Lab Members

Group Photo, May 2022

(From left to right): Lori Tausta, Sunitha Nallur, Alysha AuslenderKathryn BarthScott StrobelDave HillerCaroline Focht, Sabrina Grunseich. Not pictured: Paula Maher-Rivera.

Current Lab Members
Scott Strobel   Professor Scott A. Strobel
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
600 West Campus Drive, Molecular Innovations Center, Room 214A
West Haven, CT 06516
Office Phone: 203-432-9772; Office Fax: 203-432-5767
Email: scott.strobel@yale.edu
Paula Maher-Rivera   Paula Maher-Rivera
Administrative Assistant
Email: paula.maher@yale.edu
Dave Hiller   Dave Hiller
Research Scientist
Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2005
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor John Perona
Project: Eukaryotic Translational Regulation
Room 212B, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-8949
Email: david.hiller@yale.edu
Sunitha Nallur   Sunitha Nallur
Lab Manager
Room 214D, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-5069
Email: sunitha.nallur@yale.edu
Lori Tausta   Lori Tausta
Research Scientist, 2016
Ph.D., University of Connecticut Health Center
Ph.D. Advisor: Professor Lawrence Klobutcher
Project: Fluoride tolerance and management in plants
Room 212C, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: susan.tausta@yale.edu
Caroline Focht  

Caroline Focht
Ph.D. Candidate
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Structural and Functional Characterization of Riboswitches
Room 212D, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-0656
Email: caroline.focht@yale.edu

Kathryn Barth  

Kathryn Barth
Ph.D. Candidate
Yale University
Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry
Project: Exploring the specificity landscape of promiscuous cyclic-di-GMP-I riboswitches
Room 212C, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: kathryn.barth@yale.edu

Sabrina Grunseich  

Sabrina Grunseich
Ph.D. Candidate
Yale University
Department of Chemistry
Project: tbd
Room 212D, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-0656
Email: sabrina.grunseich@yale.edu

Alysha Auslender  

Alysha Auslender
Post-Graduate Associate
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Yale University
M.S. Southern Connecticut State University
Project: Fluoride management and tolerance in plants
Room 212C, MIC, Lab Phone: 203-432-9206
Email: alysha.auslender@yale.edu