Elena Guevara

Elena Guevara serves as a Lecturer at Dominican University New York within the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES) program. She functions as Primary Instructor for multiple course sections spanning phage discovery and genomic analysis.

Her research interests include:

• Microbiology
• Genomics
• Bioinformatics
• Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Guevara has instructed the following SEA-PHAGES sections:

• Fall 2023: BI 221 DA1 (In situ, 17 students)
• Spring 2024: Gen Bio DA1 (In silico, 7 students with Regina Alvarez)
• Fall 2024: Gen Bio DA2 (In situ: 20 students; In silico: 18 students)
• Fall 2025: Gen Bio DA2 (In situ, 18 students)

She mentors undergraduate researchers through hands-on phage isolation and genomic projects, primarily advising freshmen and sophomores. Her work operates under the HHMI-funded SEA-PHAGES educational grant framework, which integrates authentic research into undergraduate curricula.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials.

As a core SEA-PHAGES faculty member, she contributes to this national network focused on bacteriophage genomics education and participates in program events including the 2025 Phage Genomics Workshop and 2026 SEA Symposium.