Current Lab Members
Erin K. Lipp, PhD
My research interests include microbial ecology and environmental microbiology and its interface with both public and ecosystem health. I have worked on issues ranging from water and sanitation to climate change to coral disease ecology. Currently, my lab is focused on understanding population dynamics of Vibrio in the context of its response to episodic events in tropical waters. We are also working on unraveling mechanisms of coral disease, especially among the threatened coral Acropora palmata in the Caribbean. Closer to home in Athens, we are also working on water quality impacts in rural and urban streams and investigating the role of landscape in the persistence and transmission of enteric pathogens.
My research interests include microbial ecology and environmental microbiology and its interface with both public and ecosystem health. I have worked on issues ranging from water and sanitation to climate change to coral disease ecology. Currently, my lab is focused on understanding population dynamics of Vibrio in the context of its response to episodic events in tropical waters. We are also working on unraveling mechanisms of coral disease, especially among the threatened coral Acropora palmata in the Caribbean. Closer to home in Athens, we are also working on water quality impacts in rural and urban streams and investigating the role of landscape in the persistence and transmission of enteric pathogens.
Post-Docs
Jason R. Westrich
westrich@uga.edu
PhD, Ecology (2015)
Research: Mechanisms of iron acquisition, response and use among Vibrio; dust deposition effects on microbial communities in tropical waters; Vibrio population dynamics
westrich@uga.edu
PhD, Ecology (2015)
Research: Mechanisms of iron acquisition, response and use among Vibrio; dust deposition effects on microbial communities in tropical waters; Vibrio population dynamics
Graduate Students
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Martinique Edwards
martinique.edwards@uga.edu MS/BS, Environmental Health Science/Ecology Research: Stream water quality; stream ecology; urban ecology |
Maite Ghazaleh
maiteghazaleh@uga.edu
PhD student, Environmental Health Science
Research: Coral disease and microbiome; microbial ecology
UGA Presidential Fellow
NSF GRFP Fellow
maiteghazaleh@uga.edu
PhD student, Environmental Health Science
Research: Coral disease and microbiome; microbial ecology
UGA Presidential Fellow
NSF GRFP Fellow
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Megan Robertson
mrober@uga.edu PhD student, Environmental Health Science Research: Water quality; antimicrobial resistance |
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R. Scott Rozier
rsrozier@uga.edu PhD student, Environmental Health Science Research: Water quality and ecology of enteric bacterial pathogens in freshwater streams. Focusing on ecology of Salmonella in natural landscapes. |
Current Undergraduates
Abby Darling. BS. Biological Science. UGA
Jacob Davis. BS. Environmental Health Science. UGA
Martinique Edwards. BS. Ecology. UGA (2016 and 2017 CURO fellow)
Lily Francis, BS.MPH, Environmental Health Science, UGA
Roland Seim, BS.Environmental Health Science and Microbiology, UGA (CURO Fellow 2017 and 2018)
Lipp Lab Grad Alums
2017
Keri M Kemp, PhD, Ecology
Keri Ann Lydon, PhD, Environmental Health Science
Ade Oladeinde, PhD, Environmental Health Science
Keri M Kemp, PhD, Ecology
Keri Ann Lydon, PhD, Environmental Health Science
Ade Oladeinde, PhD, Environmental Health Science
2015
Jason R. Westrich, PhD, Ecology
Jason R. Westrich, PhD, Ecology
2012
Mary Katherine Crews, MS, Environmental Health Science
Monica Griffith, MS, Environmental Health Science
Mary Katherine Crews, MS, Environmental Health Science
Monica Griffith, MS, Environmental Health Science
2010
Jeffrey W. Turner, PhD, Ecology
J. Carrie Futch Whitworth, PhD, Ecology
Ethell Vereen, Jr., PhD Ecology
Jeffrey W. Turner, PhD, Ecology
J. Carrie Futch Whitworth, PhD, Ecology
Ethell Vereen, Jr., PhD Ecology
2009
Leena Malayil, MS, Toxicology
Gordon Martin, MS, Environmental Health Science
Beth Mote, Environmental Health Science
Leena Malayil, MS, Toxicology
Gordon Martin, MS, Environmental Health Science
Beth Mote, Environmental Health Science
2008
Erin E. Looney, MS, Environmental Health Science
Jennifer Gentry Shields, MS, Environmental Health Science
Erin E. Looney, MS, Environmental Health Science
Jennifer Gentry Shields, MS, Environmental Health Science
2005
Tiffiani Onifade, MS, Environmental Health Science
Ethell Vereen, Jr., MS, Environmental Health Science
Tiffiani Onifade, MS, Environmental Health Science
Ethell Vereen, Jr., MS, Environmental Health Science
Lipp Lab Undergrad Alums
Jacob Goodman, BS, Environmental Health Science, UGA
Kyler Herrington. B.S. Microbiology. UGA
Kylie Isaack. BS, Ecology, UGA (2016 CURO fellow)
Harris Jamal, BS Environmental Health Science (2017 CURO Fellow)
Andre Jove, BS, Environmental Health Science
Kelsey Montgomery, BS, Ecology (REU)
Amy Wong, BS, Environmental Health Science, UGA
Kyler Herrington. B.S. Microbiology. UGA
Kylie Isaack. BS, Ecology, UGA (2016 CURO fellow)
Harris Jamal, BS Environmental Health Science (2017 CURO Fellow)
Andre Jove, BS, Environmental Health Science
Kelsey Montgomery, BS, Ecology (REU)
Amy Wong, BS, Environmental Health Science, UGA