Rachel Mazurek
Title/s: PhD Student
Email: Rmazurek@luc.edu
Mentor: Dr. Abby Kroken
BA: Biology, Elmhurst College
The microbe-host interactions that occur between the gram-negative bacterial species Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) and the ocular surface. I am interested in the way by which corneal epithelial cells recognize and respond to P. aeruginosa.