Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine studying drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Joined July 2016
Surface display library day at @UCF We are excited to clone our peptide library into colistin resistant Kleb @KlebClub 😊 Pictured here is Christina DeBarro and Gaby Echeverria getting ready to collect colonies!
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So excited to be in Vienna for #ESCMID2025 where I will be giving a talk on how our peptides can disrupt K. pneumoniae biofilms. If you are around this Tuesday come check it out!!!
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Great weekend at #FLASM2025! I was so pleased to see my students work was well received! They were so excited to present their work!
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#KLEBS2024 Day 2 excellent line up of amazing talks! I’m looking forward to learning about K pneumoniae today! And watching the beautiful snow in Paris 🥰
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A successful poster session in the books for Robert Beckman who showed some MRSN diversity panel activity with our peptide. So proud of him! His poster was selected to be judged- fingers crossed 🤞
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So honored to have been selected to present my antimicrobial peptide work at the @MilitaryHealth MHSRS2024 symposium! Photo credit to @DoctorMVH for the action shot!! Thank you!
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So proud of my masters student Ridhwana for giving an excellent poster talk today at the UF drug discovery symposium! She did a great job!! @UF – at Gainesville, FL
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Amazing run in Flatwoods after traveling to @USouthFlorida to see @joeb2981 give an inspiring talk about PhoPQ Lipid A modifications in E. cloacae!! Always nice to visit my alma mater! Thank you @Eswara_Lab for inviting me out! – at Tampa, FL
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Please share!! UCF Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences is hiring 2 tenure track research focused professors! Come be part of a growing "Medical City" in beautiful Lake Nona Orlando!! ucf.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/ca…
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So proud of my students for their poster awards at the #FLASM conference this weekend! They all worked so hard to prepare🏆 4 awards!!
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Nice chilly break during coffee break at #GRC antimicrobial peptide conference. I am not a fan of cold but this is breathtaking – at Barga, Toscana
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First day at the Antimicrobial peptide GRC. Monday morning mingling with the locals 😻 – at Fosciandora, Toscana
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