Lab Members


Wozniak Lab Members:

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Dr. Karen Wozniak:

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Associate Professor
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Oklahoma State University
405 Life Sciences East
Stillwater, OK 74078
405-744-7914
Karen.Wozniak@okstate.edu

Education/Training:
BS in Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 1994-1998
MS and PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans, lab of Paul L. Fidel, Jr, PhD, 1998-2004
Post-doctoral research, lab of Stuart M. Levitz, MD, Boston Medical Center (2004-2006) and University of Massachusetts Medical School (2006-2008), 2004-2008

Professional Experience:
Research Assistant Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2008-2017
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2017-2023
Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2023-current


Graduate Students:

Ayesha Nair

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Fifth-year PhD student

Dikshanta Luitel (not pictured)
First-year PhD student

Charlie Kaufman

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Second-year MS student

Undergraduate Students:

Abigail Grant 

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Senior, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics major

Mia Crouch

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Senior, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics major

Molly McGaughy

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Senior, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics major

Isaiah Burns

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Sophomore, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics major

Lab Technician - Megan Pickering

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Group lab photos - through the years:

2023-2024

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2020-2021

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2018-2020

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Former Graduate students:

Brittney Conn

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Graduated May 2024

Savannah Beakley

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Ben Nelson

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PhD student, graduated May 2023

Ashlee Hawkins

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Master's student, graduated May 2021

Former Undergraduate Students:

Megan Roach

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Graduated May 2025

Elyse Cronic

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Graduated May 2025

Jacob Lieberman

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Graduated May 2024

Priscilla Chatman

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Graduated May 2023

Kaitlyn Cotton

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Graduated May 2023

Brenden Determann

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Graduated May 2021

Sierra Posey

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Graduated May 2021

Cheyenne Daugherty

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Graduated May 2021

Emma Maritz

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Graduated May 2020

Brinley Cannon

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Graduated May 2020