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
Master's students
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Grace Shaw
Grace earned her bachelor’s in biology from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR before going on to work for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy where she managed the Mission blue butterfly translocation project at Milagra Ridge. Grace is interested in the environmental origins of zoonotic vector-borne pathogens and the link between anthropogenic pressures and newly emerging diseases. At San Francisco State University, Grace will be looking at the relationship between habitat connectivity and pathogen distribution and is eager to analyze spatial data using GIS. |
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Jacoby Clark
Jacoby earned his B.S. in Human Biology from North Carolina State University, where his love for biology grew when he started taking classes and doing research on microbes. After completing a summer research experience at UC Berkeley, he wanted to continue learning about the microbial world by studying infectious diseases and their impact on humans. At San Francisco State University, Jacoby funded as an NIH RISE Fellow and is working to develop a pan-pathogen assay to detect tick-borne pathogens ticks from southern California. |
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Vincent Mai
Vincent earned his B.S. in Environmental Sciences at Seattle University, where he was introduced to ecology through working on developing genomic studies for an array of urban meso-carnivores in Dr. Mark Jordan’s lab. He is interested in studying the intersections between ecology and emerging infectious diseases, especially as it relates to climate change and biological invasion. Currently at San Francisco State University, Vincent is conducting molecular and serological research to determine the vertebrate reservoir host(s) of an emerging tick-borne disease Rickettsia phillipii (364D), the etiological agent of Pacific Coast tick fever. |
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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! |
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
Kacie Ring
Thesis: "Vector transcriptomics and pathogen transmission" |
Jordan Solomon
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Samantha Sambado
Thesis: "Elucidating the enzootic cycle of an emerging tick-borne disease, Borrelia miyamotoi, in Northern California" |
Arielle Crews
Thesis: "Drivers of genotypic variation in the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi" |
Lisa Couper
Thesis: "Determinants of vector competence for Lyme disease" |
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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
