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Professor Teaching Professorial Scholar in Integrative Biology\u00a0<\/p>\n Affiliate, Department of Microbiology<\/a><\/p>\n kheath at illinois.edu<\/a> Check out our GEMS: our NSF-funded Biological Integration Institute<\/a><\/p>\n Education: Postdoc<\/p>\n coj at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education: Caroline is interested in how bacterial dispersal and bacterial competition influence plant-associated microbial communities.<\/p>\n Education: Ivan is interested in the genetics and evolution of establishment and ongoing partner quality in Medicago truncatula<\/em> and Ensifer meliloti.\u00a0<\/em>He is studying the population genetics of candidate genes for partner quality variation in Ensifer<\/em> and validating the function of key mutations.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Graduate student, Microbiology Education: David is working with Katy and Cari Vanderpool<\/a>\u00a0(UIUC Microbiology) on a project studying how symbiosis plasmid mutations at particular genes and\/or entire plasmids can alter partner quality in Rhizobium<\/em> in response to high nitrogen environments. His project is part of our new Biological Integration Institute (GEMS<\/a>)!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n sierrab4 at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education:\u00a0BS Microbiology; Montana State University\u00a0<\/p>\n Sierra is working with Katy and Rachel Whitaker <\/a>(UIUC Microbiology) studying plasmid-chromosome coevolution in a population of\u00a0Rhizobium\u00a0<\/em>undergoing nitrogen deposition. She is determining whether or not the cost of carrying plasmids is affected by environmental conditions. Her project is also part of the GEMS Institute<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n Graduate student, Plant Biology Education: Natalie is interested to understand how ecosystem-level processes such as nitrogen cycling in soils respond to long term nitrogen fertilization and drought\/flooding, and how these complex effects influence plant-microbe interactions. She is co-advised by Katy and Wendy Yang<\/a>!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Graduate student, Plant Biology Education: Meghan is working on the ways in which rhizobia benefit legumes and other plants when they are in the rhizosphere, and how this might alter the ecology and evolution of symbiosis.<\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n BS Eckerd College Biology and Psychology, <\/span>MS The Ohio State University EEOB<\/span><\/p>\n Amanda is using soybean and Bradyrhizobium to study the effects of agricultural intensification and plant breeding on symbiotic nitrogen fixation.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n BS Shenzhen University<\/p>\n MS New York University<\/p>\n Jason is studying the effects of soil nitrogen on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. He is also working on developing a new system for experimental coevolution of nitrogen fixing symbiosis!<\/p>\n Graduate student, Microbiology<\/p>\n ilakis2@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education: Izzy is working with Katy Heath and Tony Yannarell to study how bacterial communities respond to environmental change. Her research focuses on shifts in microbial composition across spatial scales and in association with plants. Izzy is also a member of the GEMS Institute.<\/p>\n Graduate student, Program in Ecology Evolution and Conservation<\/p>\n hmurray@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n BS Biology, Illinois Wesleyan University<\/p>\n Hannah is working on exploring how Sinorhizobium interacts with legumes beyond nodulation. Her research focuses on\u00a0how mutualistic interactions can change in different contexts. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n nalkod2@illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Postdoc<\/p>\n mceron at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n PhD Univ. Massachusetts Amherst<\/p>\n MS Universidad de Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras<\/p>\n BSc Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia<\/p>\n Mario is developing pipelines for studying how lateral transfer and natural selection together shape symbiotic extended phenotypes, like rhizobium partner quality. Mario is using bioinformatics and phylogenetics on our collections of hundreds of Rhizobium<\/em> and Ensifer<\/em> strains for this work. Check out Mario’s\u00a0Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n Mario is now a postdoc at Case Western University!\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Postdoc<\/p>\n ahallowa at purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n PhD University of Illinois at Chicago<\/p>\n BS University of Illinois at Chicago<\/p>\n Check out Abdel’s\u00a0Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n Abdel is combining models and data to study how mutualism evolve in response to important changes in environmental conditions. He is uses evolutionary game theory to model eco-evolutionary dynamics at the individual, population, and community level and testing resulting hypotheses using the Pisum<\/em>–Rhizobium\u00a0<\/em>system in a greenhouse experiment.<\/p>\n Abdel is now an assistant professor at Case Western University!<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n M.S., Plant Biology<\/p>\n kherzma2 at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n B.S. UIUC Natural Resources and Environmental Science<\/p>\n Karla is working with Katy and Natalie Christian (now at U. Louisville), studying how fungal and bacterial endophytes in soybean leaves interact with each other and the CO2 environment to alter plant growth and plant yield.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Now at EPA in Kansas City Education: Crissy is interested in the interactions between plants and microbes, and between scientists and the public. She has been studying how rhizobia evolve in response to environmental change at the genomic and phenotypic levels, while also working on citizen science projects and myriad other things.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n currently PhD student at Northwestern University Chicago<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n currently an Assistant Professor at McMaster University in Ontario<\/p>\n Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Genomic Biology<\/p>\n rtbats98 at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto<\/p>\n MSc Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN)<\/p>\n BSc Biology (Hons), MUN<\/p>\n Rebecca is interested in understanding the genetic underpinnings of how nitrogen-fixing rhizobia adapt to both the free-living (i.e., soil) and symbiotic (i.e., host) environments. While changes in standing genetic variation and de novo<\/em> mutations are known to play a role, we currently do not know how acquiring genes horizontally (i.e., versus vertically via descent) influences rhizobial adaptation to changing environmental conditions. Rebecca will be\u00a0using a combination of experimental evolution approaches, genetic manipulations, genomic sequencing, and bioinformatics to address this issue.\u00a0Check out Rebecca’s\u00a0website\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0Google Scholar<\/a>\u00a0citations.<\/p>\n currently a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin Madison<\/p>\n currently interning at Rush Medical school in Chicago<\/p>\n currently a lab tech at Harvard University in Boston<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n currently a MS student in MCB at the University of Illinois<\/p>\n currently a high school biology teacher at Urbana High!<\/p>\n Currently a MS student in Curriculum and Instruction Education: Check out Alex on Twitter @AlexRiley715<\/a> or on google scholar<\/a><\/p>\n currently in graduate school for nursing!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Now: Assistant Professor at University of Louisville<\/a><\/p>\n Previously: United States Department of Agriculture AFRI Postdoctoral Fellow<\/p>\n Photo by Sam Roy.<\/p><\/div>\n Education:<\/p>\n PhD Evolution Ecology and Behavior; Indiana University<\/p>\n BA Ecology, BA Spanish; Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n I am a USDA postdoctoral fellow co-advised Katy Heath and Posy Busby (Oregon State University). I am exploring how aboveground and belowground plant symbionts modify each other, and ultimately host plant defense and productivity. Specifically, I am using soybean (Glycine max<\/i>), an agriculturally important legume, to study how the host\u2019s characteristic N-fixing rhizobia bacteria interact with foliar endophytic fungi. Understanding and harnessing interactions between multiple beneficial plant symbionts could be a fruitful avenue for sustainable agriculture and represent a future direction for crop breeding programs.\u00a0Check out Natalie’s website<\/a> and Google Scholar<\/a> page.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Postdoctoral researcher<\/p>\n Education:<\/p>\n PhD Plant Biology, University of Helsinki<\/p>\n hkl at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Interests:<\/p>\n Plant-microbe interactions, fungal symbioses, coevolution, systematics and phylogenetics<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The lab in October 2015:<\/p>\n graduate student, PEEC – currently at Kellogg Biological Station at Michigan State University<\/p>\n jenmj321 at gmail.com<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n fungal community genetics, nutrient cycling, mycorrhizae<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n PhD University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n BS American University<\/p>\n Postdoctoral scholar<\/p>\n NSF Plant Genome postdoctoral fellow – currently at Loyola University Chicago<\/p>\n mikegrillo at gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n evolutionary genetics, plant-microbe coevolution<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n PhD Michigan State University<\/p>\n graduate student, plant biology (graduated 2018)<\/p>\n matias.fernandez0 at gmail.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n historical conifer species distributions<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n BS Columbia University<\/p>\n Postdoctoral fellow – currently at University of Memphis<\/a><\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n microbes, ecology, evolution, metagenomics<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n PhD Kansas State University<\/p>\n graduate student, plant biology<\/p>\n ossler2 at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n plant-rhizobium-AMF tripartite interactions and mutualism ecology and evolution<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n MS Nova Southeastern University<\/p>\n BS Illinois College<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n plant-rhizobia coevolution<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Integrative Biology Honors<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n Epidemiology\/disease ecology, plus conifers and of course rhizobia<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Integrative Biology<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n rhizobia and plant-soil feedbacks<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Integrative Biology Honors<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher podowski2 at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n astrobiology<\/p>\n microbiology<\/p>\n bacterial genetics<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC MCB<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n horace.zhl at gmail.com<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n conifer genetics, science communication, creative writing<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Crop Sciences and Ecology and Conservation Biology<\/p>\n currently:<\/p>\n PhD<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n Conifers, so far!<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Integrative Biology<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n shohamband at gmail.com<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n Multi-player interactions, herbivory effects on plant colonization by AMF and rhizobia<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Integrative Biology<\/p>\n graduate student, plant biology<\/p>\n slrznlw2 at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n fungal community genetics, microbe-microbe interactions<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n BS Hampshire College<\/p>\n graduate student, plant biology<\/p>\n christie.klinger at gmail.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n evolutionary genetics of nitrogen adaptation<\/p>\n in symbiotic rhizobia<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n BS Dominican University<\/p>\n MS University of Illinois<\/p>\n graduate student, Plant Biology<\/p>\n brgordon at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n rhizobium genetics & evolution, classical air guitar<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n BS UIUC SESE (School of Earth Society and Environment)<\/p>\n MS University of Illinois<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n lindybythelee at gmail.com<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n conifer genetics, science communication, creative writing<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC Creative Writing and Integrative Biology<\/p>\n research associate<\/p>\n burke at life.uiuc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n interests:<\/p>\n biophysics, genomics, & evolution<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n PhD California Institute of Technology<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n lhartland at gmail.com<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n rhizobium-mycorrhizal<\/p>\n interactions<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC NRES<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n zielins1 at illinois.edu<\/a> Awarded \u201chigh distinction\u201d in Spring 2013! interests:<\/p>\n evolution of mycorrhizal fungi-rhizobia interactions<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC IB<\/p>\n Currently: technician in the Friesen<\/a> lab at MSU!<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n blyth1 at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n Plant endophytes, symbiosis, flow cytometry, rhizobium fitness<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n Graduated, UIUC IB Honors<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n iniguez at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n TBA<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n Graduated, UIUC IB<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n knapik1 at illinois.edu<\/a> interests:<\/p>\n TBA<\/p>\n education:<\/p>\n UIUC IB Honors<\/p>\n undergraduate researcher<\/p>\n
Department of Plant Biology<\/a>, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology<\/a><\/p>\n
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Postdoc University of Toronto
PhD University of Minnesota
BS University of Illinois<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Caroline Oldstone-Jackson<\/h2>\n
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PhD University of Chicago
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Ivan Sosa Marquez<\/h2>\n
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Graduate student, Microbiology
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BS and\u00a0MS Biological Science, Autonomous University of Quer\u00e9taro<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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David Vereau Gorbitz<\/h2>\n
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BS Molecular Biology; University of California San Diego<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Sierra Bedwell\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Graduate student, Microbiology<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Natalie Belloso<\/h2>\n
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BS Northeastern Illinois University<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Meghan Blaszynski<\/h2>\n
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BS U. Illinois Integrative Biology<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Amanda Griffin<\/h2>\n
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Graduate student, Plant Biology
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Jason (Jiesheng) Zheng<\/h2>\n
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Graduate student, Program in Ecology Evolution and Conservation
jz140 at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\nIzzy Lakis<\/h2>\n
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BS Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
MS Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Hannah Murray\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Nur Al-Kodmany (post-bacc lab tech)<\/h2>\n
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Amartya Nalluri (Integrative Biology Honors)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDave (Qingduo) Li\u00a0 (Integrative Biology )<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAlyssa Lozano (MCB)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAudrey Liu (Integrative Biology Honors)<\/h2>\n
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HEATH LAB ALUMNI<\/h2>\n
Chase Schwartz (Integrative Biology Honors)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKate Ahmari (Summer researcher)<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nCole Maxwell (Summer researcher)<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nAdam Zwawi (Parkland College, now U of Illinois)<\/h2>\n
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Cali Pesina (Integrative Biology)<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nAllison Higgins (Plant Biotechnology)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJada Powell (Integrative Biology)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDestiny Gonzalez (Integrative Biology)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nEthan Perez (Bakersfield College & UC Davis)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMario Cer\u00f3n Romero<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAbdel Halloway<\/h2>\n
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Patrick Kozyra (Integrative Biology)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nYoel Gros (IB)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKarla Griesbaum<\/h2>\n
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Crissy Gallick<\/h2>\n
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cgallick at illinois.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
BS Purdue University<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/h2>\n
Riley Popp (MCB)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nRebecca Batstone<\/h2>\n
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James Kosmopoulos (IB Honors)<\/h2>\n
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Labake Oyetayo (IB)<\/h2>\n
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Julia Paoli (Business & IB)<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nNevers Mushimata (MCB)<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nAlex Riley<\/h2>\n
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Laura Goralka (IB 2020)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMatt Monk (IB 2020)<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nNatalie Christian<\/h2>\n
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Hanna Lindgren<\/h2>\n
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Baldemar Basurto (Bakersfield C.)<\/h2>\n
Xinyan Xu (FAFU China)<\/h2>\n
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Jennifer Jones<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nCassandra Allsup<\/h2>\n
Mike Grillo<\/h2>\n
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Matias Fernandez<\/h2>\n
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Shawn Brown<\/h2>\n
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Julia Ossler<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nAmber Toussaint<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHaleema Ahmed<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nTaylor Weathers<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nEmily Davis<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nJustin Podowski<\/h2>\n
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Horace Zeng<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nWeixi Zhao<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nShoham Band<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nKathryn Sol\u00f3rzano Lowell<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nChristie Klinger<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nBen Gordon<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nLeah Caplan<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nPat Burke<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nRichard Hartland<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nCarissa Zielinski<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nGavin Blyth\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nElida Iniguez<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nPatrick Knapik<\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/p>\nDavid Ealy<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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