Xue lab at UC Irvine

Katherine Xue

Assistant professor, UC Irvine

Katherine received her A.B. from Harvard University and her PhD from the University of Washington, where she studied influenza evolution in Jesse Bloom’s lab. As a postdoctoral fellow, she worked with David Relman and Dmitri Petrov at Stanford University to investigate ecological dynamics in the gut microbiome.

In addition to science, Katherine also enjoys writing, nature journaling, and birding.

contact: ksxue9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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Ana Espeleta
aespelet@uci.edu

Ana is a PhD student in the Mathematical, Computational, and Systems Biology program at UC Irvine. She earned her B.A. in Computer Science with a minor in Biology from Macalester College, and her previous work involved the application of computational tools in a wide range of biological problems, such as RNA sequence-structure prediction, and the analysis of single-cell transcriptomic data.

Since joining the Xue lab, Ana has developed a deep interest in the microbial world. Her research now focuses on the colonization dynamics of the gut microbiome, particularly through the lens of ecological theory to better understand how microbial communities behave and respond to perturbations.

Outside of the lab, Ana enjoys going to the gym, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.

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