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 Joshua Marceau!

Feb 26, 2016

Ph.D. candidate Josh Marceau from the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Rock Mountain Laboratories and the University of Montana will deliver a presentation on the UMM campus at 1:00 pm on Friday, September 18th, 2015 in the Science...

Congratulations…Summer 2015 NSF REU Participants!

Feb 26, 2016

Eight students successfully completed an international research internship in Sarawak, Malaysia during summer 2015. Adelmut Xia Duffing-Romero (Univ of Colorado – Boulder), Kayla Duuos (Leech Lake Tribal College), Tarlynn Tone-Pah-Hote (Univ Minnnesota – Morris), Nick...

Welcome Adriana Alvarez De La Hoz!

Feb 26, 2016

Adriana Alvarez De La Hoz from Colombia has joined the Gardner Lab and will be an integral part of ongoing research through the BRC-MARES.