Team

	MIKE CRISCITIELLO Principal Investigator Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu Executive Assistant: Susan Haven, shaven@tamu.edu B.S. Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC (Jenny Ting) M.S. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, East Carolina University, Greenville NC (Tom McConnell, retired) Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami, Coral Gables FL (Churchill McKinney, retired) Post-doc University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD (Martin Flajnik) View CV | View Biosketch
	KERSTIN K. LANDROCK Research Assistant klandrock@cvm.tamu.edu Certified Laboratory Animal Technologist, Berlin (MDC) Germany, 1999 Bachelor of Science (Bachelor of Science equivalency received in 2004, USA) Research Technician/Assistant/Associate at Texas A&M since 2001 “Aus den Steinen, die Dir in den Weg gelegt werden, kannst du etwas Schönes bauen.” Translation: “From the stones that block your way, you can build something beautiful.” - A quote Kerstin likes by Erich Kästner
	KARINA HISSEN Ph.D. Student in Biomedical Sciences klhissen@tamu.edu Investigating the impact of dietary glutamate on the development of the gut mucosal immunity in hybrid striped bass. M.S. Biology, San Francisco State University B.S. Animal Science, University of California, Davis “Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, [science]...the world is so rich simply throbbing with rich treasures.” - A quote Karina likes, by Henry Miller