CWhitford@lbl.gov Education Ph.D. student at Technical University of Denmark Bachelors and Masters in Molecular Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Germany Research My research focuses on the development of CRISPR tools for streptomycetes with the goal of decreasing DTBL cycle times. In particular, I focus on multiplexed base editing, and novel genome engineering systems utilizing non-standard Cas effectors.
Chenyi Li
chenyiliphd@lbl.gov Education Ph.D. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia B.S. in Bioengineering, Beijing Institute of Technology Research Chenyi Li’s primary research goal in the Keasling lab is to engineer polyketide synthases for the biosynthesis of valuable compounds. Previously, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Georgia under the supervision of Prof. Yajun […]
Lucas Waldburger
lwaldburger@lbl.gov Education PhD student in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley Research I am developing high-throughput molecular technologies and machine learning approaches to decipher and engineer biological systems.
Thomas Young
tyoung@lbl.gov Education PhD in Physical Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles B.S. in Biochemistry, Chemistry, University of Washington Research I am engineering polyketide synthases to produce commodity chemicals. In particular, I am developing niche fuels containing poly-cyclopropane units. I am also interested in creating autotrophic microbial chassis that can produce such chemical products from carbon […]
Namil Lee
NamilLee@lbl.gov Education PhD in Bioengineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology M.S. in Bioengineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology B.S. in Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Research My primary research goal is designing and engineering retrobiosynthesis machinery for novel compound production. Also, I’m interested in systematic approaches for […]
Allie Pearson
al.pearson@lbl.gov Education Microbiology PhD student in Plant and Microbial Biology Department, University of California, Berkeley B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley Research I’m interested in utilizing functional genomics to study host metabolisms/regulatory systems and the directed evolution of transcription factor based biosensors.