Daniel Amador-Noguez
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: Northern Illinois University, Ph.D
Position title: Sr. Research Specialist, Lab Manager
Email:
dmstevenson
Research Focus: LCMS and HPLC method development and use
Lauren Lucas
Credentials: Microbiology, Ph.D UW Madison, Integrative Biology/ Plant and Microbial Biology, BA/BS, UC Berkeley
Position title: Postdoc
Email:
llucas3
Research Focus: I study bile acid metabolism by human gut microbes and lipid membrane composition in bacterial biofilms.
Daven Khana
Credentials: Microbiology/Genetics, BS, University of Georgia
Position title: Ph.D Student
Email:
khana
Research Focus: My projects focus on using quantitative metabolomics and proteomics data to identify bottlenecks in microbial pathways that generate valuable bioproducts.
Julio Rivera Vazquez
Credentials: Biology, BS, Texas A&M
Position title: Ph.D Student
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, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, BA University of Colorado Boulder
Position title: Masters Student
Email:
thusoo
Research Focus: Investigating Clostridium thermocellum's physiology in an effort to increase biofuel production.
Bhavana Gangwar
Credentials: PhD Microbiology, CSIR-CIMAP/JNU New Delhi, India
Position title: Postdoc
Email:
gangwar2
Research Focus: Mechanistic studies of human gut bacteria in bile acid metabolism and human health
Xuejun Qian
Credentials: Doctor of Engineering- Morgan State University
Position title: Postdoc
Email:
xqian56
Research Focus: Build computational models (e.g., genome scale model and proteome allocation model) of different organisms to study metabolic networks that ultimately maximize production of interested byproducts (e.g., biofuel, chemicals) and increase biomass resources utilization.
Sydney Johnston
Credentials: Microbiology, BS, Iowa State University
Position title: Ph.D Student Co-advised by Dr. Betül Kaçar
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.