Ariane L. Peralta, PhD
Principal Investigator. Retired rocker. Donut provider. Lab morale is very important around here! Work hard and play hard!
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Dejah Smith, BS
MS Biology Student. Dejah leads the comparative genomics of bacterial isolates to examine nutrient effects on soil bacterial traits. Dejah conducts research on microbiome exchange between humans and non-human primates.
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Colin Finlay, MS
PhD Student and NSF NRT Scholar. Colin examines how land use change, salinization, and natural hazards interact to affect microbial community structure and function in wetland and agricultural soils.
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Kelsey Coates, BS
PhD Student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow. Kelsey has a love of wetlands and is developing dissertation research on climate change effects on wetland plant and microbial communities.
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Daphka Joseph, BS
MS Biology Student. Daphka recently joined the lab and is learning all things wetland microbiomes before choosing a MS thesis project adventure.
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Scott Siebor, BS
MS Biology Student. Scott examines fertilization effects on microbial processes and wetland carbon storage. Scott also leads analysis of soil bacterial isolates.
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Michael Sioson, BS
MS Biology Student. Michael recently joined the lab and is interested in the role that plants and microbes play in wetland restoration contexts.
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Tom Vogel, MS
PhD Candidate, Coastal Resources Mgmt. Tom examines environmental effects on public health using spatial and socio-environmental modeling (advisors: Randall Etheridge, Jacob Hochard, AP)
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Sophia DeBruhl
Biology Major. Undergraduate Researcher. Sophia is learning microbial molecular methods to study environmental microbiomes.
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Toby Gallegos, BS
Biology Major. Current Post-Bacc Technician. Former Undergraduate Researcher. Toby works on microbial molecular methods and wetland microbiome analyses to examine plant-microbe associations.
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Neil Garza Hernandez
Biology Major. Undergraduate Researcher. Neil is learning microbial molecular methods to study environmental microbiomes.
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Lauren Gray
Biology Major at Fayetteville State University. GSK Undergraduate Researcher, Summer Immersion Program. Lauren works on microbial ecology of coastal wetlands with emphasis on culturing new bacteria and examining metabolic potential.
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Glory Kidimbu, BS
Biology Major. MS Biology Student. Former Undergraduate Researcher. Glory works on teaching-research integration to examine climate change effects on plant-microbe associations.
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BURT
Founding Peralta Lab Member (2009-2022). Former Canine Executive Officer | Happiness Manager |Treat and Nap Consultant.
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BRINKS
Canine Snacks Officer | Nap Consultant-in-Training
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Lab Alumni
Brian Hinckley, MS Biology, ECU, 2018, Co-advised by Randall Etheridge; Research Technician (2021-2023)
Daniya Stephens, MS Biology, ECU, 2022 (Current: Novartis)
Aied Garcia Sanchez, MS Biology, ECU, 2022 (Current: Microbiology Teaching Lab Manger, East Carolina University)
Regina B. Bledsoe, PhD IDPBS, ECU, 2020 (Current: NewLeaf Symbiotics)
Trey Mason, Graduate Research Assistant, 2018-19
Casey Eakins, Technician/Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2014-2018
Deborah Lichti, PhD IDPBS, ECU, 2018, Co-advised by David Kimmel (Current: University of Michigan)
Alexandra 'Alex' Stucy, MS Biology, ECU, 2017 (Current: New Jersey Public Schools)
Luise Armstrong, MS Biology, ECU, 2017, Co-advised by Marcelo Ardón
Joshua Thigpen, MS Biology, ECU, 2015, Co-advised by Carol Goodwillie (Current: Lab Technician at Environment 1, Inc.)
Yanmei Sun, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2015-2016, (Current: Faculty at Northwest University, Xi’an, China)
Undergraduate Students
Kai Davis, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2024), BS Biology
Tete Narh-Mensah, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-2024), BS Biology
Allison Walker, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021 NSURP), Post-bacc researcher, North Carolina State University
Celina McKoy, GSK Summer Research Intern, Winston-Salem State University (2023)
Surinder Gill, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019-2023), BS Biology
Ivan Martinez-Santoyo, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022), BS Biology
Ana Ramirez, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022), BS Biology
Virginia Acosta Rosas, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2022), BS Biology
Shajany Davis, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022), BS Biology
Charlotte Messmer, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022), BS Biology
Joe Whittington, Undergraduate Research Assistant and Lab Tech, (2019-2021), BS Biology
De'Monnie Williams, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2021), BS Biology
Alexia Griffin, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-2020), BS Biology and Public Health
Ivanellis Rodriguez-Torres, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Fechi Inyama, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), Harvard University
Guadalupe Bernal, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Megan Koceja, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-19), BS Biology
Emma Richards, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019), BS Biology
Allison Fisk, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-19), BS Biology
Diego Carreño, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-18), BS Biology
Samuel Austin, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-18), BS Biology
Michael Dozier, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Co-mentored by Chris Balakrishnan (2017-18), BS Biology & Biochemistry
Corey Forbes, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-17), BS Biochemistry
David Morlock, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017), BS Biology
Morgan Beamon, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biochemistry
Jonathan LeCrone, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biology/Chemistry
J. Spencer Wilkinson, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-16), BS Biology
Katherine Dorronsoro, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biology
Sheridan Iroegbu, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014), BS Biology
Rene Vanek, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014), BS Environment Health Sciences
Brian Hinckley, MS Biology, ECU, 2018, Co-advised by Randall Etheridge; Research Technician (2021-2023)
Daniya Stephens, MS Biology, ECU, 2022 (Current: Novartis)
Aied Garcia Sanchez, MS Biology, ECU, 2022 (Current: Microbiology Teaching Lab Manger, East Carolina University)
Regina B. Bledsoe, PhD IDPBS, ECU, 2020 (Current: NewLeaf Symbiotics)
Trey Mason, Graduate Research Assistant, 2018-19
Casey Eakins, Technician/Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2014-2018
Deborah Lichti, PhD IDPBS, ECU, 2018, Co-advised by David Kimmel (Current: University of Michigan)
Alexandra 'Alex' Stucy, MS Biology, ECU, 2017 (Current: New Jersey Public Schools)
Luise Armstrong, MS Biology, ECU, 2017, Co-advised by Marcelo Ardón
Joshua Thigpen, MS Biology, ECU, 2015, Co-advised by Carol Goodwillie (Current: Lab Technician at Environment 1, Inc.)
Yanmei Sun, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2015-2016, (Current: Faculty at Northwest University, Xi’an, China)
Undergraduate Students
Kai Davis, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022-2024), BS Biology
Tete Narh-Mensah, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023-2024), BS Biology
Allison Walker, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021 NSURP), Post-bacc researcher, North Carolina State University
Celina McKoy, GSK Summer Research Intern, Winston-Salem State University (2023)
Surinder Gill, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019-2023), BS Biology
Ivan Martinez-Santoyo, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022), BS Biology
Ana Ramirez, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022), BS Biology
Virginia Acosta Rosas, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2022), BS Biology
Shajany Davis, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2021-2022), BS Biology
Charlotte Messmer, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022), BS Biology
Joe Whittington, Undergraduate Research Assistant and Lab Tech, (2019-2021), BS Biology
De'Monnie Williams, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020-2021), BS Biology
Alexia Griffin, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-2020), BS Biology and Public Health
Ivanellis Rodriguez-Torres, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), University of Puerto Rico at Cayey
Fechi Inyama, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), Harvard University
Guadalupe Bernal, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2020 NSURP), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Megan Koceja, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-19), BS Biology
Emma Richards, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2019), BS Biology
Allison Fisk, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2018-19), BS Biology
Diego Carreño, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-18), BS Biology
Samuel Austin, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017-18), BS Biology
Michael Dozier, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Co-mentored by Chris Balakrishnan (2017-18), BS Biology & Biochemistry
Corey Forbes, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2016-17), BS Biochemistry
David Morlock, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2017), BS Biology
Morgan Beamon, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biochemistry
Jonathan LeCrone, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biology/Chemistry
J. Spencer Wilkinson, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014-16), BS Biology
Katherine Dorronsoro, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2015-16), BS Biology
Sheridan Iroegbu, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014), BS Biology
Rene Vanek, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2014), BS Environment Health Sciences