People in the Swei Lab:
Andrea Swei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
San Francisco State University
Department of Biology
664 Hensill Hall
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-1753
aswei- at- sfsu.edu
Associate Professor
San Francisco State University
Department of Biology
664 Hensill Hall
San Francisco, CA 94132
(415) 338-1753
aswei- at- sfsu.edu
Research Technician
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Lab Manager
Ceili Peng Ceili earned her B.S. in Biological Sciences at Cornell University, where she researched the evolution and development of butterfly wing pigmentation. After graduation she worked as a field technician studying bat migratory patterns and bird parental provisioning behavior. Through her work in the Swei Lab, she has cultivated a passion for infectious disease research, which perfectly combines her interests in genetics, ecology, and evolution. She is currently working on a project analyzing the phylogenetic relationship of strains of Babesia in California, while also overseeing undergrad training and lab operations. |
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Master's students
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Marie Lilly
Marie earned her bachelor of arts in biology from Oberlin college, where she developed a passion for disease ecology and taking a multilateral approach to problem solving. After completing a Fulbright grant in Colombia South America, she became interested in integrating her research approach to the ecology of zoonotic pathogens with the social and environmental conditions that lead to transmission and spillover in humans. For her master’s thesis, Marie is investigating the role of community ecology on the West Coast in driving genetic variation and infectivity of Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme disease etiological agent. Marie is excited to learn about the critters of California and contribute to understanding of the most common vector-borne illness in North America! |
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Kacie Ring
Thesis: "Vector transcriptomics and pathogen transmission" Kacie earned her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She was a Doris Duke Conservation Scholars teaching assistant and worked in a plant science lab at Stanford University before starting her Master’s program. She is interested in tick-borne pathogens and the borrelialcidal effect of the lizard bloodmeal. For her Master’s thesis, Kacie is testing the effect of host bloodmeal on vectoral capacity by examining differential gene regulation in Ixodes pacificus nymphs that have either fed on lizards or mice as larvae. Her work to better describe the role of lizards on Borrelia transmission and vector capacity. |
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Arielle Crews
Thesis: "Drivers of genotypic variation in the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi" |
Undergraduate students
Monika Koczela-Stillman
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Nghia Tran
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Thor Salvador Sanchez Olsen
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Adrienne Almarinez
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Sukhman Sidhu
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Former Master's students
Jordan Solomon
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Samantha Sambado
Thesis: "Elucidating the enzootic cycle of an emerging tick-borne disease, Borrelia miyamotoi, in Northern California" |
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Alexandra Lawrence, M.S. degree 2017 Currently PhD student -Impact of habitat fragmentation on tick-borne pathogen transmission |
Kerry O'Connor San Francisco State University Department of Biology 825 Hensill Hall San Francisco, CA 94132 -Epidemiology of tick-borne parasites |
Jessica Kwan, M.S. degree 2016 -Ecological determinants of Ixodes pacificus microbiome |
Betsabel Chicana, M.S. degree 2017 Currently PhD student at UC Merced -Transcriptomics of Borrelia burgdorferi; Characterization of species -specific microbiome |
Prospective students
Master's Students: Official application information to the department of Biology at San Francisco State University is available at the departmental website (http://biology.sfsu.edu/programs/graduate) but you must also contact Dr. Swei to discuss your interest in joining the lab. It is important that your research interests and career goals align with the the research program in the Swei Lab.
Undergraduate Students: If you are interested in getting involved in research in the Swei Lab. Please email Dr. Swei with with your name, your major, your expected graduation date, and a brief statement of your research interests. Research units are available for those undergraduates who would like to earn credit while pursuing a research project as Biol 699 units.
If you are interested in applying to be an undergraduate research assistant, please fill out this survey and if a position becomes available, somebody will be in contact: UG survey
Master's Students: Official application information to the department of Biology at San Francisco State University is available at the departmental website (http://biology.sfsu.edu/programs/graduate) but you must also contact Dr. Swei to discuss your interest in joining the lab. It is important that your research interests and career goals align with the the research program in the Swei Lab.
Undergraduate Students: If you are interested in getting involved in research in the Swei Lab. Please email Dr. Swei with with your name, your major, your expected graduation date, and a brief statement of your research interests. Research units are available for those undergraduates who would like to earn credit while pursuing a research project as Biol 699 units.
If you are interested in applying to be an undergraduate research assistant, please fill out this survey and if a position becomes available, somebody will be in contact: UG survey
