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Lab Members Fall 2012

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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, FrancescaDepartment 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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Wine Microbial Terroir Work Profiled In Wines and Vines Article May 20, 2013
Mills lab alumni Daniel Garrido honored with award Apr 10, 2013
AJEV paper wins 2013 Best Enology Paper award Apr 09, 2013
Daniel Garrido begins faculty position at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Mar 24, 2013
Nick Bokulich's Nature Methods paper profiled Dec 05, 2012
Join the American Gut project!! Nov 21, 2012
Beer and Wine Microbiome Papers profiled Nov 13, 2012
Dan Garrido's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics paper profiled Aug 20, 2012
Milk glycan work profiled in CDRF newsletter Aug 02, 2012
Dr. Mills & Foods for Health Inst. group garner RISE grant Aug 02, 2012
Bokulich receives Dannon Fellowship Jul 09, 2012
Bokulich receives American Society Brewing Chemist award May 30, 2012
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Award May 15, 2012
Milk Bioactives Project profiled in Discovery magazine May 11, 2012
Dr. Mills interviewed by the Scientist May 09, 2012
Bokulich receives Bernie S. and Alta Schweigert Award Mar 13, 2012
NIH-NCCAM R01 Award Mar 10, 2012
Dr. Mills in Ion Torrent video on wine microbial ecology Mar 09, 2012
Dr. Mills appointed to Shields Endowed Chair Jan 25, 2012
Raybould-Mills garner NIH-NCCAM R21 award Jul 22, 2011
Garrido receives National Milk Producers Federation Scholarship Jul 20, 2011
Lactobacillus buchneri genome paper - Journal Bacteriology cover pic Jul 13, 2011
Bokulich receives ASBC scholarship Jul 08, 2011
PNAS review garners cover pic Jul 08, 2011
Dr. Mills interviewed by Wines and Vines Jul 08, 2011
Chichlowski garners 3 yr NIH postdoctoral fellowship Jul 07, 2011
LoCascio AEM paper profiled by Gasteroenterology and ASM Feb 10, 2011
UCD research discussed in Nature article on breast milk Jan 04, 2011
Dr. Mills interviewed by Parent's Magazine Dec 12, 2010
Recent PNAS paper profiled Oct 28, 2010