Carolyn Ibberson, PhDAssistant ProfessorEducation:
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 |
Shannon WestGraduate Research AssistantEducation: B.S. Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 2014
M.S. Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, 2020 Shannon is a microbiology doctoral student and certified medical laboratory scientist who is interested in advancing the field of medical microbiology laboratory diagnostics by pursuing a career as an infectious disease laboratory director, researcher, and educator. She seeks to understand how microbiome interactions impact disease progression, potentially correlating to changes in microbial physiology and antibiotic resistance expression as guides for best practice treatments. Outside of the lab, you can find Shannon spending quality time with her two children, socializing with friends, putting together a puzzle, or working on a craft/painting project. Twitter: @shannonrfulton. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonfulton/ |
Aanuoluwa AdekoyaGraduate Research AssistantEducation: 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 |
Sam VarrialeResearch TechnicianEducation: B.S. Biology, University of Arkansas, 2023
Sam previously worked in a food microbiology lab and is excited to learn more about bacterial physiology and molecular biology techniques in the Ibberson Lab. Her hobbies include hiking, camping, biking and fishing. She also enjoys playing with her 3 crazy dogs whenever she is home. |
Undergraduate Researchers
Josh CuozzoJosh is a junior majoring in biochemistry and will be graduating in the spring of 2024. Following graduation he will be pursuing a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in the Fall of 2024. 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.
Emma LandEmma is a freshman at OU, majoring in Microbiology and joined the Ibberson lab in January 2024 through the FYRE program. Currently, Emma is on the pre-med track and hopes to have a career involving infectious disease in some capacity. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with friends and trying new coffee shops.
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Kayla DavisKayla is a sophomore Microbiology major, originally from Sherman, TX. Her project focuses on understanding interactions between S. aureus and B. cenocepacia in CF lung infection. In her free time Kayla loves to bake (especially cookies)!
Anoushka SasikumarAnoushka is a freshman at OU, majoring in Microbiology and joined the Ibberson lab in January 2024 through the FYRE program. Anoushka is a Microbiology major and Japanese minor and is from Moore, OK. In her free time she enjoys reading, cooking, and music (and is currently taking a violin class).
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Lab Alumni
Cass Condray
Undergraduate Researcher (Nov 2022 - May 2023)
Cass is a senior majoring in microbiology. He is passionate about research, and his interests lie heavily in disorders impacting immune function and disease. He is very invested with the Crohn's and Colitis foundation, doing a lot of volunteer work with them. Outside of research, He enjoys spending time with his pet bearded dragon named Rick.
Lane McCoy
Undergraduate Researcher (Jan 2022-Dec 2022)
Lane graduated with a B.Sc. in Microbiology in Dec. 2023 and will be starting medical school at Washington University in St. Louis in the summer of 2024. 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!
Michelle Chetaogor Banor
NSURP Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2023-Aug 2023)
Michelle is a class of 26' undergraduate physiology major at the University of Arizona. She joined the Ibberson Lab through the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP). She plans to go to medical school and become a gastroenterologist. Her hobbies include watching crime shows, traveling, hanging out with friends, and sleeping.
Avery L. Holmes
Research Technician (Feb 2022- June 2023)
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. After ~1 1/2 years in the Ibberson lab, Avery moved back to Arkansas and accepted a position at the University of Arkansas as a Lab Scientist and Lab Manager.
Hoody A. Kargbo
Undergraduate Researcher and Research Technician (Jan 2022-June 2023)
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. Hoody completed 1 year in the lab as a research technician after graduation and is currently working to apply to medical school and working in biotech.
Bekka Ureta
Undergraduate Researcher (Jan 2022- May 2023)
Bekka graduated in May 2023 with a B.S. in Microbiology. In her free time, she likes to hike, bake, and play the piano. Bekka is currently working to gain research and clinical experience while she applies to medical school.
Hayden Koll
NSURP Summer Undergraduate Research Assistant (June 2022-Aug 2022)
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.