Faculty180 - Vita and Individual Profile Data Sheet

Allea Cauilan, MS

Fall 1980 - Fall 2120

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Current Position

Position: Adjunct Faculty

Biography

Allea completed both her B.S. and M.S. at California State University, Northridge. She conducted microbiology research there as both an undegraduate and graduate student. Her research focuses in antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli. Throughout her research career, she earned several scholarships including the CSUN presidential scholarship an Honorary Nathan O. Freedman Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student. She has also presented at several local, national, and international scientific conferences including the American Society for Microbiology and the World Microbe Forum. Aside from teaching at SCUHS, she also teaches at microbiology at California State University, Northridge.

Degrees

2022

M.S., Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California, United StatesDissertation: Identification of Endogenous Substrates of the AcrAB-TolC Pump in Escherichia coli

2018

B.Sc., Microbiology and Cell/Molecular Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California, United StatesDissertation: Exploration of the Relationship Between Cellular Metabolism and the AcrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump in Escherichia coli

Scholarly Contributions and Creative Productions

Journal Article

Completed/Published

Cauilan, Allea, Karen Ramos, Dana E. Harmon, and Cristian Ruiz. 2019. “Global Effect of the AcrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump of Escherichia Coli in Cell Metabolism Revealed by Untargeted Metabolomics.” International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 54:105–7.

Honors and Awards

Spring 2022 - Spring 2022

Honorary Nathon O Freedman Award for Outstanding Graduate Student, 2022

Spring 2021 - Spring 2022

Donald E. Bianchi Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, 2022

Fall 2020 - Fall 2020

CSUN Graduate Equity Fellowship, 2020

Professional Membership

Fall 2016 - Ongoing

American Society for Microbiology, August 2016

Spring 2021 - Ongoing

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, April 2021