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Personnel of the Christner Research Group

Principal Investigator: Brent C. Christner
Associate Professor and Preeminent Scholar

xner@ufl.edu
Office: (352) 392-1179
Lab: (352) 392-6883
Curriculum Vitae

B.S., Molecular Biology, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, 1992.
M.S., Microbiology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, 1996.
Ph.D., Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2002.




Graduate Student Researcher: Christina Davis

Lab: (352) 392-6883

B.S., Microbiology and Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 2014
Ph.D. candidate, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 




Graduate Student Researcher: Adrian Barry Sosa

Lab: (352) 392-6883

B.S., Biology and Geology, University of Granada, 2015 and 2016
Ph.D. candidate, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL





Graduate Student Researcher: Adam Ellington
Co-advised with Chris Reisch

Lab: (352) 392-5924

B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 2017
Ph.D. student, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL







Graduate Student Researcher:
Quincy Faber
2019 Water Institute Graduate Fellow

Lab: (352) 392-6883

B.S., Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2019
Ph.D. student, Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 





Rotating Graduate Student: Justin Ellena

Lab: (352) 392-6883

B.S. and B.M., Microbiology and Music, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2021
 

 


 

Undergraduate Student Researchers


Mason Atkinson (2020-)
Arianna Insenga (2021-)
Natasha Klayman (2021-)
Tyler Schult (2021-)


 

CRG alumni


Postdoctoral Researchers:
Pierre Amato (2007-08)
Markus Dieser (2010-13)
Bidyut Mohapatra (2013-14)

Research Assistants:
Patricia Arbour-Reily (2011-15)
Jennifer Farrar (2014-15)
Heather Lavender (2013-16)
Amanda Sapp (2016-18)

Graduate Student Researchers:
Amanda Achberger (Ph.D., 2010-16)
Erik Broemsen (M.S., 2009-13)
Noelle Bryan (Ph.D., 2010-17)
Rongman Cai (M.Ap.Stat., 2006-07)
Shawn Doyle (Ph.D., 2009-15)
Rachel Joyce (Ph.D., 2014-20)
Peter Kibler (M.S., 2016-18)
Rachel Moore (Ph.D., 2016-20)

Undergraduate Student Researchers:
Amanda Achberger (2008-10)
William Peyton Adkins (2009-13)
John Allison (2010)
Sydney Arms (2019-20)
Chelsey Bomar (2017-20)
Noelle Bryan (2009-10)
Victoria (Tori) Cassady (2019)
Shawn Doyle (2007-09)
Madison Drum (2018-20)
Justin Ellena (2019-21)
Jennifer Farrar (2013-14)
Kelia Fuentes (2018)
Aubrey Gilliland (2012-14)
Peyton Graham (2014)
Grace Hunt (2014-15)
Sahiti Kilaru (2010-12)
Lindsey Kuchenbecker (2018-21)
Joseph McNeely (2019-20)
Charles Moll (2017)
Michelle Nguyen (2007-10)
Erin Oliver (2012-15)
Abigail Ownes (2017)
James Ramsden (2018-21)
Karla Reyes (2018)
Amanda Sapp (2016-18) 
Min So (2009)
Charles Taggart (2008)
Christina Tran (2011)
Matthew Williams (2013)

Visiting Researchers:
Runa Antony (2012 SCAR Fellow)
Kohei Suematsu (2009, 2014, & 2015)