We study how Salmonella Typhimurium interacts with mammalian host cells and the roles these interactions play in pathogenesis.

From left to right: Chad Hillman, Brittany Fleming, Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Audrey Chong, Olof Nilsson, Kendal Cooper
Olivia Steele-Mortimer, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief, Laboratory of Bacteriology
Chief, Salmonella-Host Cell Interactions Section
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Education:
Ph.D., 1994, European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Audrey Chong, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Dalhousie University
B.Sc., University of Victoria

Kendal Cooper, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
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Education:
Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.S., Microbiology, University of Montana

Chadwick Neal Hillman, B.S.
Biologist
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Education:
B.S., UC Davis

Olof Rickard Nilsson, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Fellow
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Education:
Ph.D., University of Copenhagen, Denmark
M.S., University of Lund, Sweden
Languages Spoken: Swedish, German

Former Research Group Members
Postdoctoral Fellows
Timothy Bauler, Ph.D., Western Michigan University
Dan Drecktrah, Ph.D., University of Montana
Ciaran Finn, Ph.D., Trinity College Dublin
Brittany Fleming, Ph.D., Gilead Sciences
Antonio Ibarra, Ph.D., National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico
Carrie Jolly, Ph.D., U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Leigh Knodler, Ph.D., Washington State University
Virginia Koçieda, Ph.D., Lincoln County Asbestos Resource Program, Montana
Stephanie Lathrop, Ph.D., University of Montana
Preeti Malik-Kale, Ph.D., Denali Therapeutics Inc
Mary-Ann McCrackin, DVM, Ph.D., University of Georgia
Post-bac Fellows
Aaron Bestor
Kelsey Binder
Kristopher Bosi
Whitney Boyd
Kendal Cooper
Courtney Lutterbach
Sarimar Medina-Maldonado
Tara Pierson
Sushmita Sridhar
Donna Twedt