lanclosn@berkeley.edu Education PhD Student in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco BS Cell and Molecular Biology & BA Economics – University of South Florida Research I am interested in using genetic tools and computational biology to engineer complex living systems.
Devan Horn
dhorn@lbl.gov Education M. Sc. in Organic and Biological Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (since 2021) B. Sc. in Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich (2018-2021) Research With my background in organic and biological chemistry, I am especially interested in biosynthesizing commodity chemicals to move towards a bio-based economy. In the Keasling lab, […]
Soonkyu Hwang
SoonkyuHwang@lbl.gov Education Post-doctoral researcher, KAIST (2023, PI Byung-Kwan Cho) M.S./Ph.D integrated course in Bioengineering, KAIST (2016~2022, PI Byung-Kwan Cho) B.S. in Biological Sciences, KAIST (2011-2015) Research My research is in artificial metalloenzyme engineering and PKS modular engineering to construct new pathways for valuable products, using bioinformatics and synthetic biology skills.
Ofer Prinz Setter
ofer.ps@berkeley.edu Education Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology B.S. in Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Research I am studying the efficient valorization of bio-waste into transgenic food proteins produced by filamentous fungi. As natural primary decomposers, these robust microorganisms demonstrate impressive enzyme secretion mechanisms for breaking […]
Marie Dielentheis-Frenken
mdielentheisfrenken@lbl.gov Education PhD student in Applied Microbiology in the Blank Lab at RWTH Aachen University, Germany B.S., M.S. in Biology at RWTH Aachen University, Germany Research I am interested in engineering the yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans for production of a polyol lipid biosurfactant.
Ezechinyere Ukabiala
eze_ukabiala@berkeley.edu Education PhD Student in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco BS in Bioengineering, UC San Diego Research I’m interested in engineering microbes to produce fuels and commodity chemicals.
BJ Cawthon
cawthon_bridgie@berkeley.edu Education PhD student and GEM Fellow in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley B.S. in Chemical Engineering from University of Tennessee, Knoxville Research My research background has primarily been in protein extraction and performing metabolic flux analysis. This has sparked my interest in metabolic engineering work. I was specifically interested in Jay because of his […]
Ning Qin
NingQin@lbl.gov Education PhD in Chemical engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology M.S. in Bioengineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology B.S. in Bioengineering, Liaocheng University Research I am looking forward to working on combinatorial PKS design with high throughput technology. I hope to find more unnatural polyketones.
Han Min Woo
hmwoo@lbl.gov Education B.S. Korea University, South Korea, 2004 M.S., Korea Advanced Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea, 2006 Ph.D. Forschunszentrum Juelich, Germany, 2010 Postdoc, JBEI, 2011 Research Metabolic engineering and Synthetic Biology of industrial microorganisms, Microbial genetics, Lab automation, and high-throughput experiments
Justin Baerwald
jbaerwald@berkeley.edu Education PhD student in Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley BS in Chemical Engineering, University Wisconsin Madison Research My research interests include synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, and fermentative engineering.
Xixi Zhao
xzhao2@lbl.gov Education Ph.D. in Genetics, Sun Yat-sen University Research My current research focuses on triterpene saponins biosynthesis in yeast. In addition, I am interested in transcription factor-based biosensor development and engineering, and CRISPR-transposon used for metabolic engineering.
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan
rmahadevan@lbl.gov Education Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware Research Genome-scale modeling, Pathway Prediction, Strain Design, Machine learning for protein and strain engineering
Peter Winegar
peterwinegar@berkeley.edu Education Ph.D. in Chemistry, Northwestern University (Advisor: Prof. Chad Mirkin) B.S. in Chemistry, Michigan Technological University Research Peter is an NIH NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley with Prof. Jay Keasling. He completed a B.S. in Chemistry from Michigan Technological University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Northwestern University with […]
Casper van der Luijt
CasperVDL@lbl.gov Education PhD student at University of Copenhagen and Technical University of Denmark MSc in Life Science & Technology, Delft University of Technology BSc in Life Science & Technology, Leiden University and Delft University of Technology Research I’m working on recombinant protein production in filamentous fungi to develop sustainable microbial foods. My PhD project is […]
Maria Astolfi
mastolfi@lbl.gov Education Ph.D. student in Bioengineering, University of California-Berkeley & UCSF, USA B.Tech in Biotechnology, Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil Research I am passionate about synthetic biology to grow colorful, flavorful, and meaningful natural products from our vast biodiversity. In the Keasling Lab, I am excited to work at the intersection of multi-omics, machine learning, […]