Resume

• 2008

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Dissertation Title: Activation and Response of the Arthropod Jak-STAT Pathway to Sindbis Virus Replication

  Microbiology

  Indiana University Bloomington

• 2004

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Biology

  Indiana University Bloomington

• Drosophila progeny screening

  Laboratory Instruction

  Molecular Biology

  Virology

  Drosophila husbandry

  Western Blotting

  Cell Biology

  qPCR

  C. elegans husbandry

  Fluorescence Microscopy

  Genetics

  Eukaryotic cell culture

  An Antiviral Role for Antimicrobial Peptides during the Arthropod Response to Alphavirus Replication

  Richard W. Hardy

  Vasanthi Avadhanula

  Zhijing Huang

  [co-first author]

  An Antiviral Role for Antimicrobial Peptides during the Arthropod Response to Alphavirus Replication

  Shane Rea

  Yidong Bai

  Rebecca Lane

  Oxana Radetskaya

  Haley Beam

  Alex Bokov

  Lokendra Sharma

  Maruf Khan

  Robert J Mishur

  Aging Cell

  Mitochondrial metabolites extend lifespan

  Richard W Hardy

  Making connections in insect innate immunity

  Shane Rea

  Xiaoli Gao

  Michael Luckow

  Hailey Beam

  Adwitiya Kar

  PloS One

  CLD1 Reverses the Ubiquinone Insufficiency of Mutant cat5/coq7 in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Model System.

  Shane Rea

  Chris Link

  Alfred Fisher

  Alex Bokov

  Jae Park

  Rebecca Lane

  Maruf Khan

  DLK-1

  SEK-3 and PMK-3 Are Required for the Life Extension Induced by Mitochondrial Bioenergetic Disruption in C. elegans.

  Richard W. Hardy

  Zhijing Huang

  Insect Antiviral Innate Immunity: Pathways

  Effectors

  and Connections

  Megan

  Borror

  Indiana University Bloomington

  Our Lady of the Lake University

  University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

  San Antonio

  Texas Area

  SABER-IRACDA Postdoctoral Teaching and Research Scholar

  University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

  San Antonio

  TX

  Postdoctoral Fellow

  University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UTHSCSA)

  Bloomington

  Indiana

  My research focused on interactions between alphaviruses and the mosquito vectors that transmit them. While the viruses cause disease in mammals

  the mosquitoes do not show significant signs of pathogenesis (aside from the salivary glands and midgut) and maintain a persistent infection which is crucial to the transmission of the virus. I am interested in how interactions between the mosquito innate immune system and the virus allow the infection to develop persistence. Drosophila serve as a model arthropod system and microarray

  qPCR

  and microscopy among other techniques

  are employed to investigate this system. I have also been an Associate Instructor for genetics laboratory

  molecular biology lecture

  and introductory biology laboratory.

  PhD Candidate

  Microbiology

  Indiana University Bloomington

  Bloomington

  Indiana

  L319 Genetics Laboratory: Taught students laboratory procedures for genetics experiments in S. cerevisiae

  E. coli

  D. melanogaster

  and C. elegans. Instructed students and provided feedback on data analysis and scientific writing of laboratory reports. Provided one-on-one supplementary instruction during office hours. \n\nL211 Molecular Biology: Designed and guest taught lectures and planned appropriate assessments. Provided one-on-one supplementary instruction during office hours.\n\nL113 Introductory Laboratory: Taught students laboratory procedures spanning a large range of fields in biology. Led discussions on the theory and background of experiments. Designed assessments. Provided instruction and feedback on scientific writing of laboratory reports

  Graduate Associate Instructor

  Indiana University

  Department of Biology

  San Antonio

  Texas Area

  Assistant Professor

  Our Lady of the Lake University

  American Society for Microbiology

  National Postdoctoral Association

  Genetics Society of America

  American Society for Virology

  Indiana University

  Putnam Fellowship

  Indiana University