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The McDonald Lab
Laboratory for Microbial Experimental Evolution @ Monash University
Principal Investigator

Aysha Sezmis
Research Officer

Ruzeen Patwa
Research Officer

Chowdhury Hasan
Post-doctoral Fellow

An Nguyen
Research Officer

Gareth Howells
Gareth's Ph. D focuses on laboratory coevolution with a range of bacterial and eukaryote species.
Storme's Ph. D is focused on developing model, complex microbial communities for evolution experiments.
Chris Blake
Chris' Ph.D. focuses on evolutionary dynamics in microorganisms, specifically how coevolution with other species impacts adaptation dynamics.
Ph. D Candidate
Ph. D Candidate


Storme de Scally
Ph. D Candidate

Mariel Beiers
Honours Student
Mariel's Honours is focused on measuring the fitness effects of genetic variants in H. pylori.
2010 - present
2010 - present
Lab Alumni:
Dr Duhita Sant (Ph. D)
Dr. Jake Barber (Ph. D)
Dr Laura Woods (Ph. D)
Bronson O'Halloran (Honours)
Jasmyn Voss (Honours and Research Assistant
Shami Ramanan (Honours)
Trent Anderson (Honours)
Luke Nicholson (Honours)
Rebecca Tooze (3990 undergraduate research)
Emily Watts (3990 undergraduate research)
Imogen Scott (3990 undergraduate research)
Frank Taylor (Honours)
Thomas Brasher (3990 undergraduate research)
Jimmy Tanner (undergraduate volunteer)
Angel Liang (undergraduate volunteer)
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