Standing ON Great Salt Lake

Our Team

Geoff Zahn, PhD

Dr. Geoff Zahn - Principal Investigator [CV]

If something bothers you, it's my fault.

Talia Backman, PhD

Dr. Talia Backman - Postdoctoral Research Associate

Plant-microbe interactions | Pathogens | Bioinformatics




Lab Alumni

(and last known whereabouts)

Tayler Fearn

Tayler Fearn - Neural Net community modeling

Austen Miller

Austen Miller - Spatial endophyte assembly

David Parker

David Parker - Macrophages (MD, Trinity Med)

Jacob Mora

Jacob Mora - Aquatic endophytes (MD, UofU)

Magnolia Morelli

Magnolia Morelli - Fungal genomics (USAF)

Josh Leon

Josh Leon - Mangrove metagenomes (PhD, UNC Chapel Hill)

Clayton Rawson

Clayton Rawson - Fungal databases (DO/PhD, Noorda)

Jo Hickman

Jo Hickman - Mangrove metagenomes (PhD, MIT/WHOI)

Alyssa Tidwell

Alyssa Tidwell - Post-fire soil fungi (PhD, ORNL)

Matthew Nielsen

Matthew Nielsen - Yeast genetics (DDS, UofU)

Reagan Dodge

Reagan Dodge - Soil C cycle (BioFire Defense)

Josh Zushi

Josh Zushi - Canine microbiomes (Instructure, Inc)

Joseph Jimenez

Joseph Jimenez - Hypersaline fungi (DDS, UofTexas)

Sam Smalley

Sam Smalley - Post-fire fungi (PhD, PNNL)

Bryce Brunetti

Bryce Brunetti - Hypersaline fungi (BioFire Defense)

Spencer McGee

Spencer McGee - Post-fire fungi (Intermtn Health)

Nicholas Long

Nicholas Long - Oral fungi (DDS UofIowa)

Harrison Haws

Harrison Haws - Oral fungi (DDS, UofPacific)