Barrick Lab :: People

	Prof. Jeffrey E. Barrick Principal Investigator (01/2011–present) @barricklab
	Dr. Daniel Deatherage Research Associate (09/2011–present)
	Dr. Dennis Mishler Research Educator for the Freshman Research Initiative (04/2013–present) Dr. Mishler leads the "Microbe Hackers" undergraduate research lab and co-advises the UT Austin iGEM team with Professor Barrick and the LASA High School iGEM team with Professor Ellington.
	Dr. Peng Geng Postdoctoral Fellow (11/2015–present)
	Sarah Bialik Lab Manager (03/2019–present)
	Gabriel Suarez CMB/Biochem Graduate Student (12/2012–present)
	Sean Leonard CMB Graduate Student jointly advised with Nancy Moran (05/2015–present) @spleonard1 Host-microbe interactions in gut microbiota; Genetic engineering of the bee gut microbiota
	Kate Elston Microbiology Graduate Student (05/2017-present ) Broad interest in synthetic biology and insect-symbiotic bacteria relationships with goals to engineer symbiotic aphid bacteria to manipulate aphid behavior and study the aphid-symbiont relationship.
	Julie Perreau Microbiology Graduate Student jointly advised with Nancy Moran (05/2017-present) @jmaperreau
	Matthew McGuffie Microbiology Graduate Student (05/2018-present)
	Jenna McGuffey Undergraduate Researcher (05/2016-present)
	Stratton Georgoulis Undergraduate Researcher (01/2017-present)
	Frances (Grace) Stark Undergraduate Researcher (05/2017-present)
	Elizabeth Robinson Undergraduate Researcher (01/2018-present)
	Spencer Hamrick Undergraduate Researcher (08/2018-present)
	Eleanor Young Undergraduate Researcher (12/2018-present)