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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

MICR 3450

General Microbiology, Summer 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Summer 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Summer 2026

BTEC 4890R

Student Research, Summer 2026

BIOL 4600

Bioinformatics Capstone, Spring 2026

BIOL 3800

Conservation Biology, Spring 2026

MICR 3450

General Microbiology, Spring 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Spring 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Spring 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Spring 2026

BIOL 4890R

Student Research, Spring 2026

MICR 4890R

Student Research, Spring 2026

Presentations

Rogers, Noah (Presenter & Author), Jannuzzi, Bailey (Presenter & Author), Johnston, Morgan (Presenter & Author), Lopez, Alaya (Presenter & Author), Brooks, Lauren (Author Only), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch, "Evaluating Genomic Pipelines for Predicting Bacteriophage Host Range in Salmonella enterica", Salt Lake City, UT. (April 25, 2026)
Parker, Daniel (Presenter & Author), Sylvester, Sarah (Presenter & Author), Brooks, Lauren (Author Only), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch, "Experimental Evaluation of Bioinformatics Tools for Bacteriophage Host Range Determination", Salt Lake City, UT. (April 25, 2026)
Van Noy, Benjamin (Presenter & Author), Hayes, Alex (Presenter & Author), Morton, Kelvin (Presenter & Author), Brown, Levi (Presenter & Author), Brooks, Lauren (Author Only), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch, "Mapping Antibiotic Resistance_ A Survey of Microbial Contamination on the UVU Campus", Salt Lake City, UT. (April 25, 2026)
Bailie, Cori (Presenter & Author), Brooks, Lauren (Author Only), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch, "Sequencing and Analysis of the Bacteriome of Puno Bay, Lake Titicaca", Salt Lake City, UT. (April 25, 2026)
Lee, Amanda (Presenter & Author), Andrew, Jacob (Presenter & Author), Brooks, Lauren (Author Only), American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Regional Branch, "What’s in the water? Proposing an Alternative Media for Standardized Fecal Contamination Testing on Peruvian Drinking Water. ", Salt Lake City, UT. (April 25, 2026)
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)

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