Presentations
Dr. Cooper's External Presentations Last 7 years (Reverse Chronological):
Oral presentation - "Watching what you eat: Biosurveillance of foodborne pathogens", Arizona Biosecurity Conference, October 2022.
Oral presentation - "Characterizing the microbiome of fruits and vegetables to address food safety issues", USDA, ARS, WRRC Seminar Series, May 2022.
Oral presentation - "Survivability and evolution of bacterial foodborne pathogens in different agricultural environments", University of Arizona One Health Symposium, May 2022.
Oral presentation - "AG water treatment webinar", Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Research Symposium Webinar Series, August 2021. Link to webinar: https://www.centerforproducesafety.org/webinars.php
Oral presentation - "Illuminating the role of whole genome sequencing in produce safety", Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Research Symposium Webinar Series Session IV, July 2021. Link to webinar: https://www.centerforproducesafety.org/webinars.php
Oral presentation - "Illuminating the role of whole genome sequencing in produce safety", Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Research Symposium Webinar Series Session IV, July 2020. Link to webinar: https://www.centerforproducesafety.org/annual_research_symposium.php
Oral presentation - "Comparative genomics of Campylobacter jejuni producing different diarrheal pathotypes", Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO) Meeting, Belfast, Northern Ireland, September 2019.
Poster presentation - "Characterization of tree fruit bacterial communities during harvest", International Food Protection Association (IAFP) Annual Meeting, Louisville, KY, July 2019.
Link to poster.
Poster presentation - "Characterization of tree fruit bacterial communities during harvest", Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics Meeting, Lake Arrowhead, CA, September 2018.
Link to poster
Oral presentation - "Role of whole genome sequencing in foodborne outbreaks", YUM! Produce Industry Meeting, Monterey, CA, July 2018.
Oral presentation - "Role of whole genome sequencing in food safety", Taco Bell Annual Supplier Meeting, Irvine, CA, April 2018.
Pogreba Brown, K. M., Verhougstraete, M., Cooper, K. K., Mclain, J. E., Pogreba Brown, K. M., Verhougstraete, M., Cooper, K. K., & Mclain, J. E. (2019, November). Breaking down scientific silos: using One Health to address the World’s wicked problems. TENWEST Impact Festival. Tucson, Arizona.
Cooper, K. K., Pinzon, J., Cooper, M. A., Skots, M., Suslow, T. V., Flores, G. E., & Mackelprang, R. (2018, July). Characterization of Tree Fruit Bacterial Communities during Harvest. USDA NIFA "Improving Food Safety" Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT: United State Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Student Presentations (Reverse Chronological Order):
2026
Undergraduate researcher Samantha Miranda presented her research as part of the University of Arizona Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
Cooper laboratory students presented at the 2026 IAFP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA:
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Jared Smith presenting his scientific poster at 2026 IAFP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
4th year Doctorate student Caroline Scranton presenting her scientific poster at 2026 IAFP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
1st year Doctorate student Dominic Rodriguez presenting his scientific poster at 2026 IAFP Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA.
4th year Doctorate student Caroline Scranton presenting her scientific poster at 2026 ASM Microbe in Washington, D.C.
Undergraduate Researcher Ella Van Wiel (left) presented her scientific poster at 2026 ASM Branch Meeting in Tuba City, AZ.
4th year Doctorate student Caroline Scranton presented her scientific poster at 2026 ASM Branch Meetingin Tuba City, AZ (not pictured).
Cooper laboratory students Caroline Scranton (4th year Doctorate) and Dominic Rodriguez (1st year Doctorate student) presented their scientific posters at the University of Arizona Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE) Research Showcase in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
Cooper laboratory students Caroline Scranton (4th year Doctorate), Dominic Rodriguez (1st year Doctorate student), and Emily Scranton and Ella Van Wiel (undergraduate researchers) presented their scientific posters at the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences (ACBS) Poster Session in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
2024
2nd year Master’s student Dominic Rodriguez presenting his scientific poster at the 2024 AISES National Conference in San Antonio, TX.
Cooper laboratory students presented at the 2024 IAFP Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA:
5th year Doctorate student Jennifer Bosquez presenting her talk at 2024 IAFP Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA.
2nd year Master’s student Dominic Rodriguez (right) presenting his scientific poster at 2024 IAFP Annual Meeting in Long Beach, CA.
Several Cooper laboratory students presented at the 2024 University of Arizona ALVSCE Annual Research Showcase in Tucson, AZ:
2nd year Accelerated Master's student Urmi Patel presenting her scientific poster at the 2024 ALVSCE Annual Research Showcase in Tucson, AZ.
Cooper laboratory students Jennifer Bosquez (5th year Doctorate), Caroline Scranton (2nd year Doctorate), and Dominic Rodriguez (2nd year Master’s student) presented their scientific posters at the University of Arizona Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension (ALVSCE) Research Showcase in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
2023
4th year Doctorate student Jennifer Bosquez (left) presented her scientific poster at 2023 IAFP Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada.
2nd year Accelerated Master's student Urmi Patel presenting her scientific poster at the 2023 UA Food Safety Consortium in Tucson, AZ.
Cooper laboratory students Jennifer Bosquez (4th year Doctorate), Dustin Loso (undergraduate researcher), and Victoria Obergh (research technician) presented their scientific posters at the 2023 University of Arizona Food Safety Consortium in Tucson, AZ (not pictured).
2022
3rd year Doctorate student Jennifer Mydosh presenting her scientific poster at 2022 IAFP Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Accelerated master's student Madison Goforth presenting her scientific poster at 2022 IAFP Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, PA.
Lauren Salsburg's Poster Presentation at the 2022 Honors College Symposium
Several Cooper laboratory students presented at the 2021 University of Arizona Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference:
Madison Goforth - Watch her video poster presentation
Cassidy Heiner - Watch her video poster presentation
Jennifer Mydosh- Watch her video presentation
Jacob Robishaw-Denton, U of A Undergraduate researcher, Food Safety Consortium Virtual Meeting Poster, 2020
Tabitha Bayangos, CSUN graduate student presents a poster at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Kadir Galindo, CSUN student gives a talk at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Bryan Sanchez, CSUN student presents a poster at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Ohannes Guerbidjian, CSUN student presents a poster at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Kadir Galindo, CSUN student presents poster at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Nicolas Lopez, CSUN student presents poster at ASM Microbe 2017 (New Orleans).
Andrew Oliver, CSUN graduate student presented a poster at ASM Microbe 2016 (Boston).