Congratulations to Prof J.P. Gerdt
Congratulations to J.P for receiving the outstanding junior faculty award 2026.
Congratulations to Dr. Marian Addo!
Marian successfully defended her thesis and is now officially Dr. Addo.
Gerdt Lab tackles antibiotic resistance using bacteriophages.
Welcome Lalitha, Will and Lucy
Lalitha joined the lab as a Research associate. Will and Lucy joined in January 2026 and will begin their graduate research.
Our research on bacterial metabolites and bacteriophage viruses is featured in leading outlets!
Excited to share that our recent work revealing that bacterial metabolites synergize with viruses to shape the outcomes of microbial competition has been featured in Phys. Org, AZOLifeSciences.com, and ContagionLive.com
Zhiyu (Troy) successfully defended his thesis and is now officially Dr. Zang!
Congratulations to Marian on her recent award!
Congratulations to Marian for winning the Executive Dean’s Travel Award for Women in Science. She is going to attend the 2024 NOBCChE conference in September.
Congratulations to Chengqian Zhang on his recent awards!
Congratulations to Chengqian Zhang for being awarded the Slagle Fellowship and Lynne L. Merritt Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Kidner!
Ria successfully defended her thesis and is now officially Dr. Kidner!
Congrats to Yanyao on his PhD candidacy exam!
Congratulations to Yanyao who passed his 5th semester qualifying exam today. He is now officially a PhD candidate!
Congrats to our boss, Professor J.P. Gerdt for his recent award!
Congrats to Dr. Gerdt for being named as the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar!
Congratulations to Kyle on his scholarship!
Kyle was admitted to the UC Berkeley Amgen Scholars Program at the University of California – Berkeley. Congratulations Kyle!
Congratulations to Ellie on her scholarship!
Congratulations to Ellie for being awarded the Chemistry Summer Research Fellowship to work in the Gerdt Lab!
Congrats to our boss Professor J. P. Gerdt on his recent teaching award!
Congrats to Dr. Gerdt for being awarded Indiana University Bloomington Trustees Teaching Award!
Congrats to Zhiyu (Troy) on his recent award!
Congrats to Zhiyu (Troy) for being awarded the Victor Liu Graduate Fellowship from the College of Arts & Sciences!
Congrats to Chengqian on his PhD candidacy exam!
Congratulations to Chengqian who passed his 5th semester qualifying exam today. He is now officially a PhD candidate!
First Annual Proposal Day - 2023
The Gerdt lab had our first annual proposal day today! It was a great day of presenting and bouncing off research ideas with the group, and eating lots of yummy food.
Hooray! The lab has received new funding as an supplement to our R35 MIRA grant from the NIH to study interspecies chemical signaling in protozoans. The additional funding will be used to purchase a confocal imaging reader.
Congrats to Marian on her travel award!
Congratulations to Marian for winning a Paget Travel Grant to attend the NOBCChE’s 50th Annual Meeting. Have a fruitful trip!
Congrats to Zhiyu (Troy) on his recent awards!
Troy was awarded BOTH the Lynne L. Merritt Fellowship AND the Robert & Marjorie Mann Fellowship. Way to go! We’re proud of you!
Congrats to our fellow lab members on their awards!
Soniya Rayi for winning both People’s Choice and 1st place in life sciences for the CEWIT 2023 Women’s Research Poster Competition, Eleanor (Ellie) Goldstone for winning the Carl H. Eigenmann Undergraduate Scholarship, Aria Gonzalez for winning a summer research fellowship from the American Society of Pharmacognosy, Kyle Kwok for winning Harry G. Day Summer Research Scholarship and Hutton Honors Research Grant
Congrats to Marian on her PhD candidacy exam!
Congratulations to Marian who recently passed her 5th semester qualifying exam. She is now officially a PhD candidate!
Congrats to Soniya on her travel award!
Congratulations to Soniya Rayi for winning an IUB Provost’s Travel Award for Women in Science to attend the 2022 Biofilms meeting! Well deserved, have a fruitful trip!
Congrats to Marian on her AI award!
Congratulations to Marian Addo! Marian was selected to receive the AI Award for 2022. Great job Marian!