Meet Our Team

  • Christine K. Johnson headshot

    Christine K. Johnson


    Center Director

    Principal Investigator

    EpiCenter for Disease Dynamics

  • Urbashi Mitra headshot

    Urbashi Mitra


    Associate Director

    FORECAST Team Lead

    Ubli Mitra Research

  • Simon Anthony headshot

    Simon Anthony


    Associate Director

    INFORM Team Lead

    Anthony Lab

  • Karen Saylors headshot

    Karen Saylors


    Associate Director

    Cross-cutting Team Lead

    Labyrinth Global Health

  • Gisele Ragusa


    Director of Training and Outreach

    Transdisciplinary Education

    Senior Scientist

    The STEM Education Research Group

  • David Coil headshot

    David Coil


    Program Manager

    UC Davis

  • Nicole Gardner headshot

    Nicole Gardner


    Compliance Officer

    UC Davis

  • Guillaume Jospin headshot

    Guillaume Jospin


    Cyberinfrastructure and Data Management Officer

    UC Davis

  • Cristina Davis headshot

    Cristina Davis


    Health Sensor Systems

    Senior Scientist

    Bioinstrumentation and BioMEMS Lab

  • Pei Zhang headshot

    Pei Zhang


    Sensor Integration and Wireless Network

    Senior Scientist

    Pei Zhang Research

  • Troy Magney headshot

    Troy Magney


    Remote Environmental Sensing

    Senior Scientist

  • Patrick Mercier headshot

    Patrick Mercier


    Sensor Integration and Ruggedization

    Senior Scientist

    Energy-Efficient Microsystems Lab

  • Bistra Dilkina headshot

    Bistra Dilkina


    Machine Learning and Optimization

    Senior Scientist

    Center for AI in Society

  • Zhaodan Kong headshot

    Zhaodan Kong


    Cyber-physical Systems and Robotics

    Senior Scientist

    CHPS Lab

  • Nadine Lamberski headshot

    Nadine Lamberski


    Wildlife Health and Conservation

    Strategic Partner

    San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

  • Kartik Chandran headshot

    Kartik Chandran


    Emerging Virus Structure

    Senior Scientist

    The Chandran Lab

  • Rebekah Kading headshot

    Rebekah Kading


    Infectious Disease

    Senior Scientist

    Kading Lab

  • Brian Wood headshot

    Brian Wood


    Human Behavior and Social Science

    Senior Scientist

    Brian Wood Research

  • Tigga Kingston headshot

    Tigga Kingston


    Wildlife Ecology and Public Outreach

    Senior Scientist

    Kingston Lab

  • Marcela Uhart headshot

    Marcela Uhart


    Outbreak Investigations and Global Engagement

    Senior Scientist

  • Ian Ingram headshot

    Ian Ingram


    Wildlife Sensor Innovation

    San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

  • Sumega Mandadi headshot

    Sumega Mandadi


    Research Coordinator

    San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

  • Maggie Reinbold headshot

    Maggie Reinbold


    Community Engagement

    San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

  • Mitchell M. McCartney headshot

    Mitchell M. McCartney


    Health Sensor Systems

    Senior Scientist

  • Roxane Beltran

    Marine Mammal Ecology

    Senior Scientist

    Beltran Lab

  • Megan Moriarty


    Wildlife Veterinarian

    Senior Scientist

  • Tierra Smiley Evans headshot

    Tierra Smiley Evans


    Community Health

    Senior Scientist

  • Angel Desai headshot

    Angel Desai


    Epidemiology of Emerging Infectious Diseases

    Senior Scientist

    Desai Website

  • Pranav Pandit headshot

    Pranav Pandit


    Epidemiological Modeling

  • Jonathan Eisen headshot

    Jonathan Eisen


    Microbiome and Environmental Sampling

    Eisen lab

  • Elizabeth Leasure headshot

    Elizabeth Leasure


    Financial Manager

  • Eunah Preston headshot

    Eunah Preston


    Marketing & Graphic Design Specialist

  • Alex Tremeau-Bravard headshot

    Alex Tremeau-Bravard


    Laboratory Specialist

  • Jillian Armstrong headshot

    Jillian Armstrong


    Postdoctoral Researcher

    UC Davis

  • Yingying Wang headshot

    Yingying Wang


    Postdoctoral Researcher

    UC Davis

  • Heather Wells headshot

    Heather Wells


    Postdoctoral Researcher

    UC Davis

  • Cassandra Bonavita headshot

    Cassandra Bonavita


    Postdoctoral Researcher

    UC Davis

  • McKenzie Sime headshot

    McKenzie Sime


    PhD Student

    University of Montana

  • Jeongmin Chae headshot

    Jeongmin Chae


    PhD Student

    USC

  • Julia Gersey headshot

    Julia Gersey


    PhD Student

    University of Michigan

    Gersey Website

  • Jiale Zhang headshot

    Jiale Zhang


    PhD Student

    University of Michigan

    Zhang Website

  • Caleb Huntington headshot

    Caleb Huntington


    PhD Student

    UC Davis

  • Sumukh Nitundil headshot

    Sumukh Nitundil

    PhD Student

    UC San Diego

  • Elizabeth Ashley headshot

    Elizabeth Ashley


    PhD Student

    UC Davis

  • Nomaan Kherani headshot

    Nomaan Kherani


    PhD Student

    USC

  • Sambit Mishra headshot

    Sambit Mishra


    PhD Student

    USC

  • Olivia Cords headshot

    Olivia Cords


    PhD Student

    UC Davis

  • Baihan Chen headshot

    Baihan Chen


    PhD Student

    UC Davis

  • Mary Heather Jingco headshot

    Mary Heather Jingco


    PhD Student

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Isabel Steinburg


    PhD Student

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  • Tristan Hicks headshot

    Tristan Hicks


    Staff Researcher

    UC Davis

  • Sarah Lagattuta headshot

    Sarah Lagattuta


    Field Research Fellow

    UC Davis

  • Carissa Kamm


    Master’s Student

    UC Davis

  • Aayusha Hadke


    Master’s Student

    UC Davis

  • Noah Betoshana


    Master’s Student

    UC Davis

  • Savannah Licciardello

    Master’s Student

    UC Davis

Current Undergraduate Students

Former Team Members