Meet Our Team

Nikki Camlin, Ph.D.
Nina Bell Suggs Endowed Professor
​School of of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences - Cell and Molecular Biology
Email: [email protected]

I am originally from Australia, I received my B.S in Medical Science (Pathology) from Charles Stuart University before getting my honours in Biomedical Science from the University of Newcastle. During my honours, I fell in love with reproductive biology and all things oocyte. I then got my PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Newcastle (2017), where I investigated the impact of transgenerational cigarette smoke exposure and aging on female fertility. After this, I moved to the States for my postdoc exploring M-Phase regulation of oocyte meiosis under the advisement of Dr. Janice Evans, first at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2017-2019), then at Purdue University (2019-2023). The Camlin lab started in the School of Biological, Environmental and Earth Sciences at the University of Southern Mississippi August 2023.

Graduate Students

Elizabeth Lawrence
Master's Program
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Moses Chen
PhD Program
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Sergio Valdivia
Master's Program

Undergraduate STUDENTS​

Neta Nnabuenyi
Biological Sciences (Biomedical) - Honors

Saniyah Saddler
​Biological Sciences (Biomedical) - Honors

McKenzie James
​Biological Sciences (Biomedical)

Kaylee Martinez
Biological Sciences (Biomedical) ​- Honors

Anna Grace Randall
​​Biological Sciences - Honors

Paige Wilson
Biological Sciences (Microbiology)

Addison Sonntag
​​Biological Sciences

Lab Alumni

Undergraduate Researchers

• Avrea Boothe (2023-2025) - Biological Sciences (Conservation)
• Deanna Freeman (2023-2025) - Biological Sciences (Biomedical) 
  

Mississippi INBRE Research Scholar

• Morgan Sands (2025) - Alcorn State University (Molecular Biology) 
  

Graduate Researchers

• Godspower Okeke (2024-2025)