Jackson Lab Personnel
Dr. Colin R. Jackson, Professor of Biology
Email: cjackson @ olemiss.edu
Microbial ecology, community bioinformatics, environmental microbiology, microbial diversity, and microbiome studies of everything....really, everything!
Email: cjackson @ olemiss.edu
Microbial ecology, community bioinformatics, environmental microbiology, microbial diversity, and microbiome studies of everything....really, everything!
Stephanie Vaughn, Ph.D. student
Email: snvaughn @ go.olemiss.edu
Stephanie is working on various projects related to the microbiome of aquatic invertebrates
Email: snvaughn @ go.olemiss.edu
Stephanie is working on various projects related to the microbiome of aquatic invertebrates
Larissa Kemajou-Tchamba, Ph.D. student
Email: akemajou @ go.olemiss.edu
Larissa is working on our AIMS project looking at patterns in microbial enzyme activity in intermittent streams.
Email: akemajou @ go.olemiss.edu
Larissa is working on our AIMS project looking at patterns in microbial enzyme activity in intermittent streams.
Akacia Halliday-Isaac, Ph.D. student
Email: akhallid @ go.olemiss.edu
Akacia is working on her Ph.D. jointly between the Jackson lab and the lab of Dr. Peter Zee. Projects in the Jackson lab are examining the microbiome of aquatic invertebrates in the context of apicomplexans in those organisms.
Email: akhallid @ go.olemiss.edu
Akacia is working on her Ph.D. jointly between the Jackson lab and the lab of Dr. Peter Zee. Projects in the Jackson lab are examining the microbiome of aquatic invertebrates in the context of apicomplexans in those organisms.
Jordan Heiman, Ph.D. student
Email: jaheiman @ go.olemiss.edu
Jordan is interested in spatial patterns in microbial community structure in aquatic environments.
Email: jaheiman @ go.olemiss.edu
Jordan is interested in spatial patterns in microbial community structure in aquatic environments.
Jackie Pavlovsky, M.S. student
Email: jpavlovs @ go.olemiss.edu
Jackie just started in our M.S. program and is planning to conduct research looking at patterns in bacterial communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Email: jpavlovs @ go.olemiss.edu
Jackie just started in our M.S. program and is planning to conduct research looking at patterns in bacterial communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Former Graduate Students and Researchers
Marlène Chiarello (Post-doctoral research associate, 2019-2021)
Eric Weingarten (Graduate student, Ph.D. 2021) - Post-doctoral Research Microbiologist (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Lauren Lawson (Graduate student, M.S. 2021) - Instructor (Hinds Community College)
Mark McCauley (Post-doctoral research associate, 2019-2021) - Post-doctoral Research Associate (University of Florida)
Laura Martin-Torrijos (Visiting post-doctoral researcher, 2019) - Researcher, Spanish National Research Council (Spain)
Sarah Nobles (Graduate student, M.S. 2019) - ORISE Fellow in Genomic Sequencing (CDC)
Bram Stone (Graduate student, Ph.D. 2018) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Megan Overlander (Graduate student, M.S. 2015) - Biological Lab Technician (USDA-ARS)
Jennifer Bell (Graduate student, M.S. 2015) - Ph.D. Program (University of Saskatchewan)
Heather Tyler (Post-doctoral research associate, 2012-2014) - Research Microbiologist (USDA-ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit)
Justin Millar (Graduate student, M.S. 2013) - Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Oxford, UK)
Anthony Rietl (Graduate student, M.S. 2010) - Senior Environmental Scientist (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Kurt Smart (Graduate student, M.S. 2008) - Instructor (Feather RIver College)
Eric Weingarten (Graduate student, Ph.D. 2021) - Post-doctoral Research Microbiologist (US Army Corps of Engineers)
Lauren Lawson (Graduate student, M.S. 2021) - Instructor (Hinds Community College)
Mark McCauley (Post-doctoral research associate, 2019-2021) - Post-doctoral Research Associate (University of Florida)
Laura Martin-Torrijos (Visiting post-doctoral researcher, 2019) - Researcher, Spanish National Research Council (Spain)
Sarah Nobles (Graduate student, M.S. 2019) - ORISE Fellow in Genomic Sequencing (CDC)
Bram Stone (Graduate student, Ph.D. 2018) - Postdoctoral Research Associate (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Megan Overlander (Graduate student, M.S. 2015) - Biological Lab Technician (USDA-ARS)
Jennifer Bell (Graduate student, M.S. 2015) - Ph.D. Program (University of Saskatchewan)
Heather Tyler (Post-doctoral research associate, 2012-2014) - Research Microbiologist (USDA-ARS Crop Production Systems Research Unit)
Justin Millar (Graduate student, M.S. 2013) - Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Oxford, UK)
Anthony Rietl (Graduate student, M.S. 2010) - Senior Environmental Scientist (California Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Kurt Smart (Graduate student, M.S. 2008) - Instructor (Feather RIver College)