Team Values
We strive to create a co-learning environment that is supportive and collaborative. Our goal as a Team is to enable each of our members to thrive in their personal and professional lives. In this endeavor, we value diversity of backgrounds, perspectives, and approaches.
Join our Team
If you are interested in joining our lab, please send an email to Kelly.Speer at nau.edu. It would be helpful to include information about your background, your research interests, why you think the SPEER Lab would be a good fit, and your CV. You can read more about Northern Arizona University's Department of Biological Sciences MS and Ph.D. degree programs here.
Graduate Students
Ph.D. Student | University of Michigan | she/her
hybridization, immunology, disease ecology, bats
Ph.D. Student | University of Michigan | she/her
Bat biology, parasitology, urbanization, conservation
Ph.D. Student | University of Michigan | they/them
Disease ecology, metapopulation dynamics, and environmental justice
M.S Student | Northern Arizona University | she/her/they/them
vector competence, disease ecology, microbiomes, ecophysiology, and comparative immunology
M.S Student | Northern Arizona University | she/her
population genetics, host-parasite coevolutionary relationships, entomology, and disease ecology
Undergraduate Students
Undergraduate Student | Northern Arizona University | He/Him
Double Major in Biology and Spanish; May 2029
Undergraduate Student | Northern Arizona University | she/her
Double Major in Chemistry and German; May 2028
Staff
Senior Research Coordinator | Northern Arizona University | she/her/they/them
16S Microbiome, aDNA, anything infectious, and everything in-between
PI
Assistant Professor | Northern Arizona University | she/her
Parasite microbiomes, environment-host-parasite interactions, disease ecology, coevolution
Lab Alumni
Collection Manager of the Michigan Pathogen Biorepository | she/her
Former postdoctoral researcher in the SPEER Lab, University of Michigan
Undergraduate Honors Researcher | University of Michigan | he/him
Former undergraduate researcher in the SPEER Lab, University of Michigan
Lab Technician at Michigan Medicine | she/her
Former undergraduate researcher in the SPEER Lab, University of Michigan
Pursuing a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine | she/her
Former undergraduate researcher in the SPEER Lab, University of Michigan
Undergraduate Thesis Researcher | Universidad de Ciencias Comerciales | she/her
Veterinary medicine, public health, disease ecology, wildlife conservation
Undergraduate Researcher | University of Michigan | she/her
Working with Cheyenne Graham on characterizing hybridization in L.A. County rats
Post-Baccalaureate Scholar | Northern Arizona University | she/her