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Zach Lonergan
West Virginia Wesleyan
Eric Skaar lab
My research focuses on the battle for nutrient metals between the pathogen and host. I work with the Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii and aim to better understand how the organism acquires zinc during infections.