Laboratory Staff

Rocio Zapata-Bustos, Ph.D.

Laboratory Manager
Research Engineering/Scientist Associate II
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, IPICYT San Luis Potosí, México
rocio.zapatabustos[at]austin.utexas.edu

Lizzie Minnich, CRA

Senior Grants & Contracts Specialist
Operations & Strategic Management Lead
Assistant to Dr. Georgiou
eminnich[at]che.utexas.edu
she/her/hers

Research Professors

Everett Stone, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor
Ph.D., Cellular & Molecular Biology UT Austin
stonesci[at]utexas.edu

2017 Emerging Inventor of the Year

Jason Lavinder, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Biochemistry The Ohio State University
B.S., Biology, Wright State University
jlavinder[at]utexas.edu

Research Associates/Senior Scientists

Allison Seeger, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D., Medical Microbiology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat,
Munich, Germany
allison.seeger[at]austin.utexas.edu

Mark Badeaux, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D., Molecular Carcinogenesis. University of Texas Health Science Center/MD Anderson Cancer Center
B.S., Microbiology, UT Austin
m.badeaux[at]utexas.edu

Makiko Watanabe, DVM, PhD

Senior Research Scientist
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, Rakuno Gakuen University
Ph.D., Medicine, Osaka University
makiko.watanabe[at]austin.utexas.edu

Sarita Bhetawal, M.S.

Research Engineering/Scientist Associate III
M.S. Biomedical Engineering. University of Texas Arlington/UT Southwestern Medical Center
B.S. Biotechnology/Biochemistry, Minnesota State University
sarita.bhetawal[at]austin.utexas.edu

Alessandra Araujo, Ph.D.

Research Associate w/ Dr. Everett Stone
Ph.D., Immunology, University of Rochester
M.S., Animal Physiology Southern Illinois University
B.S., Molecular Biology, University of Southern Florida
alessandra[at]austin.utexas.edu