Gaire Lab Members
We are a growing research group at the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine working at the intersection of epidemiology, microbial genomics, microbiome science, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety.
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Texas Tech University.
Postdoctoral Training
University of Minnesota
College of Veterinary Medicine
PhD in Epidemiology
Kansas State University
College of Veterinary Medicine
BVSc/DVM and MS in Veterinary Medicine
Nepal
Current Team
Ranjita Bastola
MS Student
Ranjita is a graduate student in the Gaire Lab. Her research focuses on microbial ecology and pathogen genomics of bovine liver abscess disease, using microbiome sequencing and whole-genome sequencing approaches.
Khale Lucero
Veterinary Research Scholar
Khale is a Veterinary Research Scholar and summer scholar in the Gaire Lab, starting in June 2026. His research will focus on management factors associated with respiratory disease, diarrhea, and microbiome development during the preweaning period in beef-on-dairy and Holstein calves.