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I have a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Alberta and a PhD in Virology from the University of Glasgow. I did my PhD with Richard Elliott, on Bunyamwera virus. My post-doctoral training was with Peter Palese at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and centered on influenza A virus transmission. My current research focuses on mechanisms of influenza A virus evolution, with an emphasis on reassortment and collective interactions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1554917677707-D1S6PS0378AGL7BTKSUD/IMG_3039.jpg Team - Shamika Danzy Bedoya RESEARCH SPECIALIST, SENIOR Shamika is our lab manager and an excellent bench scientist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/fc37079a-a29a-4259-8e5b-9640e007e4ef/IMG_2269.jpg Team - Camden Bair ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST Camden received his PhD from University of New Mexico under the mentorship of Dr. Adriana Kajon. In collaboration with Dr. Graeme Conn (Emory Dept of Biochemistry), Camden is working on the molecular determinants of OAS1 and OAS3 activation by dsRNA and viral evasion of the OAS/RNaseL pathway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1602445872522-XEZMN3E193TECDFOXTEH/DV.jpg Team - Dave VanInsberghe INSTRUCTOR Dave received his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the mentorship of Martin Polz and worked as a post-doc in both the Lowen and Koelle labs, focusing on viral evolution. He brings an invaluable computational skill set to the group and shares this expertise through mentorship of team members in bioinformatics and quantitative analyses and through the development of novel computational tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/d5c2f9b0-8c0c-4622-aed2-c4b61691ca2e/IMG_2271.jpg Team - Lucas Ferreri INSTRUCTOR Lucas received his PhD from Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires under the mentorship of Dr. Ariel Pereda. He then moved to University of Georgia to work with Dr. Daniel Perez. He is working on the role of spatial structure in shaping influenza virus evolution within and between hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/cb34b93f-cd94-4fdc-8bd7-68290fd3b9df/IMG_2275.jpg Team - Nahara Vargas Maldonado PHD STUDENT Nahara is a PhD student in the Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis graduate program. She is working with collaborators in the MITIGATE Flu program to elucidate modes of influenza virus transmission and evaluate the extent to which viral diversity is transferred between hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/5d28d0e9-8f81-43c1-9457-827e350c3310/IMG_2282.jpg Team - Vedhika Raghunathan PHD STUDENT Vedhika is a student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate program. Her project investigates how within-host viral population dynamics shape selection of influenza A viruses in pre-immune hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/6293f4aa-2b07-4533-a826-7f5a8f0d6cd3/IMG-0623.jpg Team - Megan Martinez PHD STUDENT Megan is a student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate program. Their project investigates the interplay between cellular co-infection and mutational fitness effects in influenza A virus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/6c436404-da6c-456e-b97d-8a334f6a31c8/IMG_2288.jpg Team - Christina Leyson ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST Christina received her PhD from the University of Georgia under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Jackwood and then trained at USDA with Dr. Mary Pantin-Jackwood, studying influenza A viruses in poultry hosts. Her project in the Lowen Lab focused on the efficiency of within-host selection in the context of pre-existing immunity to IAV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1a1e5faa-cb57-4472-8dd8-e95eff366db2/IMG_20230817_112254509.jpg Team - Lucia Ortiz Batsche POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Lucia received her PhD from the University of Georgia under the mentorship of Dr. Daniel Perez, working on avian influenza. Her project in the Lowen lab uses barcoded viruses to monitor viral spatio-temporal dynamics within hosts, asking how these dynamics vary with host species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/16c88adc-9e66-4a37-8ab8-778dabecabb7/IMG_3378.jpg Team - Grace Quirk POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Grace received her PhD from the University of Arizona, working with Drs. Michael Worobey and Deepta Bhattacharya. Here at Emory, Grace is a member of both the Lowen and Lakdawala labs. She is working to advance influenza pandemic risk assessment, with reassortment, vaccines and H5N1 viral tropism as focus areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/e617f282-834f-46cc-afe5-2eefc4d0fb2e/Schmidt_Madaline_MMG+%281%29.jpg Team - Madaline Schmidt PHD STUDENT Madaline is a student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate program. Her research investigates the differences across host species of influenza A virus population dynamics within the host. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/900751c9-b5d5-48ba-8458-14d452d4118d/Headshot.jpg Team - Matthew Gaddy RESEARCH SPECIALIST, LEAD Matt contributes to multiple projects, helping to advance understanding of influenza A virus transmission, reassortment and spatial structure within hosts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/deb9e8a5-085d-45a9-9032-6291103e7f47/DSC_7850.jpg Team - Flavio Cargnin Faccin POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Flavio received his DVM from the Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil and his PhD from the University of Georgia, under the advisement of Dr. Daniel Perez. His work in the Lowen Lab focuses on the forces shaping the evolution of panzootic highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/bc8d0f2c-29e7-45cd-9b0a-379b587c2056/lowen_lab_photo.jpg Team - Mireille Farjo Mireille earned her PhD from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, under the advisement of Dr. Christopher Brooke. Her work in the Lowen Lab seeks to link viral dynamics at the single cell level to those at the within and between host levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/9b412fe7-65f6-47f7-8776-14827cb63d95/AnnaSims.jpg Team - Anna Sims Anna completed her PhD training at the University of Glasgow, under the mentorship of Dr. Edward Hutchinson. Her research in the Lowen lab focuses on infectious viral expulsions from influenza virus infected humans, seeking to define the population dynamic processes that accompany expulsion and define the potential for virus-virus interactions during the transmission event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1625943128662-LAFJJXWWGV2IPDCOIGWE/ms+2+copy.jpg Team - Meher Sethi PHD STUDENT Meher graduated from the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate program in 2025. Meher’s project focused on the implications of viral coinfection and genome segmentation for evolutionary dynamics of mammalian orthoreovirus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/cc6316b3-c9f4-4ce4-8f4e-bfea7cdb936c/IMG_8298.jpg Team - Kate Holmes PHD STUDENT Kate graduated from the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics graduate program in 2025. Madison. Kate’s research focused on the spatial dynamics of viral genetic diversity, including though transmission to a new host. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/b088b96e-b5b5-47e3-878a-26a4241c2822/IMG_2290.jpg Team - Ketaki Ganti POST-DOC and ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST Ketaki was recruited to Stony Brook University as an Assistant Professor in 2024. While in the Lowen lab, Ketaki examined influenza virus reassortment dynamics in distinct host species and advanced mechanistic understanding of virion-independent spread of infection between cells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/9120481d-a8ce-4c91-bece-70224d00fb18/IMG_2285.jpg Team - Kayle Patatanian RESEARCH SPECIALIST, LEAD As a research specialist, Kayle contributed to multiple projects, helping to advance understanding of influenza A virus transmission in humans and spatial structure within hosts. He moved to a new position at Kansas State University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/2085191e-64ed-4442-b0de-54cb42f3d1a2/IMG_2279.jpg Team - Gabrielle Delima PHD STUDENT Gaby graduated from the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics program in Fall of 2022. Gaby’s project focused on virus-virus interactions playing out during cellular coinfection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1575428015383-9IFA1IPL0H5YMH8BW4CS/IMG_3627.jpg Team - Jessica Shartouny PHD STUDENT Jessica graduated from the Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis graduate program in Spring of 2022. She investigated the molecular determinants that underly influenza A virus reliance on multiple infection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/a49e8380-caec-4c79-9e70-486a8cd1f9b6/IMG_2274.jpg Team - Chung-Young Lee POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Young joined the faculty of Kyungpook National University, South Korea, in 2022. While in the Lowen Lab, Young worked on the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and worked to evaluate the potential for influenza A viruses to escape broadly neutralizing antibodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1625940718346-KD8FZRWT13AGDTQVMJ7L/IMG_9706.jpg Team - Lisa Bono POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER Lisa was recruited to Texas Tech University as an Assistant Professor in 2021. While in the Lowen Lab, Lisa investigated the features of viral dynamics that modulate the potency of selection. This work was in collaboration with Dr. Katia Koelle (Emory Dept of Biology). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1554917802405-IHE96CPRE42SL3CNL4PJ/Meg.jpg Team - Meg Hockman PHD STUDENT Meg graduated from the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics program in the fall of 2021. Her thesis focused on reassortment of mammalian orthoreovirus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5722d4d02eeb8180abb8955c/1554911047725-FPTF0O37RYULJYVE55LD/IMG_3038.jpg Team - Courtney Steger POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHER While in the Lowen Lab, Courtney led a project on the role of RNA packaging signals in directing outcomes of influenza A virus reassortment. 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