Allie Igwe

Principal Investigator

aigwe@vt.edu
Assistant Professor 2024-
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Christian Valdez-Santana

MS Student

B.S. Industrial Microbiology (University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez)

c.valdez@vt.edu
Fall 2025-

Virginia Britt

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Microbiology, Creative Writing Minor

vebritt@vt.edu
Spring 2025-

Daria Smith

PhD Student

M.S. Biology (California State University – LA)
B.S. Biology, Minor: Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (California State University – LA)

dariajs@vt.edu
Fall 2025-

Past Members

Megan Bourgeois

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Biological Sciences

Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

Justin Phan

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Biological Sciences and Microbiology

Spring 2025

Khadeejah Jones

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Urban Forestry (University of Maryland – Eastern Shore)

Summer 2025 (VT-REEL)