Schwartz Lab
Meet the Team
The Schwartz Lab is filled with awesome graduate and undergraduate students. Discover more about them and their research projects below!
Get to Know Us
The Schwartz Lab is a diverse group of researchers with various interests, backgrounds, and goals. We are united by our curiosity about immunology, host-microbe interactions, and a general love of science.
Current Graduate Students
Dedication. Curiosity. Innovation.
Our lab team is composed of enthusiastic and supportive students who share a passion for science. They are well-versed in each other's projects and collaborate frequently to design and troubleshoot experiments. They also enjoy scientific discussions and provide regular constructive feedback and suggestions.
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Former Ph.D. Students:
Peter B. Rogers
Identification and isolation of five developmental stages in GM-CSF-stimulated murine bone
marrow culture
Adesola C. Olatunde
Development of functional capacity and bactericidal activity in myeloid cells during GM-
CSF driven differentiation
Robert M. Johnson
The systemic and cellular metabolic phenotype of infection and immune response to Listeria
monocytogenes
Keah V. Higgins
Integrative Longitudinal Analysis of Metabolic Phenotype and Microbiota Changes During the
Development of Obesity
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Haley Hallowell
The phage behind the curtain: Determining the role of bacteriophage in the restructuring of
gut microbiomes during disease
UNDERGRADUATES
Team Melanization
Aaron with his undergraduates Candace, Braden, and McCallum
Team Germ-free
Faith with her undergraduates Samantha and Pat
Team Phagocytosis
Chad with his undergraduate Lauren
Team Microbiome
Sam with her undergraduates Brandon and Callie