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Lauren Brooks

Faculty Member

Dr. Lauren Brooks

Biography

I strive to put students first in all aspects of my position to make their UVU experience as rewarding as possible through my teaching, research, and service to the university.

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Education

PhD, Oregon State University, 2016

Major: Microbiology

MESc (Master of Environmental Science), Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2011

Major: Water Science and Policy

BS, Marshall University, 2009

Major: Environmental Science/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teaching

BIOL 2500

Environmental Biology BB, Spring 2025

BIOL 3200

Guided Research Experience, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

BIOL 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

MICR 489R

Student Research, Spring 2025

ENVT 3330

Water Resources Management, Spring 2025

Presentations

Jacob, Charles (Co-Author), Francom, Braden (Co-Author), Weaver, Riley (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren , American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch Meeting, "Evolution of Tolerance_ Adaptive Responses of Staphylococci to Alcohol-based Disinfectants", Idaho State University. (April 26, 2025)
Park, Mason (Co-Author), Madsen, Marissa , Brooks, Lauren (Co-Author), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch Meeting, "Examining a Novel Infection Mechanism in Bacteriophage Targeting Salmonella Typhi", Idaho State University. (April 26, 2025)
Madsen, Marissa , Park, Mason (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren (Co-Author), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch Meeting, "Exploring Host Specificity and Receptor Candidates in Two Phages that Infect Salmonella enterica", Idaho State University. (April 26, 2025)
Furness, Megan (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren (Co-Author), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch Meeting, "The Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes on a College Campus ", Idaho State University. (April 26, 2025)
Gee, Lillian (Co-Author), Moore, Makaylie (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Antimicrobial Activity of Cetaphil", Southern Utah University. (February 28, 2025)
Jacob, Charles (Co-Author), Francom, Braden (Co-Author), Weaver, Riley (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Evolution of Tolerance_ Adaptive Responses of Staphylococci to Alcohol-based Disinfectants", Southern Utah University. (February 28, 2025)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Kaze, Mo , Brooks, Lauren , Sistrom, Mark , "If you want to go and take a ride with me_ The phage, prophage, AMG and IME content of biopesticides" . mSystems.
Brooks, Lauren , Caccone, Adalgisa , Cooper, Mark , Knauf, David , Pascucilla, Michael , (2022) "Microbial Source Tracking in the Sasco Brook, Lower Farm River, and Goodwives River Watersheds of Long Island Sound" (Issue: 5, vol. 85). Journal of Environmental Health.
Kaze, Mo , Brooks, Lauren , Sistrom, Mark , (2021) "Antimicrobial resistance in Bacillus-based biopesticide products" (Issue: 8, vol. 167). Microbiology Society.
Kaze, Mo , Brooks, Lauren , Sistrom, Mark , (2021) "Genomic Sequence Analysis of Methicillin- and Carbapenem- Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Raw Sewage" (Issue: 1, vol. 9). Microbiology Spectrum.
Korajkic, Asja , Wanjugi, Pauline , Brooks, Lauren , Cao, Yiping , Harwood, Valerie , (2019) "Persistence and Decay of Fecal Microbiota in Aquatic Habitats" (Issue: 4, vol. 83). Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews.
Brooks, Lauren , Kaze, Mo , Sistrom, Mark , (2019) "A Curated, Comprehensive Database of Plasmid Sequences" (Issue: 1, vol. 8). Microbial Resource Announcements.

Awards

Mentor of the Year

UVU Honors Program - April 21, 2023

Student Advocate Award

Utah Valley University - April 11, 2023

NOMINATION: College of Science Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service

Utah Valley University - March, 2023

Nominated - not received

Faculty Excellence Award

Utah Valley University - March 3, 2023

SPOT Award (for assistance on General Biology Revisions)

Utah Valley University - July, 2021

Dean's Award of Excellence - Teaching

Utah Valley University College of Science - March 2, 2021

Awarded by Dean Danny Horns for excellence in Teaching