Lab Members
Current graduate students: Yvette Sanchez, Gurleen Kaur, Alex Valenzuela and Diana Rangel
Current undergraduate students: Natalia Rangel, Jazmine Mejia-Munoz, Judy Ho, Burton Martinez, AJ Dhillon, Manpreet Kaur, Fazi Batzha, Angel Franco, Eduardo Garcia and Aaron Colson and Prabhjeet Kaur (graduated)
Research Projects
| Name | Project |
|---|---|
| Prabhjeet Kaur | Detection of growth sites of Coccidioides immitis in soils around California City, CA |
| Jazmine Mejia-Munoz | Coccidioidomycosis in pinnipeds |
| Ronnie Capaldi and Jose Orozco (graduated) | Microcrustaceans as natural predators of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
| Gurleen Kaur and Erica Mullins (graduated) | Characterization of soil parameters that harbor the fungal pathogen Coccidioides immites around Edwards Airforce Base, CA |
| Judy Ho | Valley fever risk perception |
| Suzanne Martinez, Daniel Garcia and Aaron Colson (graduated) | Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soils from Fresno County and the Antelope Valley, CA |
| Fazi Batszha, Manpreet Kaur, Angel Franco and Eduardo Garcia | Detection of Coccidioides spp. around military bases in CA |
| Burton Martinez and Ajaipal Dhillon | Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soil samples collected from Bakersfield, CA |
| Alex Valenzuela | Detection of Coccidioides immitis in dust samples (Mojave Desert and Southern San Joaquin Valley) |
| Yvette Sanchez | Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soils of Lancaster and Palmdale, CA |
| Diana Rangel | Diversity of Archaea in the Southern San Joaquin Valley and the Western Mojave, CA |
| Natalia Rangel and Aaron Colson | Determining the diversity of active fungal species in soils of the Western Mojave Desert and the San Joaquin Valley |