Lab Members
Emily Darin, B.S.
Doctoral StudentDepartment of Biology | Shikuma LabSDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Cell and Molecular BiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]
Tiffany L. Dunbar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral ScholarBiologyShikuma LabSDSU[email protected]
Morgan Farrell, M.S.
Doctoral StudentDepartment of Biology | Shikuma LabSDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Cell and Molecular BiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]
Morgan Laskowski
Master's Student, Cell and Molecular BiologyShikuma LabSDSU[email protected]
Shivani Mahesh
Undergraduate, Cell and Molecular BiologyShikuma LabSDSU
Leah Ponce
Master's Student, Cell and Molecular BiologyShikuma LabSDSU[email protected]
Josie Rivera Alfaro, M.S.
Doctoral StudentDepartment of Biology | Shikuma LabSDSU / UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Cell and Molecular BiologyCollege of SciencesSDSU[email protected]Area of Expertise
Bacterial genetics and genome editing, Gut microbiome, Host-Microbe interactions
Nicholas Shikuma, Ph.D
Cell and Molecular Biology Program Area Chair | Associate ProfessorDepartment of BiologyCollege of SciencesCell and Molecular BiologySDSU[email protected]619-594-2325Area of Expertise
Molecular Mechanisms of Bacteria, Bacteriophage, Animal Interactions
Lab Alumni
Working in the Shikuma Lab prepares trainees for a variety of careers in research, academia, biotech and beyond.
- Katherine Nesbit, Ph.D. (2024) Postdoc; Now Microbiology Scientist at Hologic Inc.
- Carl Westin, M.S. (2024) Master's Student in Cell & Molecular Biology; Now Research Scientist at Aurora Biolabs, LLC
- Amanda Alker, Ph.D. (2022) Postdoc, Doctoral student in Cell & Molecular Biology; Now a Postdoc in the Roubin/Doudna Lab at UC Berkeley and Assistant Professor at University of Rhode Island in 2025
- Kyle Malter, Ph.D. (2022) Postdoc, Doctoral student in Cell & Molecular Biology; Now a Co-founder at Metamorphotech
- Giselle Cavalcanti, Ph.D. (2020), Postdoc; now a Scientist at DNA Electronics, Inc.
- Nathalie Delherbe. Ph.D (2019), Doctoral student in Cell & Molecular Biology; Now in Kalyuzhnaya Lab at San Diego State University
- Bhumika Gode, M.S. (2021), Master's Student in Microbiology; Now in Cripps Lab at San Diego State University
- Xavier Deogaygay, M.S. (2021), Master's Student in Microbiology; Now at Codex DNA, Inc.
- Charles Ericson, M.S. (2018), Master's Student in Microbiology; Now a Ph.D. Student at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland
- Iara Rocchi, M.S. (2018), Master's Student in Microbiology; Now a Technician at Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
- Ryan Appler, Biology Major, Joined the Long Lab at San Diego State University
- Gabriella Salcedo, Cell and Molecular Biology Major, Now a Medical Scribe at ScribeAmerica
- Sama Mikhail, Microbiology Major, Joined the Sussman Lab at San Diego State University
- Jeffrey Jones, Cell and Molecular Biology Major, Started medical school at UC Irvine
- Milagros Esmerode, Cell and Molecular Biology, Started Ph.D. program at UC Santa Barbara
- Iman Shaikh, Biochemistry Major, Studied at UCLA
- Sara Ito, Biochemistry Major, Studied at USC
- Erin Ramsey, Microbiology Major, Now works at Phanes Biopharmaceuticals
- Zach Rogers, Cell and Molecular Biology, Now works as Clinical Lab Scientist at Sharp Healthcare
- Cindy Nguyen, Cell and Molecular Biology Major, Started medical school at PNWU
- Alexandra Strom, Cell and Molecular Biology Major, Started Ph.D. at Stanford University
- Katherine Shaw, Biology Major, Earned M.S. in Philosophy at Franciscan University
- Angelica Sanabria, Biology Major, Now Works as Technician at Inhibrx, Inc.