Amy Siceloff, PhD

(she/her/hers)
Postdoctoral Associate
amy.siceloff at uga.edu

    Amy received her bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, with minors in Computer Science and Chemistry, from Florida State University in 2020. She then went on to join the University of Georgia through the Integrated Life Science program where she is earning her PhD in Microbiology. Her current research interests include using bioinformatic tools to answer ecological questions. In her free time, Amy likes to take her dog, Sadie, to the park and watch baking shows.

    Fun Fact: “I have three older sisters and all of their first names also start with the letter A”

    Education and Training

    BS: Biological Sciences. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
    PhD: Microbiology. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

    Publications

    Siceloff, A. T., Waltman, D., Gunning, C. E., Nolan, S. P., Rohani, P., & Shariat, N. W. (2025). Longitudinal study highlights patterns of Salmonella serovar co-occurrence and exclusion in commercial poultry production. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 1570593.

    Raccoursier, M., Siceloff, A. T., & Shariat, N. W. (2024). In silico and PCR Screening for a Live Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium Vaccine Strain. Avian diseases, 68(1), 18–24.

    Richards, A. K., Siceloff, A. T., Simmons, M., Tillman, G. E., & Shariat, N. W. (2023). Poultry processing interventions reduce Salmonella serovar complexity on post-chill young chicken carcasses as determined by deep serotyping. Journal of food protection, 100208.

    Gorski, L., Shariat, N. W., Richards, A. K., Siceloff, A. T., Aviles Noriega, A., & Harhay, D. M. (2024). Growth assessment of Salmonella enterica multi-serovar populations in poultry rinsates with commonly used enrichment and plating media. Food microbiology, 119, 104431.

    Obe, T., Siceloff, A. T., Crowe, M. G., Scott, H. M., & Shariat, N. W. (2023). Combined Quantification and Deep Serotyping for Salmonella Risk Profiling in Broiler Flocks. Applied and environmental microbiology, 89(4), e0203522.

    Siceloff, A. T., Waltman, D., & Shariat, N. W. (2022). Regional Salmonella Differences in United States Broiler Production from 2016 to 2020 and the Contribution of Multiserovar Populations to Salmonella Surveillance. Applied and environmental microbiology, 88(8), e0020422.

    Siceloff, A. T., Ohta, N., Norman, K. N., Loneragan, G. H., Norby, B., Scott, H. M., & Shariat, N. W. (2021). Antimicrobial Resistance Hidden within Multiserovar Salmonella Populations. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 65(6), e00048-21.

    Presentations

    Deep serotyping of post-harvest meat and poultry products reveals diverse Salmonella serovar populations (poster). International Association for Food Protection. July 2025. Cleveland, OH.

    Selective pre-enrichment reduces time to confirmed Salmonella-positive isolate in poultry preharvest samples (poster). International Poultry Scientific Forum. January 2025. Atlanta, GA.

    Longitudinal Salmonella surveillance in commercial poultry production with rodent control (poster). Southeastern Branch – American Society of Microbiology. September 2024. Tampa, FL.

    Salmonella surveillance in broiler breeder flocks with rodent control (talk). International Association for Food Protection. July 2024. Long Beach, CA.

    Longitudinal Salmonella surveillance in broiler breeder flocks (poster). International Poultry Scientific Forum. January 2024. Atlanta, GA.

    High-resolution Salmonella surveillance in post-harvest meat and poultry products (poster). Southeastern Branch – American Society of Microbiology. November 2023. Auburn, AL.
    Won Travel Grant Award

    Incidence of multiserovar Salmonella populations in postharvest meat and poultry products (talk). International Association for Food Protection. July 2023. Toronto, Canada.
    Won 2nd place for Technical Presentation

    Salmonella risk profiling using molecular enumeration and deep serotyping in broiler flocks (poster). Center for Food Safety Meeting. March 2023. Atlanta, GA.

    Characterizing long-term Salmonella serovar dynamics in United States broiler production, 2016-2022 (poster). Georgia Association for Food Protection Meeting. April 2023. Athens, GA.
    Won 2nd place for Poster Presentation

    Assessing incidence of house-to-house Salmonella transmission among breeder flocks by deep serotyping (poster). International Poultry Scientific Forum. January 2023. Atlanta, GA.

    Salmonella surveillance in United States broiler production, 2016-2020 (talk). International Association for Food Protection. July 2022. Pittsburgh, PA.

    Prevalence of multi-serotype Salmonella populations in southeastern breeder flocks (poster). International Poultry Scientific Forum. January 2022. Atlanta, GA.
    Won 1st place for SCAD Poster Presentation

    High-resolution Salmonella surveillance reveals high incidence of multi-serovar populations in poultry (talk). Southeastern Branch – American Society of Microbiology. November 2021. Virtual.
    Won 2nd place for Graduate Oral Presentation

    High-resolution analyses of multi-serotype Salmonella populations in southeastern breeder flocks (poster). World Microbe Forum – American Society for Microbiology and Federation of European Microbiological Societies. June 2021. Online.

    Characterizing Salmonella serovar diversity in United States broiler production, 2016 – 2020 (talk). Southeastern Branch – American Society for Microbiology. November 2022. Savannah, GA.
    Won 2nd place for Graduate Oral Presentation

    Awards

    • Recipient of Travel Grant Award. Southeastern Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. November 2023.
    • 2nd place for Technical Presentations. International Association for Food Protection Conference. July 2023.
    • Recipient of Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Georgia. July 2023. 
    • Recipient of Beverly Hirsh Frank Graduate Fellowship, University of Georgia. May 2023. 
    • 2nd place for Graduate Student Poster Presentations. Georgia Association for Food Protection Conference. April 2023. 
    • Recipient of Graduate School Summer Research Grant, University of Georgia. April 2023.
    • UGA-University of Liverpool Doctoral Student Research Fellowship, University of Georgia. April 2023.
    • 2nd place for Graduate Student Oral Presentations. Southeastern Branch Conference – American Society of Microbiology. November 2022. 
    • Recipient of Graduate School Travel Grant, University of Georgia. July 2022. 
    • Recipient of Beverly Hirsh Frank Graduate Fellowship, University of Georgia. May 2022. 
    • Recipient of Graduate School Summer Research Grant, University of Georgia. April 2022.
    • 1st place for SCAD Poster Presentation at the International Poultry Scientific Forum. January 2022.
    • Recipient of Graduate School Summer Research Grant, University of Georgia. April 2021.
    • 2nd place for Graduate Student Oral Presentations. Southeastern Branch Conference – American Society of Microbiology. November 2021.

    Teaching Experience

    • TA for MIBO3500L (Introductory Microbiology Laboratory). Spring 2024.