lpgrobon@lbl.gov Education M.Sc. student in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) B.Eng. in Bioengineering, McGill University Research Lucas Grobon is an Alfred Werner Scholar pursuing his M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at EPFL. Under the supervision of Dr. Peter Winegar in the Keasling laboratory, his master thesis focuses on achieving […]
Janik Ludwig
janikl@lbl.gov Education M.S. student in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich B.S. in Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich Research My research project focuses on advancing the biosynthesis of fuelimycins—polycyclopropanated fatty acids with high energy density—by optimizing the cyclopropanase enzyme (Pop2) in Streptomyces venezuelae, using protein language models and directed evolution to enhance production yields. This work aims […]
Hannah Dorn
hannah.dorn@berkeley.edu Education M.Sc. student in Molecular and Applied Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University B.Sc. in Molecular and Applied Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University Research I am deeply passionate about the potential of synthetic biology and metabolic engineering to drive the development of more sustainable products. As part of my Master’s program, I have joined the Keasling Lab […]