University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: July 2025

Alumni Spotlight – John Kane

Name: John Kane Job Title and Current Employer:  Ph.D. Candidate, University of Notre Dame Home Town: Shavertown, PA Current Location: South Bend, IN Short Description of your time in the Bacteriology MS Program: As a research-track master’s student in Dr. Joe Dillard’s lab, I investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying the type IV secretion system in Neisseria …

Alumni Spotlight – Mallory Spencer

Name: Mallory Spencer Job Title and Current Employer: Researcher I in the Drummond-Barbosa Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Town: Glouster, OH Current Location: Madison, WI Short Description of your time in the Bacteriology MS Program: I studied natural product synthesis in the lab of Prof. Michael Thomas as part of the Great Lakes …

Alumni Spotlight – Alex Chang

Name: Alex Chang Job Title and Current Employer: Researcher at Dr. Marina Sharifi’s Lab in the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) Home Town: Austin, TX Current Location: Madison, WI Short Description of your time in the Bacteriology MS Program: I pursued the research track as a research assistant in the joint lab of Drs. Tim …

Alumni Spotlight – Dominique Smith

Name: Dominique Smith Job Title and Current Employer: Biophysics PhD Student at UW – Madison Home Town: Oak Creek, WI Current Location: Madison, WI Short Description of your time in the Bacteriology MS Program: My 2022-24 Bacteriology M.S. was a deep dive into molecular genetics and microbial physiology in Dr. Briana Burton’s lab. Conducting an …