Category: Graduate Students

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.

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, […]

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’m interested in using functional genomics and machine learning to explore biosynthetic diversity and engineer complex genetic circuits.

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.

jbr@lbl.gov Education PhD Student in Bioengineering, UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco BS in Computer Science and Engineering Physics, Cornell University Research I’m excited about carbon reduction and sequestration, and in the Keasling lab two areas in particular. First, computational optimization of novel polyketide synthases (PKSs) for retrobiosynthesis. Second, reengineering of carbon metabolism to improve reactor […]

idonnell@lbl.gov Education PhD student in Chemistry, UC Berkeley B.A. in Chemistry with distinction, Carleton College Research I am interested in bringing new chemistries into metabolic pathways to generate novel natural products, and developing assays for directed evolution of these pathways

lkeiser@lbl.gov Education PhD student in Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University. Research My research interests include synthetic biology and protein engineering. I am researching how we can engineer polyketide synthases for the efficient production of novel products.

aidancowan@berkeley.edu Education PhD student in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley B.A. in Biology, Macalester College Research Aidan is interested in developing selection systems that allow for the evolution of proteins or strains with desirable traits. He takes a combinatorial approach to experimental design and is excited by large and diverse DNA libraries. […]

mschmidt@lbl.gov Education Doctoral Student in Biology at RWTH Aachen University, Germany M.S. in Molecular and Applied Biotechnology from RWTH Aachen University, Germany B.S. in Chemistry and Biotechnology from Hochschule Niederrhein, Germany Research I am a PhD student from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, and I pursue my research at the Keasling Lab. My work […]

BLuckie@lbl.gov Education PhD student in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Program at UC Berkeley B.S in Biochemistry and B.S. in Genetics from Clemson University Research I am interested in exploring, harnessing, and expanding the metabolic repertoire of the human microbiota. LinkedIn

kyyin@lbl.gov Education Microbiology PhD student in UC Berkeley Plant and Microbial Biology department B.S. in Microbiology from UCLA Research I am interested in harnessing microbes’ diverse metabolic capabilities to address environmental challenges. Approaches I’m particularly interested in using to achieve this include genome mining and polyketide synthase engineering. LinkedIn Twitter

scrowe@lbl.gov Education PhD Student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Berkeley BS/MS in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University Research I’m a PhD student in UC Berkeley’s Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. I’m interested in the concerted effort of current experimental methods, high throughput robotics, and machine learning for smarter modular enzyme engineering for production of novel […]

Education B.S. in Biology, UNC Chapel Hill Research I am a student in the UCSF- UC Berkeley Graduate Program in Bioengineering.  My general research interests include mechanisms of infectious disease, metabolic engineering, and therapeutic R&D. Access to proper nutrition and consistent medical treatment presents a substantial challenge in developing countries.  Living therapeutics, such as engineered […]