Apr 14, 2026
Congratulations to Cheyenne Graham for publishing her first first author publication! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73500
Apr 13, 2026
Congratulations to Erin Larson for receiving the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award at NAU to complete his own research on Microbiome-Parasite interactions within triatomine vectors in the US!
Apr 12, 2026
Congratulations to Anna Kang for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to conduct research on the effects of induced temperatures on Rhipicephalus sanguineus microbiome and metabolic rate! https://news.nau.edu/grfp-2026/
Apr 11, 2026
Congratulations to Anna Kang for receiving an award for their presentation at the Southwestern American Society for Microbiology Conference today!
Mar 13, 2026
Congratulations to Aleana Savage and Mars Woodward for passing their Comps and becoming PhD Candidates!
Sep 23, 2025
The SPEER Lab now has an Instagram! Make sure to follow us to see all the things going on in the Speer Lab
Sep 22, 2025
Erin Larson and Mimi Roberts have joined the SPEER Lab as Undergraduate Researchers at NAU!
Sep 2, 2025
Anna Kang and Joely Corrales have joined the SPEER Lab as M.S. students at NAU!
Aug 4, 2025
Ashley Itogawa has joined the SPEER Lab as the Senior Research Coordinator at NAU!
Jun 27, 2025
Aleana Savage was awarded the American Society of Mammalogists' travel award to participate in the annual meeting!
Nov 18, 2024
Kelly was awarded the Belmont Forum CEH2 grant! This grant will build capacity and physical infrastructure to support wildlife pathogen surveillance across the Americas!
Nov 18, 2024
Cheyenne Graham and Mars Woodward were awarded the American Society of Mammalogists' Black and Indigenous Scholar Award!
Aug 26, 2024
Kelly has moved to Northern Arizona University and is recruiting graduate students!