Group Alumni

Matthew Estrada

M.S. Microbiology, The Ohio State University (2024)

B.S. Biology, The Ohio State University (2022)

Email: estrada.78@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Matthew grew up in a small town in Lucas County, Ohio. He enjoyed being out on the water, playing soccer, and woodworking. Matthew joined the Wesener Group as part of The Ohio State University’s Microbiology Master's program and graduated in the Fall of 2024. Matthew is interested in how bacterial glycans impact host immune cells. 

Abigail Williams

Ohio 5-OSU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Trainee (2024)

B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Expected 2026), The College of Wooster

Current position: Univ. of Pennsylvania SUIP (Summer 2025)

Abigail grew up in Canton, Ohio. She is currently a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major at the College of Wooster. Besides research, Abigail enjoys playing tennis, hiking, and swimming. She joined the Wesener Lab in the Summer of 2024 as a part of the Ohio 5-OSU Summer Undergraduate Research Experience program. 

Lawrence Mazzoni 

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2023)

B.S. Biology (Honors), The Ohio State University (Dec. 2023)

Current position: Physician Assistant Student, matriculating 2025.

Recipient of OSU Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) Fellowship (Summer of 2023) 

Recipient of OSU Undergraduate Research Scholarship (Fall 2024)

Presented Designing an ideal medium to study bacterial polysaccharide crossfeeding in the human gut microbiota at the Autumn Undergraduate Research Festival.