Associate Professor in
Biomedical Engineering,
Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
B.S. Stanford University
Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Interests: Emergent properties of complex biological networks and strategies for control
Hanhyeok Im
Research Associate (Postdoc)
B.S. Seoul National University
Ph.D Seoul National University
Interests: Deciphering interactions between gut microbes using synthetic biology
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Aaron Yip
Research Associate (Postdoc)
B.E. Dalhousie University
MASc Dalhousie University
Ph.D. University of Waterloo
Interests: Horizontal gene transfer and microbiome engineering
Claire Palmer
Research Associate (Postdoc)
USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellowship
B.A. Wesleyan University
M.A. Wesleyan University
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Engineering microbial communities to control plant phenotypes
Job Grant
Lab Manager
B.S. University of South Carolina
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
Interests: Lab manager
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Manasi Gangan
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D Indian Institute of Science Pune
M.S. Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
B.S. College of Science, Arts and Commerce University of Mumbai
Interests: Investigating synthetic microbial communities
Jiayi Li
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Interests: Microbiome engineering
Hea Joon Kim
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Hanyang University
M.S. Seoul National University
Interests: Designing synthetic microbial communities
Sarvesh Menon
Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Interests: Prediction and design of synthetic microbial communities
Margaret (Mengyun) Jiang
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.A. Boston College
Interests: Microbial ecology and systems biology
Brennan Keogh
Graduate Student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Rice University
Interests: High-throughput synthetic biology and automation, data-driven assay design, modeling to guide engineering of microbial communities
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Hanchen Huang
Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering
B.S. University of California, Los Angeles
M.S. Duke University
Interests: Computational modeling and machine learning for microbial communities
Julie DuClos
Graduate Student, Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
NSF GRFP
B.S. Colorado School of Mines
NIH Biotechnology Training Program Fellowship
Interests: Interactions between host and gut microbiota
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Pak Lun Kevin Cheung
Graduate student, Electrical & Computer Engineering
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: Computational modeling of microbiomes
Conrad Moss
Associate in Research
B.S. University of Chicago​
Interests: Prediction and design of synthetic microbial communities
ALUMNI
Postdocs
Erin Ostrem Loss
Scientist I at UW-Madison​
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Yu-Yu Cheng
Postdoc at UPenn
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Jordy Sulaiman​​
Research Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Eloi Martinez-Rabert
Research Associate at Aix Marseille University​
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Yili Qian
Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb
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Freeman Lan
Assistant Prof. of BioE at U of Toronto
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Jun Feng
Scientist at DMC Biotechnologies
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Ryan Clark
Senior Scientist at AbbVie
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Joshua Hamilton
Data Scientist at Federation Bio
Xinyun Cao
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern​
Graduate students​
Wenbo Lu
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Jaron Thompson
Computational scientist at Ark Biotech
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Yiyi Liu
Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb​
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Madeline Hayes
Postdoctoral Researcher
Innovative Genomics Institute, UC Berkeley
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Yifei Ren
Graduate student in Beebe lab
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Bryce Connors
Postdoc at UChicago
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Tyler Ross
Associate Scientist II at AbbVie
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Susan Hromada
Senior Scientist at AbbVie
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Sonali Gupta
Researcher at Wavelet Neuro
Jin Wen Tan
Research Associate at Metagenomi
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Undergraduates
Zhengyi Chen
Ph.D. student in Quantitative & Chemical Biology at Vanderbilt
Sarah Ertmer
Process Engineer at Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics
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Harman Dewantoro
Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota
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Technicians
Ryan H Hsu
M.D./Ph.D. student at University of California-San Diego
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