Personnel

Dr. Ruben Michael Ceballos

Principal Investigator

Post-Doctoral Scholars and Visiting Scientists

Dr. Mercede “Cede” Furr
Cell and Molecular Biology
Postdoctoral Scholar
(Arkansas, USA) 

Dr. Chang-Hao “Perry” Wu
Biochemistry
Postdoctoral Scholar
(Taiwan)

Dr. Chinnapong Wangnai
Visiting Scientist
King Mongkut’s University of Technology
(Thailand) 
Dr. Elizabeth Padilla Crespo
Visiting Scientist (NSF ROA)
Universidad  Interamericana Aguadilla
(Puerto Rico) 

 

 

Ing. Pablo Soraire
Visiting Scientist/Engineer (INFEWS) 
Estacion Experimental Agroindustrial
Obispo Colombres (Argentina) 

Ing. Guillermo DeBoeck
Visiting Scientist/Engineer (INFEWS) 
Estacion Experimental Agroindustrial
Obispo Colombres (Argentina) 

 

Graduate Students

Elham Bahramian (CEMB)
Neurotropic Viruses (Roseolovirus)
(Iran)

Yeasin Ahmed (CEMB)
Crenarchael Virus Ecology
(Bangladesh)

 

Visiting PhD Student Scholars

TBD
Visiting PhD Student
(Colombia)

Sonal Srivastava (BIOL)
Virus-Host Interactions
(India)

Sobroney “Ying” Heng
Neurotropic Virus Electrophysiology
(Thailand)

 

Administrative and Technical Staff

Enrique Marroquin
Field Technician
(California, USA)

TBD 
Program Coordinator

Aisha Soliman
Lab Manager/Technician
(New York, USA)

 

Post-Baccalaureate Scholars (NSF REPS Scholars)

Alexia Maceda
Post-Baccalaureate Scholar
(Minnesota, USA)

Guillermo Leyva 
Post-Baccalaureate Scholar
(Arkansas, USA)

Mareva Ford
Post-Baccalaureate Scholar
(Arkansas, USA)

 

Undergraduate Research Scholars

Kyle Hanson
Biology
(NSF REU Scholar)

Hannah Ringgold
Biology
(NSF REU Scholar)

Walker Bartels
Biology Honors
(AR EPSCoR CASE SEED)

 

Recent Graduates (MS and PhD)

Huong “Maggie” Hoang (CEMB MS)
Fish Genetics and Biogeography
(Vietnam; graduated 2019)

Nour Fatema (CEMB MS)
Enzyme Platform Systems
(Bangladesh; graduated 2021)

TBD

 

Recent Undergraduate Research Scholar Graduates

Julia Daugherty
Biology Honors
(Class of 2020)

Nicole Dominguez 
Biology Honors
(Class of 2021)

Tatiana Castillo Hernandez
Biological Engineering Honors
(NSF INFEWS; graduated 2021)

 

Stephen Fagot
Biology Honors
(Class of 2020)

Marilyn Cornell 
Biology Honors
(NSF MCB UG Intern)

Amy Eggers
Biochemistry Honors
(Magna Cum Laude 2020)

 

Safee Belbina
Biology Honors
(Magna Cum Laude 2019)

Jennie Finch
Biology Honors
(Summa Cum Laude 2020)

Arch Jones
Biology Honors
(Magna Cum Laude 2020)

 

Blakely Moore
Biochemistry Honors
(Magna Cum Laude 2020)

Ryan “Hunter” Rose
Biology Honors
(Summa Cum Laude 2019)

James Wisener
Biology Honors
(Class of 2019)

 

News

Welcome Carson Stacy…!

Aug 1, 2019

A warm welcome to Carson Stacy. Carson come to the lab as a graduate of UA to work as a post-baccalaureate lab technician/lab manager.

Congratulations to Huong “Maggie” Hoang CEMB MS Completed..!

Aug 1, 2019

Congratulations to Huong "Maggie" Hoang who completed all requirements and successfully defended her master's thesis entitled, "Genetic Relationships using Mitochondrial versus Nuclear Markers: Is The Catfish Rag1 Gene Suitable for Species Differentiation in The...

New Journal Article Published

May 18, 2019

In collaboration with colleagues at the University of Bergen in Norway, a new article has been accepted to Frontiers in Microbiology: Global Biogeographic Distribution Patterns of Thermoacidophilic Verrucomicrobia Methanotrophs Suggest Allopatric Evolution by...

Welcome Dr. Elizabeth Padilla Crespo…!

Mar 7, 2019

The Ceballos Lab welcomes Dra. Elizabeth Padilla-Crespo from La Universidad InterAmericana de Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.  Dr. Padilla is an accomplished scientist whose research focuses on microbiology and the use of microbes in biotechnology. She is visiting the...

Welcome Jorge Bueno Prieto !

Mar 7, 2019

The Ceballos Lab welcomes Mr. Jorge Bueno Prieto from Colombia, who is pursuing a PhD at La Universidad Alcala de Henares (Spain).  Dr. Ceballos serves on Jorge's PhD committee. Jorge will be visiting the lab periodically over the next two years.  Jorge also...

Congratulations Jennie Finch…!

Mar 7, 2019

Ms. Jennie Finch, an undergraduate Biology Honors student in the lab has recently been awarded the 2019-2020 Guerdon D. Nichols Scholarship from the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.  As part of the Ceballos Lab, Jennie is engaged in a research...

APPLY NOW!!! NSF REU THAILAND SUMMER 2019

Feb 13, 2019

Applications for the 2019 NSF REU International summer internship program in Thailand are now open.  Please click on the Application link on the top menu bar and fill out our "Quick App".