Jenna Diefenderfer
Graduate Researcher

PhD Precandidate, Microbiology

I received a B.S in Biochemistry and Chemical Biotechnology in 2022 from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. During my time at ESU, I gained hands-on laboratory experience in molecular biology and microbiology interning at the Dr. Jane Huffman Wildlife Genetics Institute. In the fall of 2022, I started the Microbiology PhD program at Arizona State University and joined Dr. Heather Bean’s lab in spring of 2023.