Ronald “Drew” Etheridge | Principle Investigator ronald.etheridge@uga.edu Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Assistant Professor of Cellular Biology & Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases Menna Etheridge | Lab Manager menna.etheridge@uga.edu B.S., Biology, University of Georgia Manager of the daily operations of the lab Justin Wiedeman | Postdoctoral Researcher jwied@uga.edu B.S., Biology, Clearwater Christian College Ph.D., Cellular Biology, University of Georgia Graduate research studied kinase signaling pathways in Trypanosoma brucei Ruby Harrison | Postdoctoral Researcher ruby.harrison25@uga.edu B.S. in Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2012 Ph.D. in Entomology, University of Georgia NIH T32 postdoctoral fellow 2021-2023, UGA CTEGD Postdoctoral research in the Etheridge lab is focused on the molecular interactions of Trypanosoma cruzi and its triatomine insect vector Rhodnius prolixus Gonzalo Seminario | PhD Candidate g.seminariom@uga.edu B.S. in Biology, University of Tsukuba M.S. in Medical Clinical Sciences, University of Tsukuba Ganesh Malli Mohan | Research Scientist ganeshbmm@uga.edu B.S. in Biochemistry, Sourashtra College affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University M.S. in Biochemistry, Sourashtra College affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University Ph.D. in Microbiology, Madurai Kamaraj University Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Planetary Protection Engineer II (Staff Scientist), California Institute of Technology, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Assistant Professor, SASTRA Deemed to be University Lab Alumni Brent Jenkins | CURO Research Assistant 2017 Grant Butscheck | CURO Research Assistant 2017 Matthew Martinez | CURO Research Assistant 2018 Omar Salas | Master's Degree Summer 2019 Kevin Davis | CURO Research Assistant 2021 Edwin Pierre-Louis | PhD Spring 2022 Ahmed Shetewi | Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022 Tori Blaisdell | Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022 Ben Whisnant | Laboratory Technician 2022 Nathan Chasen | Postdoctoral Researcher 2023
