Kristopher Kieft
Current Position: Computational Scientist at Moderna Genomics
Ph.D, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program (2017-2022)
Research – Kris joined the lab in 2017 and was the first graduate student in the laboratory. During his PhD, Kris explored ecological and biogeochemical services of phages in nature and the human gut. He also led the development of several bioinformatic methods to expand the set of tools available for investigating phages including VIBRANT, vRhyme, and Propagate. Kris graduated in May 2022.

Jacob Hotvedt
Current Position: Microbiology PhD Student at UW-Madison in the Sperandio Lab
M.S. Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2020-2022)
B.S., Microbiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison