Breezy Brock | Undergraduate Research Assistant

Undergraduate Researcher

Breezy Brock

Under the supervision of Dr. Crystal Hepp and Dr. Viacheslav Fofanov at the Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Breezy participates in various projects studying the prevalence, movement, and evolution of pathogens such as West Nile Virus (WNV), Rabies Virus, COVID 19, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus mutans, and Streptococcus sobrinus. Upon graduating from NAU, she plans to become a board-certified veterinary pathologist with a Ph.D. in Microbiology and conduct research on host-pathogen interactions at a cellular level in animals and humans to develop new means for disease prevention.