bensproul@lbl.gov Education BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis Research My background is in molecular biology and metabolic engineering. Under Dr. Tian in the Plant Sciences Department at UC Davis, I worked to characterize an alternative function on shikimate dehydrogenase in pomegranate using heterologous expression in E. coli. My interests have since turned to the […]
Jenny Chen
jenchen@lbl.gov Education MS student in Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins University BA in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Berkeley Research I am a strain engineer, I’m motivated by making products for public good (infectious disease, food, medicine). I’m interested in statistical and bioinformatics questions, and am working towards gaining those skill sets.
Naana Quagraine
naana@lbl.gov Education MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center BS in Nutrition (minors in Biology and Psychology), Texas A&M University Research I’m interested in natural products discovery, with a focus on engineering microbes to sustainably produce valuable bioproducts.
Robert Haushalter
rwhaushalter@lbl.gov Research My research in the Keasling Lab focuses on developing new biochemical pathways for producing commodity chemicals from renewable sugars by engineering microbes. I specialize in using fatty acid and polyketide synthase enzymes to produce new compounds and drop-in replacements for currently-used products.