Principal Investigator

Rebecca Prescott, Ph.D
Rebecca Prescott, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
ude.ssimelo@skceb  

Postdoctoral Researcher

Atul Chander
Atul Chander
Atul is working on bioinformatic pipelines for studies of complex communities using multi-omics.

Cheshtaa Chitkara
Cheshtaa Chitkara

Cheshtaa is a postdoctoral Researcher – working on traditional biofertilizers and farming practices from the Pacific region for improved agriculture on Earth and beyond.


Gayatri Sharma
Gayatri Sharma

Gayatri is postdoctoral Reseacher working on microbial signaling in complex communities


Graduate Students

Abigail Antwiwaa Boateng
Abigail Antwiwaa Boateng
ude.ssimelo.og@netaobaa  

Abigail earned her bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, in 2014. She obtained her Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering Management from University of Energy and Natural Resource in 2018. Abigail’s research interest is in environmental sustainability, microbial ecology, water and wastewater treatment.


Undergraduate Students

Nolan Frame
Nolan Frame

Nolan is an Undergraduate honors thesis student working on ways to make new sustainable materials using microbial communities


Lab Assistant

Charm Hunter
Charm Hunter

Charm is an undergraduate student at the University of Mississippi majoring in Allied Health Pre-medicine with a minor in Chemistry. She is interested in learning about microbiology and working in a laboratory setting to gain new experiences that will help her along her career path.