Erin Goley, PhD
AKA: Boss
Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry
Hometown: North Kingstown, RI
BA, Hood College, 1998; PhD, UC-Berkeley, 2006; Postdoc, Stanford University
Research interests: Bacterial growth, division, organization, signaling, and diversity!
Bacterial patronus: Rhodomicrobium vannielii
Fave Bmore venues: KoCo, the water taxis, WC Harlan
Twitter: @goleylab
egoley1@jhmi.edu
Pubmed
Google Scholar
JCB Profile of Erin
Current Biology Q&A with Erin
Erin's Living Histories contribution
Erika Smith
BCMB Graduate Student
Hometown: Salem, NH
BA, Colby College, 2018
Research interests: Transcriptional regulation, stress response, protein degradation
Bacterial patronus: Leuconostoc mesenteries, because pickles
Fave Bmore venues: NCR Trail in Cockeysville
Twitter: @esmit191
esmit191@jhmi.edu
Wanda Figueroa-Cuilan, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Hometown: Arroyo, Puerto Rico (via Columbia, MO)
BA, University of Puerto Rico, 2012; PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2019 (PI, Pam Brown)
Research interests: Regulation of bacterial cell shape, metabolism, cell wall synthesis during elongation & division, antibiotic resistance, stress responses
Bacterial patronus: Deinococcus radiodurans
Fave Bmore venues: Power Plant (Hard Rock/Barnes and Noble, Inner Harbor)
Twitter: @W_Melz
wfiguer2@jhmi.edu
Pubmed
Google Scholar
Isaac Payne
BCMB Graduate Student
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
BS, University of Michigan, 2020
Research interests: Protein biochemistry, cell division, antibiotic resistance, peptidoglycan synthesis during cell division
Bacterial patronus: Wolbachia
Fave Bmore venues: Fells Point, Ministry of Brewing, KoCo Food Truck
Twitter: @isaacppayne
ipayne2@jhmi.edu
Trung Nguyen
BCMB Graduate Student
Hometown: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
BS, New Mexico State University, 2019
Research interests: bacterial growth, cell division cycle and adaptation inside host cells; tolerance and persistence; stress response; protein biochemistry
Bacterial patronus: Propionibacterium acnes
Fave Bmore venues: Pho Bac, Inner Harbor
tnguy231@jhmi.edu
Dezmond Cole
BCMB Graduate Student
Hometown: Orlando, FL
BS, University of Montevallo, 2019
Research interests: Bacterial genetics, actin-based motility, antibiotic resistance, protein biochemistry, intracellular polarity, cell division mechanisms
Bacterial patronus: Yersinia pestis
Fave Bmore venues: The Manor, Fells Point (in general), Sacré Sucré
Twitter: @DezmondCole
dcole22@jhmi.edu
Former members
Jordan Barrows, PhD
BCMB Graduate Student 2017-2023
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow with Keren Lasker, Scripps Institute
Barbara Talavera, BCMB Rotation Student, 2023
Piyusha Mongia, BC Rotation Student, 2022
Ashley Anderson, Undergraduate student researcher, 2021-2022
Piyusha Mongia, BC Rotation Student, 2022
Ashley Anderson, Undergraduate student researcher, 2021-2022
Chris Mahone, PhD
AKA: Chriscentus
BC Graduate Student 2016-2022
Current Position: Senior Associate with the Milken Institute
Allison Daitch, PhD
AKA: Allobacter
BCMB Graduate Student 2016-2022
Current Position: Postdoc at the Applied Physics Lab
Marissa Feeley, BCMB Rotation student, 2022
Joshua Garcia-Colon, BCMB Rotation student, 2021
Jennifer Viveiros, BCMB Rotation student, 2019
Joshua Garcia-Colon, BCMB Rotation student, 2021
Jennifer Viveiros, BCMB Rotation student, 2019
PJ Lariviere, PhD
AKA: PjlA
BCMB Graduate Student 2013-2019
Current Position: Postdoc with Nancy Moran and Jeff Barrick, UT-Austin
Selam Woldemeskel, PhD
AKA: Swarms
BC Graduate Student 2013-2019
Current Position: Manager, Insights, BlueRock Therapeutics
Alyshia Scholl, BCMB Rotation student, 2019
Chad Hicks, BCMB Rotation student, 2018-9
Marie Stoltzfus, BCMB Rotation student, 2018
Brandon King, SARE Scholar, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 2018
Olivia Robinson, Summer High School Researcher, 2018
Chad Hicks, BCMB Rotation student, 2018-9
Marie Stoltzfus, BCMB Rotation student, 2018
Brandon King, SARE Scholar, Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, 2018
Olivia Robinson, Summer High School Researcher, 2018
Kousik Sundararajan, PhD
AKA: DapK
BCMB Graduate Student 2012-2018
Current Position: Scientist at Twist Bioscience
Claudia Carcamo, BCMB rotation student, 2018
Billy Mills, BC rotation student, 2018
Grace Ayole, SARE Scholar, Seed School of Maryland, 2017
Billy Mills, BC rotation student, 2018
Grace Ayole, SARE Scholar, Seed School of Maryland, 2017
Anant Bhargava, undergraduate researcher, 2016-2017, JHU class of 2018
Liz Meier, PhD
AKA: LzlC
BCMB Graduate Student 2011-2017
Current position: Organism Engineer at Gingko Bioworks
Josh McCausland, BCMB Rotation Student, 2017
Amit Mehrotra, Undergraduate Summer Researcher, University of Buffalo-SUNY, 2016
James Valderamma, Undergraduate Researcher, JHU, 2015-2016
Samantha Casimir, Undergraduate Summer Researcher, Rutgers University, 2015
Brianna Ramirez, Undergraduate Summer Researcher, U Texas-El Paso, 2014
Josh Kassner, Undergraduate Researcher, JHU, 2013-2014
Eric Schiffhauer, BCMB Rotation Student, 2014
Eric Schiffhauer, BCMB Rotation Student, 2014
Alex Hessel, Research technician, 2011-2013
Maddie Sansbury, High School Summer Researcher, South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics, 2013
Cailyn Mather, Undergraduate Summer Researcher, Rhode Island College, 2013
Zach Margulies, Undergraduate Summer Researcher, U Maryland Baltimore County, 2013
Zhuwei Xu, BCMB Rotation Student, 2013
Phil Cox, BCMB Rotation Student, 2012
Lydia Hellwig, Undergraduate Researcher, JHU, 2011-2012
Phil Cox, BCMB Rotation Student, 2012
Lydia Hellwig, Undergraduate Researcher, JHU, 2011-2012