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: Biology, BS, Texas A&M
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.
Xuejun Qian
Credentials: Engineering, Ph.D, 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 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.