People
Professor
Depart. of Molecular Biosciences
Joseph J. & Jeanne M. Lagowski Regents
Professorship in Molecular Bioscience
We apply experimental, comparative and computational approaches to investigate the factors contributing to the evolution of bacterial genomes and microbial communities.
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Molecular Biosciences
Hassan is interested in how new genes arise de novo in bacteria. Specifically, he's investigating how previously non-coding elements transition into being "proto-genes", and what role viruses may have in explaining bacterial gene origin.
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last known position
| Name | Postion | Place |
|---|---|---|
| JAMIE ALFIERI | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Department of Biology | University of Iowa |
| FRANK AYLWARD | link Undergraduate Researcher |
Associate Professor, Deptment Biological Sciences [Ph.D. 2013, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison] |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) |
| ULFAR BERGTHORSSON | link (Ph.D., 1997) |
Researcher, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology | Uppsala University, Sweden |
| LOUIS-MARIE BOBAY | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Associate Professor, Department of Biology | North Carolina State University |
| MARTA COBO SIMÓN | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor, Departamento Universitario. Bioquímica |
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| ALEJANDRO CARO-QUINTERO | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor, Departamento de Biología | National University of Colombia UNAL (Bogotá), Colombia |
| COLIN DALE | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department of Biology | University of Utah |
| VINCENT DAUBIN | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Directeur de Recherche, Laboratoire Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive | Université Claude Bernard - Lyon, France |
| LILIANA DÁVALOS | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution | State University of New York, Stony Brook |
| PATRICK DEGNAN | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology | University of California, Riverside |
| SUSANNAH ELWYN | in memoriam (M.S., 2000) |
Research Specialist, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine | University of Pennsylvania |
| MARIA PILAR FRANCINO | link (Ph.D., 1999) |
Genomics and Health Department Head | CSISP-Center for Public Health Research, Valencia Spain |
| KIRAN GURUNG | link Postdoctoral Associate |
. | India |
| RICK HUDSON | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Senior Professional Lecturer, College of Science and Health | DePaul University |
| YOGESHWAR KELKAR | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Senior Director of Computational Biology, DOCTA | Eli Lilly and Company |
| PAUL KIRCHBERGER | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics | Oklakoma State University, Stillwater |
| DAN KRANE | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences | Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio |
| CHIH-HORNG KUO | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Research Fellow/Professor, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology | Academia Sinica, Taipei City, Taiwan |
| EMMANUELLE LERAT | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Directeur de Recherche, Laboratoire Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive | Université Claude Bernard - Lyon, France |
| RENYI LIU | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Center for Agroforestry Mega Data Science | Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China |
| PRADEEP MARRI | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Associate Director, Trait Testing | Pairwise |
| ZACHARY MARTINEZ | link Technician |
Postdoctoral Associate, Biology and Biological Engineering
[Ph.D. 2026, Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology] |
California Institute of Technology |
| ALEJANDRO (ALEX) MIRA | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Investigador senior | Fundación FISABIO, Valencia, Spain |
| ANDREW MOELLER | link (Ph.D., 2015) |
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Princeton University |
| HEMA NARRA | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor (Research), Department of Pathology | University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston |
| ALEX NISHIDA | link (Ph.D., 2021) |
Bioinformatics Scientist | Tempus Labs, Inc., Austin TX |
| ANGELA O'DONNELL | link Technician |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Molecular Biosciences [Ph.D. 2026, Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin] |
University of Texas at Austin |
| MARK VAN PASSEL | link Postdoctoral Associate |
SeniorResearcher | Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Netherlands |
| DANIEL (DAN) PHILLIPS | link Undergraduater Researcher |
Graduate Student, Molecular and Cell Biology (Johann Peter Gogarten's lab) |
University of Connecticut |
| ERIK QUANDT | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Scientist III | Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| RAHUL RAGHAVAN | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| KASIE RAYMANN | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology | North Carolina State University |
| STEPHEN RICH | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department of Microbiology | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| SCOTT SANTOS | in memoriam Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences In Memoriam: A Force of Good in the Exploration of Ecology and Evolution |
SUNY University at Buffalo |
| MARIAN SCHMIDT | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology | Cornell University |
| ASHIMA SHARMA | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Staff Scientist, R&D | Natera |
| MEGHAN SHILTS | link Technician |
Senior Research Specialist, Department of Infectious Disease - Medicine (Adult) | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee |
| CHRISTOPHER SMILLIE | link Undergraduate Researcher |
Assistant Professor of Medicine Principal Investigator, Center for Computational & Integrative Biology [Ph.D. 2015, Computational & Systems Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology] |
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital |
| JOHN STAVRINIDES | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Professor, Department Head, Biology Department | University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| CHARLES TRAVERSE | link (Ph.D., 2018) |
Staff Data Scientist | OP Labs |
| DAVID WILLIAMS | link Postdoctoral Associate |
Postdoctoral Associate, Wellcome Trust and Centre for Genomic Research | University of Liverpool |
The University of Texas at Austin | Molecular Biosciences