Carolyn Ibberson, PhD

Assistant Professor 

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Education:
B.S. Biology, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2010
Ph.D. Microbiology, University of Iowa, 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whiteley Lab, University of Texas, 2015-2017
Postdoctoral Fellow, Whiteley Lab, Georgia Tech, 2017-2021 

Research Areas:
Microbiology, Infectious Disease, Genomics, Bacterial Physiology

Hobbies:
Hiking; Following Wisconsin Sports; Traveling; Raising 2 kids and a pup 

Avery Holmes

Laboratory Research Technician

Avery graduated in May 2021 with a B.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Oklahoma. She likes to draw,  screenprint from my DIY home studio, and go to art museums whenever she visits a new city. She loves cats, spending time outdoors, and learning new and interesting things. She also loves learning about film history/analyzing movies and got her minor in film. She likes to travel and New York City has been her favorite place to visit so far.

Aanuoluwa Adekoya

Graduate Research Assistant

Education: B.S. Microbiology, University of Lagos, 2018

Aanuoluwa is a Microbiology Ph.D. student who developed an interest in understanding the mechanisms employed by Staphylococcus aureus  to cause diseases and persist in human infection due to the prevalence of the antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacterium in her home country, Nigeria. When she is not ‘PhDing’, she is probably at the gym trying to stay fit or at somewhere learning how to sing like a nightingale. ​

Twitter: @Aanuoluwaduro

Hoody A. Kargbo

Laboratory Research Technician

Hoody was born in Sierra Leone and graduated in 2022 from the University of Oklahoma with a B.S in Microbiology (Pre-med) with a minor in Psychology. He enjoys working in the lab primarily because since I was an early teenager he has been curious to understand how disease causing organisms infiltrate and take over the immune system to successfully cause a disease; therefore in this venture of trying to understand them better, the diseases they cause can also be easily terminated.​

Undergraduate Researchers

Bekka Ureta

Bekka is a Microbiology major, and she plans to go on to medical school after graduating from OU. In her free time, she likes to hike, bake, and play the piano.​

Lane McCoy

Lane is a Microbiology major on the premed track. In the future, he plans on becoming an orthopaedic surgeon, specializing in arthroplasties & ankle repair. A fun hobby is fencing -- he plays whenever he gets the chance!

Josh Cuozzo

Josh is a freshman majoring in biochemistry. He plans to begin a career of lifelong research, and drug discovery specifically piques his interest. Along with research, he enjoys playing cello with the OU Symphony Orchestra and performing for friends and family.

Summer Students

Hayden G. Koll

NSURP Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hayden is an undergraduate at the University of Nebraska-Omaha who joined us for a summer research internship through NSURP. Hayden is currently studying molecular biology with a minor in bioinformatics. He has a great interest in what living organisms can achieve in the subject, stemming from a childhood love of mythical creatures and unique solutions. He likes to spend his free time with his daughter and dogs or working on at home experiments.