LAB MEMBERS

Angela Mitchell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Texas A&M University. She is interested in the interactions between bacterial stress responses and antimicrobial resistance. Angela received her Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2013 and did her postdoctoral work at Princeton University.

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Postdoctoral Associate

Joseph F. Carr is a Postdoc in the Mitchell Lab. He is interested in uncovering the roles of wzzE and yhdP on cyclic enterobacterial common antigen (ECA) biosynthesis and antibiotic resistance. He received his undergraduate degree at Clemson University and his Ph.D. in Microbiology from Texas A&M University working in the Mitchell Lab. Before joining the Mitchell Lab, his research interest included a broad sway of topics from Biogeochemistry which he studied soil chemistry and bacterial relations; to Mammology in which he studied speciation and habitat range of Red Squirrels  

HALEY HILL

Graduate Student

Haley Hill is a Ph.D. candidate in the Biology Department at Texas A&M University. Her research in the Mitchell Lab focuses on uncovering the regulation of the biosynthesis of a carbohydrate-derived moiety highly conserved in Enterobacterales, known as Enterobacterial Common Antigen (ECA). She is also examining the environmental conditions important for regulating ECA’s biosynthesis, and ECA’s potential role in acid stress responses. Before arriving at TAMU and joining the Mitchell Lab, Haley received her master’s degree in Microbiology and Cell Science from the University of Florida.

SHIVANI BHUT

Hello! My name is Shivani Bhut, and I am a microbiology PhD candidate in the Mitchell Lab. My current research focuses on uncovering essential isoprenoid regulation in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. I fell in love with microbes during my undergraduate years at Brandeis University, where I obtained my B.S. in biology and B.A. in neuroscience and conducted research on influenza. I am particularly fascinated by how sophisticated microbial defense mechanisms can be, despite being invisible to the naked eye. After my PhD, I plan to pursue a career in infectious disease research. Outside of the lab, I enjoy rock climbing and reading in my free time.

SARAH VASTANI

Research Technician

Hi! I’m Sarah Vastani. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and a Master’s in Mathematics. I’ve conducted research in the Zoran Lab, where I investigated circadian clock proteins in the central nervous system of annelid worms. More recently, in the Delmore Lab, I developed a Random Forest machine learning model to identify traits associated with migratory survival in songbirds. I’m passionate about combining biological insight with computational tools to understand the natural world better.  Outside the lab, I enjoy teaching and currently teach 4th-grade religious education classes.

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