Zakee L. Sabree
Associate Professor, Evolution Ecology and Organismal Biology, sabree.8@osu.edu
Faculty Director, Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
publications
Kayla Cross
PhD Candidate, cross.582@osu.edu
Kayla joined the Sabree Lab in 2021 and is pursuing her PhD in Microbiology. She is researching how (a) diet alters the gut microbiome composition, diversity, and metabolic capability (2) the innate immune system regulates the gut bacterial community and (3) the gut microbiome contributes to host growth and development.
Kyle Buffin
PhD Candidate, buffin.2@osu.edu
Kyle joined the Sabree Lab in 2022 and is a PhD student in the Microbiology program at OSU. He is researching the relationship between host-associated microbiomes and immune system evolution. Specific topics of interest include innate immune gene evolution in arthropods, arthropod microbiome diversity and function, and host factors influencing microbiome assembly
Sophia Stokes
Undergraduate Student, stokes.323@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Layla Ramsey
Lab Technician and Undergraduate Student, ramsey.577@buckeyemail.osu.edu
Jaden Lopez
Lab Manager and Undergraduate Student, lopez.742@buckeyemail.osu.edu
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Postdoctoral Scientists
Arturo Vera Ponce de Leon, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Researcher, Norwegian University of Life Sciences‬
Paul A. Ayayee, Ph.D. – Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Graduate Students
Mathias Schneider
Sharyu Deshmukh, student research assistant
Ilaria Laterza, Ph.D, visiting scholar
Ian Brackett, M.S., M.P.A.
Benjamin C. Jahnes, Ph.D. – Research Associate, Ohio State University
Alejandro Otero-Bravo, Ph.D. – Research Associate, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Laura J. Kenyon, M.S. –Â Stony Brook University School of Medicine
Undergraduate Researchers
Esther Okamoto, visiting undergraduate researcher (SROP)
Salvia Zafar, B.S.
Lang Guo, B.S.
Victoria Ramsey, B.S. – master’s degree student, Ohio State University
Mady Herrmann, B.S.
Jon Foltz, B.S.
Sofia Nicholas, B.S.
Sema Osman, B.S.