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BIOMS Directory

Meet the program directors and current trainees

Program Directors

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Seth Bordenstein

  • Director of the One Health Microbiome Center
  • Huck Chair in Microbiome Sciences

srb6251@psu.edu

Headshot of Jasna Kovac

Jasna Kovac

  • Lester Earl and Veronica Casida Career Development Professor of Food Safety
  • Associate Professor of Food Science

jzk303@psu.edu

814-865-2883

Trainees

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Erika Biernbaum

  • Food Science Graduate Student

enb5283@psu.edu

Headshot of Paula Blanco Ortiz

Paula Blanco Ortiz

  • Graduate Student

prb5359@psu.edu

Headshot of Yara Cavalcante Vieira

Yara Cavalcante Vieira

  • Graduate Student

ycv5044@psu.edu

Headshot of Shane Connolly

Shane Connolly

  • Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology Graduate Student

stc5395@psu.edu

Headshot of Katie Culhane

Katie Culhane

  • Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student

kculhane@pennstatehealth.psu.edu

Headshot of Jie Feng

Jie Feng

  • Food Science Graduate Student

jxf433@psu.edu

Headshot of Natalie Ford

Natalie Ford

  • Graduate Student

nef5181@psu.edu

Headshot of Jessica Gaydos

Jessica Gaydos

  • Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student

jee5055@psu.edu

Headshot of Talon Jost

Talon Jost

  • Graduate Student

tpj5244@psu.edu

Headshot of Ashley Ohstrom

Ashley Ohstrom

  • Food Science Graduate Student

ako5205@psu.edu

Headshot of Mackenna Yount

Mackenna Yount

  • Food Science Graduate Student

mpy5101@psu.edu