Maria Marco, Ph.D.

• Professor and Chair of the Food Science Graduate Group
• Food Science and Technology

• (530) 574-4893
• mmarco@ucdavis.edu
• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate

3200 Robert Mondavi Institute - South

PostDocs

Dr Carolina Battistini

• Postdoc

Research interests: Probiotics, food digestion, fermented dairy foods

Dr Alejandra Mejia

• Postdoc

Research interests: Comparative genomics, lactic acid bacteria, probiotics

PhD Students

Glory Bui

• PhD Student
• Microbiology Graduate Group

Research interests: Host-microbe interactions of probiotic ​Lactobacillus

Mackenzie Carter

• PhD student
• Food Science Graduate Group

Research interests: Food fermentations and bacteriocins

Lei Wei

• PhD Student
• Microbiology Graduate Group

Research interests: Host-microbe interactions of probiotic ​Lactobacillus

Specialists

Steven Palomares

• Junior Specialist

Undergraduate Researchers

Michael Kikugawa

• Undergraduate Researcher

Major: Biotechnology

Anhha Ho

• Undergraduate Researcher

Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology

Sahana Mohan

• Undergraduate Researcher

Major: Medical and Molecular Microbiology

Connie Quan

• Undergraduate Researcher

Major: Molecular and Medical Microbiology

Quynh Trosien

• Undergraduate Researcher

Major: Sociology