Tanya Soule, Ph.D.
Associate Chair of Biology

Associate Professor of Biology
Department of Biology, Science Building, Room 344
Purdue University Fort Wayne
2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
Email: soulet@pfw.edu
260.481.0229 (Office), 260.481.6087 (FAX)

 

Western Illinois University, B.S. Biology, 2003

Arizona State University, Ph.D. Microbiology, 2008

Savannah River National Lab, Postdoc

 

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Graduate Students

Anh Nguyen
Effect of ultraviolet radiation on the circadian rhythm of cyanobacteria
Sarah Moh
Effect of fetal alcohol syndrome on the fecal microbiome of adolescent rates
Zach Biddle
Optimizing growth of microbial consortia in a benchtop bioreactor


Undergraduate Students

Clayton Shanks
Antimicrobial activity of novel compounds
Hannah Maroney
Antimicrobial activity of natural compounds


Some Recent Alums

Frank Planchon, B.S., 2022
Anticancer properties of novel compounds
Kyle Zurbuch, B.S., 2022
Isolation of antibiotic-producing microorganisms from soil
Graciela Jimenez, B.S., 2022
Effect of biofertilizer of plant and soil health
Madelyn Buhr, B.S., 2021
Effect of biofertilizer on plant and soil health
Cooper Parish
Antifungal activity of novel compounds
Keiki Kohne, B.S. 2021
Isolation of antibiotic-producing microorganisms from soil
Lindsey Clark, B.S. 2021
Isolation of antibiotic-producing microorganisms from soil
Adreian Paul, M.S. Biology 2020
Analysis of a sensor kinase involved in sunscreen biosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Shannon Calder, M.S. Biology 2020
Community analysis of biofertilizer microorganisms
Carlena Magley, M.S. Biology 2018
Effect of biofertilizers on local crops
Emmy Wanjiku, B.S. Biology 2018
Microbial community analysis of biofertilizers
Janine Bennett, B.S. Biology 2018
Role of scytonemin in coping with oxidative stress in Nostoc punctiforme
Aaron Jones, B.S. Biology 2018
Anti-tumor properties of microbial sunscreens
Taylor Smith-Graber, M.S. Biology 2017
Microbial diversity associated with biological soil crusts of the Indiana Dunes State Park
Gabriela Romo, B.S. Biology 2017
Temperature tolerance of phototrophs of the Indiana Dunes State Park
Megan Gerber, B.S. Biology 2017
Fungal mycobiome of the Green sea turtle
James Price, M.S. Biology 2016
(co-advisor: Dr. Frank Paladino)
Characterization of the juvenile green turtle (Chelonia mydas) microbiome associated with the ontogenetic shift from pelagic to inshore resident areas. The turtle in the image was caught with NMFS Permit No. 17183
Justin Lothamer, B.S. Biology 2015
Microbial diversity of biological soil crusts from the Indiana Dunes State Park
Sejuti Naurin, M.S. Biology 2015
Assessing the role of a putative response regulator in sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

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Jacob Janssen, M.S. Biology 2015
Analysis of a putative histidine kinase associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133
Dexter Shipe, B.S. Biology 2015

Slime production associated with sunscreen-producing cyanobacteria

Erin Keene, M.S. Biology 2012

Co-advised with Dr. Frank Paladino
Microorganisms from sand, cloacal fluid, and eggs of Lepidochelys olivaceaand standard testing of cloacal fluid antimicrobial properties