As Summer 2022 draws to a close and we welcome the Autumn 2022 semester, we are excited to announce a number of updates:
1. Dr. Matthew Anderson received his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure! In the tenure communication, The Ohio State university recognized the excellent services rendered by Dr. Anderson in the areas of teaching, research, and creative activities. Dr. Anderson joined OSU in 2016 and has since mentored (including current lab members) six PhD students, two postdocs, and several lab technicians and undergraduate researchers. Dr. Anderson has also been serving as the co-chair of the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) committee for the Department of Microbiology. Congratulations on the very well-deserved promotion, Matt!
2. Our lab manager extraordinaire, Anna Mackey, has joined Duke University to start her PhD! While we will sorely miss Anna and her skills and energy in the lab, we are excited for the next steps in her already stellar scientific career. We also bid farewell to our undergraduate researchers, Maria Gabriela Santos and Abigail Ali, after an extremely productive and fun summer. The lab had a farewell barbecue party at Highbanks Metro Park in Lewis Center, OH. Congratulations and good luck, everyone!
3. The lab participated in the 2022 edition of Midwest Neglected Infectious Diseases Meeting at University of Notre Dame. The graduate students (Andrew Woodruff, Emily Simonton, and Dale Lingo) presented posters at the meeting, while Dr. Anderson and Abhishek Mishra (postdoc) presented talks. We had a great time driving down to South Bend, IN, and meeting mycology and parasitology researchers from multiple institutes in the midwest!
