People

Joanna Goldberg, Ph.D
Professor and Principal Investigator

Morgan Pettis
Undergraduate Researcher

Recent Alumni

Postdocs:
2010-2017       John Varga, Ph.D., Virginia Tech, currently Research Scientist, Terragia Biofuel, Lebanon, NH
2013-2016       Jeffrey Meisner, Ph.D., Emory University, currently Chief Science Officer, Resilient Biotics, Durham, NC
2014-2015       Sarah Fankhauser, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, currently Associate Professor, Oxford College of Emory University
2014-2015       Josh Owings, Ph.D., University of Virginia, currently Project Manager, Leinco Technologies, Memphis, TN
2014-2016       Dominique Limoli, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, currently Associate Professor, University of Iowa
2015                  Virginia Vachon, Ph.D. Emory University, currently President, Principal Medvantage, LLC
2016-2020       Eryn Bernardy, Ph.D., Georgia Tech, currently Assistant Professor, Elon University, North Carolina
2020-2023       Rebecca Duncan, Ph.D., University of Miami, currently Research Scientist, CDC
2022-2024       Madeline Mei, Ph.D., Georgia Tech

Graduate Students:
2013-2018       Samantha Prezioso, Ph.D., MMG Program, Emory University, currently Senior Scientist, Alltrna, Cambridge, MA
2015-2020       Ashley Cross (now Ashley Ingels), Ph.D., MMG Program, Emory University, currently Senior Analyst, inThought, Tampa, FL
2019-2023       Ashley Alexander, Ph.D., PBEE Program (co-mentored by Tim Read), Emory University, currently postdoctoral fellow, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2020-2021       Morgan Schafer, M.D., MMG Program (MD/PhD), Emory University; withdrew from PhD program, currently Internal Medicine residency at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
2020-2023       Vishnu Raghuram, Ph.D., MMG Program (co-mentored by Tim Read), Emory University, currently postdoctoral fellow, Umeå University, Sweden

Undergraduate Students:
2017-2019       Anika Sinha, currently MD/PHD student, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Class of 2027
2017-2020       Zihuan (Rita) Wang, currently MD/PHD student, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
2018-2019       Linda Wu, currently: Scientific Transformation Supervisor, Sanofi, Shanghai, China
2018-2019       Emma Lou, currently MD student, Drexel University, College of Medicine, Class of 2024
2018                  Tanya Mogul, currently MD student, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, Class of 2025
2020-2021       Hui Qi Loo, currently Immunology PhD student at Washington University in St. Louis
2022-2024       Joshua Robertson
2023-2024       Jason Wu

Staff:
2015-2016      Melissa Ivey-Goldberg lab position: Senior Laboratory Research Specialist III. Current position: Quality Assurance Manager, CDC
2017-2019      Katie MacGillivray-Goldberg lab position: Research Specialist. Current position: Ph.D. student, Georgia Institute of Technology
2019-2022      Christine L. Knox-Goldberg lab position: Research Specialist. Current Position: Microbiologist, CDC