Principal Investigators
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Jason Gill, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage therapy, phage genomics and applications |
Associate Professor Department of Animal Science | Molecular Pathogenesis and Immunology | Faculty of Genetics |
Email: jason.gill@tamu.edu |
Gill lab website |
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Carlos Gonzalez, PhD
CPT Affiliated Faculty | CPT Founding Director Phage plant applications, phage therapy |
Professor Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology |
Email: carlos.gonzalez@ag.tamu.edu |
Faculty webpage |
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Mei Liu, PhD
CPT Program Director Phage therapy, phage genomics and applications |
Program Director Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: meiliu@tamu.edu |
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Jolene Ramsey, PhD
CPT Affiliated Faculty Phage lysis systems and applications |
Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology Department of Biology |
Email: jolenerr@tamu.edu |
Ramsey Lab website |
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Ry Young, PhD
Director Emeritus | CPT Founding Director Phage lysis systems and applications |
Emeritus Professor | Regents and University Distinguished Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: ryland@tamu.edu |
Faculty webpage |
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Lanying Zeng, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage gene regulation and decision-making |
Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: lanying.zeng@ag.tamu.edu |
Zeng lab website |
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Junjie Zhang, PhD
CPT Co-Director Phage structural biology |
Associate Professor Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Email: junjie.zhang@ag.tamu.edu |
Zhang lab website |
CPT Scientists & Staff
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Justin Boeckman, PhD
Associate Research Scientist |
Email: justin.boeckman@ag.tamu.edu |
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Prasanth Manohar, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Email: prasanth.manohar@ag.tamu.edu |
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Abby Korn, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
gvalencia@tamu.edu |
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Lupita Valencia Toxqui, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate |
gvalencia@tamu.edu |
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Guichun Yao
Research Scientist |
Email: guichun.yao@ag.tamu.edu |
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Tram Le
Laboratory Manager |
Email: tram.le@ag.tamu.edu |
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Ashlee Prejean
Technician |
Email: ashlee.prejean@ag.tamu.edu |
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Curtis Ross
Galaxy Admin |
Email: curtis.ross@ag.tamu.edu |
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Joshua Wan
Technician |
Email: joshua.wan@agnet.tamu.edu |
CPT Students
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Sophia Antillon
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
sophia.antillon@tamu.edu |
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Daniel Mora
Ph.D. student, Genetics |
danielmora@tamu.edu |
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Hannah Peterson
M.Sc. student, Plant Pathology |
hannah.peterson@ag.tamu.edu |
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Zihao Yu
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zihao.yu@tamu.edu |
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Matthew Theodore
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
matttheodore@tamu.edu |
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Addison Frese
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
addizero@tamu.edu |
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Zhi Zhao
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zhizhao@tamu.edu |
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Chaohua Wu
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
chaohua_wu@tamu.edu |
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Harrison Lee
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
harrison.r.lee@tamu.edu |
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Zaina Aljayyousi
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zainaaljayyousi@tamu.edu |
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Michael Baffour Awuah
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
baffour@tamu.edu |
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Michael Debrah
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
michdebrah@tamu.edu |
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Vihashini Selvakumar
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
vihashini.selvakumar@tamu.edu |
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Zachary Hoover
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zachhoov@tamu.edu |
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Utkarsh Narsaria
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
utkarsh.narsaria@tamu.edu |
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Zach Lill
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
zachlill@tamu.edu |
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Joonyoung Shin
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
bioshin94@tamu.edu |
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Wen Xiao
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
wxiao5@tamu.edu |
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Zhongliang Xing
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
wxiao5@tamu.edu |
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Yuhang Wang
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
wang.yuhang@tamu.edu |
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Jirapat Thongchol
Ph.D. student, Biochemistry |
jirapat.tho@tamu.edu |
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Gillie Brown
Ph.D. student, Microbiology |
gilliebrown@tamu.edu |