People
Lab Members Fall 2012

Left to Right; Saumya Wickramasinghe, Moe Ohta, Alline Pacheco, Man Ki Tsui, Nina Kirmiz, Zach Lewis, Mariya Ryazantseva, Karen Kalanetra, Sercan Karav, Daniel Garrido, David Sela, David Mills, Guy Shani, Xiaochen Yin, Xiaojin Liang. Not pictured; Nick Bokulich, Chad Masarweh, Rogelio Jimenez Espinoza
Current Lab Members
| Name | Role | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. David Mills | Professor | damills |
| Dr. Karen Kalanetra | Staff Research Associate | kmkalanetra |
| Dr. Danielle Lemay | Assistant Professional Research Scientist | dglemay |
| Dr. David Sela | Postdoctoral Researcher | dasela |
| Dr. Alline Pacheco | Postdoctoral Researcher | arpacheco |
| Dr. Steve Frese | Postdoctoral Researcher | sfrese |
| Zachery Lewis | Graduate Student - Microbiology Graduate Group | ztlewis |
| Man Tsui | Graduate Student - Food Science Graduate Group | mktsui |
| Nick Bokulich | Graduate Student - Food Science Graduate Group | nbokulich |
| Guy Shani | Graduate Student - Microbiology Graduate Group | gshani |
| Nina Kirmiz | Graduate Student - Microbiology Graduate Group | nkirmiz |
| Rogelio Jimenez Espinoza | Graduate Student - Chem Engineering Graduate Group (co-advised with David Block) | rjimeneze |
| Sercan Karav | Graduate Student - Food Science Graduate Group (co-advised with David Block and Daniela Barile) | skarav |
| Michael Swadener | Graduate Student - Viticulture & Enology Graduate Group | |
| Xiaojin Liang | Visiting Graduate Student from Northwest A&F University, Yangling, China | xjliang |
| Moe Ohta | Visiting Scholar - National Tax Agency of Japan | |
| Mariya Ryazantseva | Junior Specialist | mryazantseva |
| Chad Masarweh | Undergraduate Student | cfmasarweh |
| Morgan Lee | Undergraduate Student | morlee |
| Grant Wilson | Undergraduate Student | gcwilson |
| Kevin Amiro | Undergraduate Student | |
| Edward Tang | Undergraduate Student | ltang |
All email addresses end with @ucdavis.edu
MILLS LAB ALUMNI
Alumni - Post Doctoral Students
Wickramasinghe, Saumya. 2011-2012; Current Employment: Senior Lecturer Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
Chichlowski, Maciej. 2009-2012. Current Employment: Mead Johnson, Sacramento, CA.
Kim, Jae Han. 2005-2011. Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Food Nutrition, ChungNam University, Daejeon, Korea.
Eom, Hyun Ju. 2008-2010. Current employment: Researcher, Chungcheongbukdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Cheongwon, Korea.
Marcobal, Angela. 2006-2008. Current employment: Research Associate, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford.
Rawsthorne, Helen. 2002-2004. Current employment: Senior Research Scientist, Novozymes Biopharma UK Ltd.
Phister, Trevor 2002-2004. Current employment: Senior Research Fellow in Brewing Science, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham.
Cocolin, Luca 1998-2000. Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Exploitation and Protection of Agricultural and Forestry Resources, University of Turin, Italy.
Alumni - Graduate Students
Garrido, Daniel. 2007-2013; Current Employment: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses, School of Engineering, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. Santiago, Chile.
Bokulich, Nick. 2011. M.S. Viticulture and Enology. Current Position: Graduate Student UC Davis Food Science Graduate Group.
Sela, David. 2010. Ph.D. Microbiology. Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher UC Davis.
LoCascio, Riccardo. 2009. Ph.D. Microbiology. Current position: Business Development Manager at Evolva SA.
Arhens, Kristen. 2008. M.S. Food Science. Current position: Project Leader National Food Labs, Dublin, CA.
Sela, David. 2006. M.S. Food Science. Went on to PhD in Microbiology.
Thompson, Sean. 2006. M.S. Viticulture and Enology. Current Position, Winemaker, Schramsburg Winery.
Neeley, Zeke. 2005. M.S. Viticulture and Enology. Current position: Winemaker, Trefethen Vineyards, Napa, CA.
Allen, Greg. 2004. M.S. Food Science. Current position: Winemaker, Dolce Winery, Oakville, CA.
Kim, Jae.-Han. 2004. Ph.D. Food Science. Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Food Nutrition, ChungNam University, Daejeon, Korea.
Parry, Cameron. 2004. M.S. Viticulture and Enology. Current position: Winemaker, Chateau Montelena, Napa, CA.
Parker (Frazier), Courtney. 2003. Ph.D. Microbiology. Current position: Vice President of Food Safety and Regulatory, True Leaf Farms, Salinas, CA.
Tamir, Dafna. 2003. M.S. Food Science. Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science.
Orr, Erica. 2003. M.S. Food Science. Current position: Winemaking Consultant, Seattle WA.
Rantsiou, Kalliopi. 2002. Ph.D. Food Science. Current Position: Researcher, Agricultural Microbiology and Food Technology,University of Turin, Italy.
Johannsen, Eric. 2002. M.S. Food Science. Current Position: Winemaker, La Crema Winery, Windsor, CA.
Alumni - Visiting Researchers or Visiting Students (& positions they had when they visited)
Turroni, Francesca, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology, Evolution, University of Parma 2009.
Liu, Shuwen, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Enology, Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, Yangling, China. 2008.
Zaunmuller, Tanja, Institute for Microbiology, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Germany 2007.
Urso, Rosalinda, Department of Food Science University of Udine Italy 2005.
Rodriquez, Dr. Maria, Professor Higiene de los Alimentos, Facultad de Veterinaria, Avda. Universidad Caceres, Spain. 2004.
Marcobal, Angela, Graduate Student, Department Microbiología, Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales (CSIC), Madrid, Spain 2004.
Lahl, Katarina, Undergraduate Student, Department of Food Science, Technical University in Munich 2004.
Lopez, Isabel, Graduate Student, Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño (La Rioja) Spain. 2001.
Manzano, Dr. Maria, Associate Professor Department of Food Science University of Udine Italy. 1999.
Cocolin, Luca, Graduate Student, Department of Food Science University of Udine Italy. 1998.
Alumni - Undergraduate Researchers
Man Ki Tsui, 2008
Tam, Byron, 2006
Ngai, James, 2006
Garris, Lisa, 2005
Armstrong, Faith 2005
Danielak, Douglas 2005
Louton, Chris, 2003
Valenzuela, Tina 2001
Kelly, Kevin 2001
Alumni - Senior Staff
Adamson, Aaron, 2008-2009
Clark, Sharon 2003
Turner, Kevin 2002
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