Ferric C. Fang, M.D., Professor
fcfang@uw.edu

Ferric attended Harvard College and Harvard Medical School.  After obtaining his post-doctoral training at UC San Diego, he held faculty positions at UC San Diego and the University of Colorado before joining the faculty of the University of Washington in 2001. Ferric Fang's CV

Stephen J. Libby, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor
slibby@uw.edu

Steve is an experienced Salmonella geneticist and a member of the UW Laboratory Medicine research faculty. He obtained his graduate training at Iowa State University and his post-doctoral training at the Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego. He held a faculty appointment at North Carolina State University before moving to the University of Washington in 2003.

Traci Kinkel, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
tkinkel@uw.edu

Traci obtained her undergraduate education at Colorado State University and her graduate education in microbiology at the University of Texas- Southwestern Medical Center, where she worked with Prof. Kevin McIver.

Elaine Frawley, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
efrawley@uw.edu

Elaine obtained her undergraduate and graduate education in Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University, St. Louis, where she worked with Prof. Robert Kranz.

W. Ryan Will, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
wrwill@uw.edu

Ryan is a Canadian who was an undergraduate and graduate student in Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta under the tutelage of Prof. Laura Frost. He subsequently studied chromatin remodeling in yeast with Dr. Patrick Varga-Weisz at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge, UK before seeing the light and returning to bacteriology.

Lacey Bingham-Ramos, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
lkbr@uw.edu

Lacey is a native of El Paso, Texas. She obtained her undergraduate education at Texas A&M and her doctoral education in Microbiology at the University of Texas Southwestern under the guidance of Prof. David Hendrixson.

Smirla Ramos-Montañez, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
sramosmo@uw.edu

Smirla is a native of Puerto Rico who obtained her undergraduate education at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico and her graduate education in Microbiology with Prof. Malcolm Winkler.

Larissa Singletary, Graduate Student
las37@uw.edu

Larissa received her undergraduate education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and worked with Prof. Susan Rosenberg at the Baylor College of Medicine before entering the UW Graduate Program in Microbiology.

Rodolfo Urbano, Graduate Student
rurbano@uw.edu

Rudy is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and a student in the UW Graduate Program in Microbiology.

Jasmine Pando, M.S., Graduate Student
jasmip@uw.edu

Jasmine is a graduate of New Mexico State University and a student in the UW Graduate Program in Microbiology.

Joyce Karlinsey, M.S., Research Scientist
joya@uw.edu

Joyce obtained her undergraduate and graduate education at Washington State University.  She worked for many years as a research scientist with Prof. Kelly Hughes before joining the Fang Lab.

Shannon Newman, Graduate Student

slnewman@uw.edu

Shannon is a graduate of Lawrence University and a student in the UW Molecular and Cellular Biology Program.

Afshan Ava, Fiscal Analyst
afshana@uw.edu

Afshan was educated at HES Rotterdam in the Netherlands. She is responsible for grants management in the Fang Lab and keeps everyone organized and honest.