Current Members

Daniel Amador-Noguez

Credentials: Molecular Genetics, Ph.D, Baylor College of Medicine

Position title: Primary Investigator

Email: amadornoguez@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

Research Focus: LCMS and HPLC method development and use

Lauren Lucas

Credentials: Microbiology, Ph.D, University of Wisconsin Madison

Position title: Postdoc

Email: llucas3@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

Research focus: My projects focus on quantitatively characterizing Zymomonas mobilis metabolism through the use of computational modeling, genetic engineering, metabolomics, and proteomics.

Isabella Colon

Position title: Masters Student

Email: imcolon@wisc.edu