Principal Investigator
Dr. Lauren Petrullo
Assistant Professor
Lauren joined Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona in Fall 2023 after an NSF postdoc at the University of Michigan. She's interested in all things microbiome, especially understanding how commensal microbiota play a role in the broader ecology and evolution of animal populations; endocrinology, life history, phenotypic plasticity and maternal effects. When not working, she's probably chasing around her spiritied toddler.
Lab members
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Natalie Morris
Ph.D. student
Natalie is a PhD student in EEB and a University Fellow who joined the Petrullo Lab in Fall 2024, after she completed her undergraduate degree at Cornell University. Broadly, Natalie is interested in physiological ecology, developmental plasticity, and host-microbe interactions. Outside of the lab, she enjoys lifting weights, riding horses, house music, and hiking.
Allyson Placko
Lab manager
Allyson is a UA grad interested broadly interested in disease ecology and the microbiome's role within it. Particularly, parasite-microbiome dynamics and their effect on symptomatic vs asymptomatic disease. She previously worked with a number of different established and emerging plant viruses as well as on the Galapagos islands working with Darwin's finches and Avian Pox, to understand viral diversity, spread, and disease.