Infectious Diseases Institute

IDI-GEMS Staff

Co-Directors

Rick Shaffer, MA
Business Manager
Vanessa Varaljay, PhD
Chief Research Officer

Bacillus Genetic Stock Center

Liz Carney
Student Lab Tech
Austin Shamblin
Lab Specialist
Diana Wendelin
Student Lab Tech

Bioinformatics

Garrett Smith
Senior Research Associate
IDI-GEMS/Center Of Microbiome Science
Christine Sun
Senior Research Associate
IDI-GEMS/Center of Microbiome Science
Dean Vik
Senior Research Associate
IDI-GEMS/Center Of Microbiome Science

Genomic Sequencing

Amanda Brown
Lab Specialist
Mike Sovic, PhD
Consultant, Contracted

Vector-Borne Pathogen Testing

Cece Bryant
Lead Lab Specialist
Elizabeth Nitz
Lab Tech, Contracted