines

Kyra Raines

Graduate Student

Kyra’s research focuses on the mechanisms underlying pH-dependent changes in antibiotic susceptibility.

Keira Rall

Keira Rall

Washington University Undergraduate Student

Ryan Valdez

Ryan Valdez

Graduate Student

Ryan is using CRISPR interference technology and classical genetics to dissect the contribution of lipopolysaccharide to gram-negative bacterial growth and physiology.