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Zackular Laboratory Team
Key to our team's success is a lab culture rooted in a passion for science, a variety of ideas, and an inclusive environment in which all are welcome.
We not only recruit a diverse group of team members, but we actively support diversity on a day-to-day basis by encouraging open communication and idea sharing.
Leader
Joseph P. Zackular, PhD
Co-Director, Center for Microbial Medicine
Dr. Zackular studies how interactions between the host, gut microbiota, and pathogens shape health and disease. His lab focuses on Clostridioides difficile, an urgent public health threat, investigating pathogenesis and immune responses. These insights drive the development of vaccines and microbiome-based therapies. Dr. Zackular is Co-Director of the Center for Microbial Medicine.
Arwa Abbas, PhD
Former Postdoctoral Fellow
Now independent scientific artist
Mauricio Alvarez
Former Research Technician
Now MDTP student, University of Colorado
Jessica Hart
Former Research Technician
Now PhD student, University of Chicago
Paula Rangel
Former Research Technician
Now medical student, University of California, Davis
Alexander Smith
Former CAMB-MVP graduate student
Now Senior Scientist - Bacteriology at AstraZeneca