Lisa M. Ryno, Ph.D.

I love spending time with my family (spouse, daughter, and two dogs!), reading (favorite authors include Margaret Atwood, Lauren Groff and Ted Chiang, among many, many others), crocheting/knitting, walking and strong lattes.

Current Students

Katie Austin
Class of 2024

Understanding the influence of arabinose on the transcriptome of E. coli planktonic cells and biofilm

Justin Bader
Class of 2025

Characterizing the influence of lyxose on biofilm formation and composition

Anna Francis
Class of 2023

Understanding the influence of rhamnose on the transcriptome of E. coli planktonic cells and biofilm

Jenna Frizzell
Class of 2023

The Impact of RpoH on Biofilm Production, Its Resulting Resistance to Antibiotics, and Potential Treatments to E. coli Based Diseases

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Yeongseo (Ellie) Ko
Class of 2025

Influence of YhjH overexpression on E. coli biofilm composition

Jason Kuchtey
Class of 2024

Construction of RNAseq analysis workflow for E. coli transcriptomic data

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Allison Lupatkin
Class of 2024

Construction of whole-cell sensors for low concentration antibiotic detection

Guadalupe Marino Garcia
Class of 2026

Characterizing the influence of glucose and galactose on biofilm formation and composition

Christian Pfennig
Class of 2024

Characterizing the influence of xylose on biofilm formation and composition

Helen Sarrimanolis
Class of 2024

Characterizing the influence of ribose on biofilm formation and composition

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Ryan Taylor
Class of 2023

Assessing the influence of FliA and RpoH overexpression on antibiotic tolerance

Alumni

Charlotte Andrews ‘19

Eric Bell ‘17

Emma Brezel ‘17

Luke Buck ’21

Peter Choi ’23

Emily Curley ‘17

Dorothy DeBiasse ‘19

Aditi Gupta ‘18

Josh Holtzman ’21

Sarah Hughes ‘18

Eunice Kim ’21

Sarel Loewus Urso ‘16

Kyogo Nagashima ’24

Maddison Paladino ’21

Yasmine Ramachandra ‘19

Delia Scoville ‘16

Yuan Tian ’21

JoAnn Tinker ’20

Gabby Walsh ‘18

Erica Zheng ‘17