Team

Current Members

Katelyn Walzer, PhD

Principal Investigator

Dr. Walzer earned her PhD in Genetics and Genomics at Duke University with Dr. Jen-Tsan Ashley Chi and pursued her postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Boris Striepen at the University of Pennsylvania. She joined the Department of Biological Sciences and Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center as an Assistant Professor in August 2025.

Jack Forster

Lab Technician

BS, University at Buffalo

Jennifer Echesabal-Chen

Lab Manager

PhD, Okayama University, Japan

Ziyi Guan

MS Student in Microbiology

BS, Clemson University

Hannah Tyler

Undergraduate Student in Biological Sciences

Hometown: Indianapolis, IN

Shivani Balasubramaniam

Undergraduate Student in Biological Sciences

Hometown: Charleston, SC

Lab Photos

May 2026

Left to right: Ziyi Guan, Jack Forster, Hannah Tyler, and Katie Walzer

March 2026

Left to right: Katie Walzer, Jack Forster, and Ziyi Guan

We are currently recruiting undergraduate and PhD students! Please reach out to Dr. Walzer via email (kwalzer@clemson.edu) if you are interested in joining the lab. We accept PhD students in Biological Sciences and Microbiology through the department's rotation program. For more info and deadlines: https://www.clemson.edu/science/academics/departments/biosci/academics/grad-apply.html

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