(she/her) • Professional Research Associate • University of Regensburg Scholarship Awardee
Department of Biochemistry
Melissa McEvoy is a Professional Research Associate in the Whiteley Lab. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado Boulder and graduated with a B.A. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (2023) and a B.A in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (2023). Her undergraduate and postgraduate research has focused on identifying regulatory elements involved in the functioning of bacterial innate immune systems known as cyclic oligonucleotide-based antiphage signaling systems (CBASS). She will attend Oregon Health and Science University to complete her Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences in Fall 2023.
Melissa is the recipient of:
- 2022 University of Regensburg Undergraduate Research ScholarshipÌý´¡·É²¹°ù»å±ð±ð
- UROP Recipient (Summer 2022)