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Shawn Brown

     Assistant Professor - University of Memphis - Biological Sciences
     Email -  spbrown2  [at] memphis [dot] edu
Phone - 901.678.3596
Office - 335 Life Sciences Building
Lab - 315 Life Sciences Building

     PhD - Kansas State University - Biology
     BS - University of Oregon - Biology

     Postdoc - University of Illinois - Plant Biology
​     Postdoc - Oregon State University - Botany and Plant Pathology

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Graduate Students

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Avery Tucker
PhD Student - University of Memphis
Email - etucker [at] memphis [dot] edu

BS - Ohio University - Plant Biology

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Avery is studying the interactions between snow algae and microbial communities found on late-season snows. He is investigating temporal dynamics and how sub-communities are impacted by physicochemistry in snows.

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Nahreen Mirza
PhD Student - University of Memphis
Email - nmirza [at] memphis [dot] edu
 
M.B.A. - Savannah State University - Master of Business Administration
M.S. - BRAC University - MS in Biotechnology
B.S. - North South University - BS in Microbiology

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Nahreen is studying the molecular interactions between biofilms and lead (Pb) exposure on plumbing pipe systems. Her research includes methods related to metabarcoding, metagenomics, and machine learning. She is interested in identifying biomarkers of lead exposure events that can be observed long after the exposure

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Alexis Gallegos
MS Student - University of Memphis
Email - gllegos2 [at] memphis [dot] edu

BS - University of Hawai'i at Manoa - Biology


Alexis is investigating the impacts of sweet potato consumption as a prebiotic that alters human gut microbial communities.  She is investigating how sweet potato consumption impacts bacteria, archaea, and functional gene diversity associated with short chain fatty acid synthesis.

Undergraduate Students

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Amerah Odeh

BS Student - University of Memphis - Biology

Amerah is working on a number of projects. She has worked on fungal communities associated with American chestnut restoration and soil communities associated with wildfire recovery. Her current project involved a species description of a novel bacteria isolated from snows in Washington State.

Brown Lab Alumni

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Maryam Shahrtash

PhD - University of Memphis - Biology
MS - Louisiana State University - Plant, Environmental & Soil Sciences
M.Sc - Shiraz University - Plant Physiology
B.Sc - Shiraz University - Plant Protection

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Maryam is interested in understanding how soil and plant-associated microbial communities pertain to ecosystem sustainability. Her research investigates Kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) associated endophytic communities to identify potential biocontrol targets, as well as ecological memory of soil-born microbes associated with legacy Kudzu infestations.
                                                         

 Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better - Albert Einstein

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