CABBI Personnel

Lisa Ainsworth, USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research, Urbana, IL

Fredy Altpeter, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Florida

Brian Baldwin, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University

Carl Bernacchi, USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research, Urbana, IL

Edward Brzostek, Asst. Professor of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling, West Virginia University

Edgar Cahoon, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Ximing Cai, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Li-Qing Chen, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thomas Clemente, Professor of Biotechnology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Evan H. DeLucia, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Bruce Dien, Research Chemical Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL

James Dumesic, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Adrien Finzi, Professor of Biology, Boston University

David Flaherty, Asst. Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kaiyu Guan, Asst. Prof. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Jeremy Guest, Asst. Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anna Hale, Research Geneticist, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Houma, LA

Emily Heaton, Associate Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University

Adina Howe, Asst. Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University

Tara Hudiburg, Assistant Professor of Forest, Rangeland & Fire Sciences, University of Idaho

Matthew Hudson, Prof. of Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Deputy Theme Leader)

Yong-Su Jin, Assoc. Prof. of Food Microbiology, Asst. Prof. of Bioeng., University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Angela Kent, Assoc. Prof. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Madhu Khanna, Prof. of Ag. and Consumer Econ., University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)

Andrew Leakey, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DoKyoung Lee, Associate Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chang-Jun Liu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Stephen P. Long, Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Ting Lu, Assoc. Prof. of Bioeng., Asst. Prof. of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yi Lu, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Amy Marshall-Colón, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sergei Maslov, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stephen Moose, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)

Donald Ort, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

William Parton, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University

Jian Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Brian Pfleger, Assoc. Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Nathan Price, Associate Director and Professor, Institute for Systems Biology

Joshua Rabinowitz, Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University (Deputy Theme Leader)

Christopher Rao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Ill. at Urbana-C. (Deputy Theme Leader)

Nancy Reichert, Professor of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University

Daniel Rokhsar, Prof. of Genetics, Genomics and Development, University of California at Berkeley

Erik Sacks, Associate Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jörg Schwender, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory

John Shanklin, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Vijay Singh, Prof. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Saurabh Sinha, Prof. of Computer Science, Assoc. Prof. of Bioeng., University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Patricia Slininger, Research Chem. Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL

Anthony Studer, Asst. Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kankshita Swaminathan, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Inst. of Biotech. (Deputy Theme Leader)

Jonathan Sweedler, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Andy VanLoocke, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University (Deputy Theme Leader)

Thomas Voigt, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Martin Wühr, Asst. Prof. of Molecular Bio. / Lewis-Sigler Inst. for Integrative Genomics, Princeton U.

Changcheng Xu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory

Wendy Yang, Asst. Prof. of Plant Biology, University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign (Deputy Theme Leader)

Yasuo Yoshikuni, Biologist/Staff Scientist, Envtl. Genomics and Systems Bio. Div., L. Berkeley Nat’l. Lab.

Chengxiang Zhai, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Huimin Zhao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)

Kara Allan, Biology Postdoc (Brzostek), West Virginia University

Mohammad Belaffif, Genomics Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Danielle Berardi, Ecology Ph.D. Candidate (Hudiburg), University of Idaho

Nic Boersma, Agronomy Research Scientist (Heaton), Iowa State University

Taylor Bozman, Plant Biology Field/Lab Technician (Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.

Mark Burnham, Plant Biology/iSEE Postdoc (Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Luoye Chen, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Ming-Hsun Chen, Ag. and Biological Eng. Postdoc (Singh), University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Kisurb Choe, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jinlyung Choi, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University

Yoel Cortes-Peña, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chang Cui, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Yi Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Behnam Enghiad, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.

Kelsie Ferin, Agricultural Meteorology Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University

Arian Ghorbanpour, iSEE Postdoc (Flaherty), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Meera Gupta, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton University

Paul Hanke, Chemical Engineering Research Technician (Zhao), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Sachin Heerah, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Sujit Jagtap, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. Postdoc (Rao), University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Avarna Jain, Plant Biology Field Research Specialist (DeLucia/Yang), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Brandon James, Molecular Biology Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Chongya Jiang, Natural Resources and Envtl. Sciences Postdoc (Guan), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Jeff Kent, Forestry Postdoc (Hudiburg), University of Idaho

Hae Jin Kim, Biochemistry Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska

Baskaran Kannan, Biological Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida

Nurzhan Kuanyshev, iSEE Bioengineering Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.

Nicholas LaBonte, Crop Sciences Postdoc (Sacks), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Stephan Lane, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Dan Lanier, Crop Sciences Academic Hourly Researcher (Hudson), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Jaejin Lee, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University

Jaewon Lee, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Shuai Li, Plant Biology Postdoc (Ainsworth), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Chen Liao, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Ting Lu), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

JingJing Liu, IGB Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Yunan Luo, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Peng), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Caitlin Moore, Plant Biology Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tara Nazarenus, Plant Lipid Biology Research Technician (Cahoon), University of Nebraska

Thao Nguyen, Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton U.

Tufan Oz, Agronomy Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida

Ki Youl Park, Plant Lipid Biology Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska

Taylor Pederson, Plant Biology Lab & Field Research Tech. (Bernacchi), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Matthew Plutz, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Senior Research Scientist (Rao), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Truyen Quach, Plant Science Research Professor (Clemente), University of Nebraska

Josh Quarterman, Chemical Eng. Postdoc (Dien), U.S. Dept. of Ag. Ag. Research Service, Peoria, IL

Joanna Ridgeway, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University

Carl Schultz, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Rui Shi, Engineering Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tong Si, Carl R. Woese Inst. for Genomic Bio. Postdoc (Sweedler/Zhao), Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Will Streyer, Chemical Engineering Research Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.

Mauricio Tejera, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University

Vinh Tran, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Tony Trieu, Research Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology

Rachel Emily Van Allen, Plant Biology Field Research Specialist (Yang), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Lam Vo, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Adam Von Haden, Plant Biology Postdoc (DeLucia/Yang), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hannah Walukiewicz, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Sr. Research Scientist (Rao), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.

WeiWei Wang, Ag. & Consumer Economics Researcher (Khanna), U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Xiaoyi Wang, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Matthew Waugh, iSEE Chemistry Postdoc (Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Tianxia Xiao, Chemistry M.S. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University

Xi Xing, Chemistry Research Scientist (Rabinowitz), Princeton University

Mason Xue, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.

Ya Chi Yu, Plant Biology Visiting Research Specialist (Chen), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.

Qiankun Zhao, Civil Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Jia Zhong, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign

Joe Zimmerman, iSEE Lab Technician (Sacks), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign