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Dr. Kerry Cooper, Principal Investigator

Education:

1998 - B.S. Biology, Sterling College (Sterling, KS) 

2007 - Ph.D. Pathobiology, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 

2007 - 2011 - Post-doc. Bacterial pathogenesis, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 

2011 - 2013 - Post-doc. Genomics, USDA, ARS (Albany, CA) 

Faculty Positions:

2017 - Present - Assistant Professor

• School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona

2013 - 2017 - Assistant Professor

• Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge

 

Current University of Arizona Cooper Lab Members:

Victoria Obergh, M.S., Laboratory Manager

Jennifer Mydosh, Graduate Student

Charlene Aparicio, Graduate Student

 

Jacob Robishaw, Medical student researcher

Urmi Patel, Accelerated Master's Student

Caroline Scranton, Graduate student

Jordan Gotwalt, Medical student researcher

Aaike Dergance, Undergraduate researcher

Audrey Winkle, Undergraduate researcher

Dustin Loso, Undergraduate researcher

Shai Forman, Undergraduate researcher

Holland Ryberg, Undergraduate researcher

Gennavive Bordeaux, Honors student

Former Graduate Students:

Madison Goforth, Master's Degree (May 2023)

Former University of Arizona Cooper Lab Members:

 

Cassidy Heiner, Undergraduate researcher

Lauren Salsburg, Honors student

 

Claudia Pham, Honors student

Madison Cook, Undergraduate researcher

Maya Boyle, Undergraduate researcher

Michelle Leal, Undergraduate researcher

Kailyn Rodriguez, Undergraduate researcher

Ella Randolph, Undergraduate researcher

Nikhil Nayee, Honors student

Josh Thier, Undergraduate researcher

Hazel White, Undergraduate researcher

Amy Pennington, Honors student

Natalie Krug, Undergraduate researcher

Priscilla Valenzuela, Graduate student in College of Public Health

Morgan Frank, Graduate student in College of Public Health

Courtney Sams, M.S., Senior Research Specialist

Brycen Lauer, Undergraduate researcher

Jasmine Acosta, Undergraduate researcher

Celia LaCross, Undergraduate researcher

Hugo Suarez, Undergraduate researcher

Kiley Doherty, Undergraduate researcher

Natasha George, Undergraduate researcher

Christian Sutherlin, Undergraduate researcher

Francisco Duarte, Undergraduate researcher

Nemanja Bogunovic, Undergraduate researcher

Monit Shukla, Undergraduate researcher

Trevor Ross, Undergraduate researcher

Andrew Aguilera, Undergraduate researcher

Jackie Johnson, Undergraduate researcher

 

Former CSUN Graduate Students:

Andrew Oliver, M.S., Ph.D. (Doctorate from UC - Irvine)

Tabitha Bayangos, M.S.

Aaron Alexander

Cristina Alcaraz, M.S.

Timothy Simon

 

Former CSUN Undergraduate Students:

Kenneth Rocha

Bryan Sanchez

Astrid Noguera

Estefani Luna

Kadir Galindo

Nicolas Lopez

Sonia Tholberg

Alyssa Zuniga

Steven Oviedo

Ohannes Guerbidjian

Adan Rodriguez

ThuHong Nguyen

Irina Sirota

Carlo Santoso

Nayeary Sutlian

Araksya Pogosian

Amy Ho

Mahfam Golshan

Amy Kedgulpiyapanich

Dominique Zatarain

Etinosa Nosa-Ehigie

Simrat Kalsi

Vahagn Militosyan

Sabine Jafri

Salpi Kasparian

Julianny Catuy

Porscha Parker

Sally Asgharzadeh

Helen Chi

Rasheed Chowdhury