Graduate Student Email: miranda.mckibben@uga.edu Lab: Bensasson Lab | Miller Plant Sciences Research Research Areas: Fungal Biology Genomics & Bioinformatics Research Interests: My current research is focused on looking for pathogenic yeast species in the environment in Athens. I am looking for pathogenic yeast in wastewater, agricultural fields. and woodlands. I am also testing samples of the pathogenic strains I collect for antifungal resistance. Grants: 2023-2024, NIH T32 Genetics Training Grant, UGA, for sampling Athens for pathogenic yeast and testing for antifungal resistance 2021-2022, Ecology and Evolution Fellowship, University of Chicago, Senior thesis research on allelic variation in ash trees associated with resistance to the emerald ash borer. Education Education: Admission to PhD Program in Plant Biology Department at the University of Georgia, 2022. B.S. Biology, with Specialization in Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, 2022. B.S. Thesis Research: Allelic variation in ash trees associated with resistance to the emerald ash borer. Other Information Of note: University of Chicago Dean's List (2021-2022)
