Ashley McCarley

MCDB Ph.D. graduate student

ashleymccarley@umail.ucsb.edu

LSB 3109

B.A. in Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

M.S. in Biology, California State University, Northridge, Northridge, CA

1) McCarley, A. and C. A. Becerra (2025) Cultural incorporation of the Kirby-Bauer method in introductory microbiology lab. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education 26:e00014-25

2) McCarley, A., Espejo, M. L., Harmon, D. E. and C. Ruiz. (2024) Freshwater and marine environments in California are a reservoir of carbapenem-resistant bacteria. Microorganisms 12:802

3) Ruiz, C., McCarley, A, Espejo, M. L., Cooper, K. K. and D. E. Harmon (2019) Comparative genomics reveals a well-conserved intrinsic resistome in the rmerging multidrug-resistant pathogen Cupriavidus gilardii. mSphere 4:e00631-19

4) Harmon, D. E., Miranda, O. A., McCarley, A., Eshaghian, M., Carlson, N. and C. Ruiz (2019) Prevalence and characterization of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in water bodies in the Los Angeles–Southern California area. MicrobiologyOpen 8:e692