Louca lab, UO

		Stilianos Louca, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Department of Biology
		Stilianos studied physics and mathematics at the Friedrich-Schiller University and the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, in Germany. He obtained his Ph.D. in mathematical biology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Stilianos joined the University of Oregon as an Assistant Professor of Biology in 2019. His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of microorganisms. He is the recipient of the 2017 Science & SciLifeLab Grand Prize for Young Scientists in the life sciences, the 2019 Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Naturalists, and the 2019 Early Career Award by the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution.

		Personal website.

		Maria (Masha) Korchagina
		Masha graduated with a B.A. in Physical Anthropology and a minor in Molecular Biology from New York University in 2013. As an undergrad researcher, she used molecular techniques to study primate phylogenetics as well as microbial community ecology in urban environments. For her PhD, Masha is using bioinformatics to investigate the coevolution and diversification of prokaryotic genes and genomes.

		Callum Kuo
		Callum is a Junior majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Biology. He intends to leverage his business skills and biological acumen to strengthen collaboration between the biological research field and industry, either as a healthcare consultant or hospital administrator. In his free time, Callum enjoys being with friends as well as cooking and driving.

		Nathan Malamud
		Nathan is an undergraduate student majoring in MACS (Math and Computer Science) with a minor in biology. His research interests lie at the intersection of chemical oceanography and scientific data visualization. In the Louca lab, he is researching how microbially catalyzed reactions can determine the long-term behavior of a geochemical system. Outside of school, he is an avid keyboard and guitar player and loves to kayak and hike whenever he can.