ajstanton@lbl.gov Education M.Sc. General Biology at the University of Amsterdam | Biomedical Sciences and Marine Biology Erasmus Exchange at the University of Valencia B.Sc. Biological Sciences at the University Konstanz Research My research interests lie at the intersection of microbiology, ecology, and biotechnology. I have pursued interdisciplinary projects that apply microbial systems to address environmental […]
Lucas Grobon
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 […]