Daniel Amador-Noguez
Credentials: Molecular Genetics, Ph.D, Baylor College of Medicine
Position title: Primary Investigator
Email:
amadornoguez
Research Focus: Metabolomics and metabolic regulation in biofuel producing bacteria, bacterial biofilms, and the human gut microbiome.
Dave Stevenson
Credentials: Microbiology, Ph.D, Northern Illinois University
Position title: Sr. Research Specialist, Lab Manager
Email:
dmstevenson
Research Focus: LCMS and HPLC method development and use
Lauren Lucas
Credentials: Microbiology, Ph.D, University of Wisconsin Madison
Position title: Postdoc
Email:
llucas3
Research Focus: I study bile acid metabolism by human gut microbes and lipid membrane composition in bacterial biofilms.
Julio Rivera Vazquez
Credentials: Microbiology, Ph.D, University of Wisconsin Madison
Position title: Postdoc
Email:
riveravazque
Research Focus: I investigate the defense mechanisms of Z. mobilis, under a variety of stressors.
Eashant Thusoo
Credentials: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Neuroscience, BA, University of Colorado Boulder
Position title: Ph.D Student
Email:
thusoo
Research Focus: Investigating Clostridium thermocellum's physiology in an effort to increase biofuel production.
Sydney Bradley
Credentials: Microbiology, BS, Iowa State University
Position title: Ph.D Student
Email:
sajohnston2
Research focus: My projects will investigate the adaptive evolution of the bacterial-biofuel organism Z. mobilis through the lens of metabolomics while increasing our understanding of the origins of glycolysis intersectionally through astrobiology.
Kirsten Fisher
Credentials: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BS University of South Carolina
Position title: Ph. D Student
Email:
kfisher22
Research focus: My projects focus on quantitatively characterizing Zymomonas mobilis metabolism through the use of computational modeling, genetic engineering, metabolomics, and proteomics.