Meet the Team
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Valerie P. O'Brien, Ph.D.
Lab Director
Post Doc, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Salama Lab)
Ph.D., Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Washington University in St. Louis (Hultgren & Lewis Labs)
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Rayna Bandy
Graduate Student, MCMP
M.S., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
B.S., Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology -
Lehao Wu
Graduate Student, MCMP
M.S., Pharmacology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
B.S., Pharmacy, Shandong University, China
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Xuyao (Yvonne) Zhao
Graduate Student, MCMP
M.S., Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California
B.Agr., Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University
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Anne Serban
Lab Manager
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
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Nick Wojcicki II
Lab Technician
B.S., Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology, Purdue University
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Rachel Rudnicki
Undergraduate Researcher
B.S., Health and Disease, Purdue University, anticipated Spring 2026