by | Jul 31, 2019 | Conversion, Research Profiles
It’s not often that volleyball, paper-making, and pilot-scale biomass plants are mentioned in the same sentence. But for CABBI Conversion Postdoc Ming-Hsun Cheng, all of the above are integral to his identity as a researcher, risk-taker, athlete, and scientist. When...
by | Apr 16, 2019 | Conversion, Research Profiles
Matt Plutz, a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research Scientist, spends his week immersed in the lab. He grabs a stool to settle in on and uses a microscope to make sure the yeast looks healthy prior to beginning a DNA transformation. He stays focused and...
by | Oct 29, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles
It comes as no surprise that Arian Ghorbanpour — an Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE) Postdoctoral Researcher for CABBI in the David Flaherty Research Group — has always been passionate about science. When asked about his reasoning for...
by | Sep 26, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles
If you made a movie about Jing-Jing Liu’s life story, the University of Illinois’ IGB Lab 1200 would be the perfect backdrop for filming. Falling in love, pregnancies, and raising her children dance around the research, engineering, and innovations that mark her adult...
by | Sep 18, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles
As a researcher, Yong-Su Jin sees both science and art in his work. He sees science in the measuring, testing and theorizing. But in the creativity and passion that his field requires, he sees art. Jin is a Professor of Food Microbiology in the Department of Food...
by | Jul 19, 2018 | Conversion, Research Profiles
While most children were building race tracks, Lego cities, and sandcastles, Tong Si was really interested in one thing: tearing them apart. Fascinated at a young age by what things are made of, he liked to break things apart to figure out how they work. Si naturally...
