Lab Members

current graduates students: Yvette Sanchez, Gurleen Kaur, Alex Valenzuela and Diana Rangel

current undergraduate students: Natalia Rangel, Jazmine Mejia-Munoz, Judy Ho, Burton Martinez, AJ Dhillon, Manpreet Kaur, Fazi Batzha, Angel Franco, Eduardo Garcia and Aaron Colson and Prabhjeet Kaur (graduated)

Research Projects

Name Project
Prabhjeet Kaur Detection of growth sites of Coccidioides immitis in soils around California City, CA
Jazmine Mejia-Munoz Coccidioidomycosis in pinnipeds
Ronnie Capaldi and Jose Orozco (graduated) Microcrustaceans as natural predators of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Gurleen Kaur and Erica Mullins (graduated) Characterization of soil parameters that harbor the fungal pathogen Coccidioides immites around Edwards Airforce Base, CA
Judy Ho Valley fever risk perception
Suzanne Martinez, Daniel Garcia and Aaron Colson (graduated) Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soils from Fresno County and the Antelope Valley, CA
Fazi Batszha, Manpreet Kaur, Angel Franco and Eduardo Garcia Detection of Coccidioides spp. around military bases in CA
Burton Martinez and Ajaipal Dhillon Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soil samples collected from Bakersfield, CA
Alex Valenzuela Detection of Coccidioides immitis in dust samples (Mojave Desert and Southern San Joaquin Valley)
Yvette Sanchez Detection of Coccidioides immitis in soils of Lancaster and Palmdale, CA
Diana Rangel Diversity of Archaea in the Southern San Joaquin Valley and the Western Mojave, CA
Natalia Rangel and Aaron Colson Determining the diversity of active fungal species in soils of the Western Mojave Desert and the San Joaquin Valley