People
María Rendón trained for her PhD at the National Polytechnic Institute in México City and the University of Arizona, graduating in 2009. Her project is to determine how neisserial host interaction genes are differentially regulated in commensal and pathogenic species of Neisseria.
Sloane graduated from Colorado State University in 2020 with a Bachelors of Science in Microbiology. Sloane spent several years working in a clinical pathology lab before returning to academia. They joined the Rhodes lab in 2024, and now study Neisseria species. In their free time, they enjoy playing table top role playing games and video games with friends. Sloane also loves to paint, and is known to pick up miscellaneous hobbies as inspiration strikes.
Evy was born and raised in Vietnam and moved to the United States at 16 as a foreign exchange student. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Bioinformatics from the University of Arizona in 2022. During her undergraduate years, she conducted research in mycology and bacteriology within the Schools of Plant Sciences and Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences. In 2024, Evy joined Dr. Katherine Rhodes' lab through the ABBS program, where she focuses on studying host-Neisseria genus interactions. In her free time, she enjoys reading, writing, traveling, and solving crosswords. Evy also loves learning about history and enjoying her comfort food, Korean BBQ.