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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, 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

Gee, Lillian (Co-Author), Moore, Makaylie (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Antimicrobial Activity of Cetaphil", UVU. (February 15, 2024)
Carlson, Zadie (Author Only), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Carbapenem Resistance on UVU Campus", UVU. (February 15, 2024)
Welsh, Natalie (Co-Author), Belka, Skyler (Co-Author), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Detecting Antibiotic Resistance Genes in The Environment", UVU. (February 15, 2024)
Zollinger, Dallin (Author Only), Brooks, Lauren , Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, "Evaluating Presence of Antibiotic Resistance Gene vatA on UVU Campus", UVU. (February 15, 2024)
Belka, Skyler , Welsh, Natalie , Deming, Jacob , Wilkins, Tanner , Morris, Parker , Esplin, Nathan , Whitley, Kiara , Brooks, Lauren , American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Branch Regional Meeting, "Detecting Antibiotic Resistant Genes from the Environment​.", American Society for Microbiology Intermountain Branch, Provo, UT. (April, 2023)
Smith, Alayna , Brooks, Lauren , Showcase of Undergraduate Scholarly & Creative Works, "Alayna Smith and Lauren Brooks. Microbiome of Meadow Hot Springs. ", Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. (April, 2023)

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