CABBI Personnel
Evan H. DeLucia: CABBI Director
DeLucia is the G. William Arends Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Baum Family Director of the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (iSEE).
Much of DeLucia’s research through the years has centered on the reaction of plant communities, forests, and agriculture to human-accelerated global climate change.
After completing his B.A. at Bennington College and working as a teaching fellow at Phillips Andover Academy, DeLucia completed a M.F.S. (1982) in Forest Ecology at Yale University and a Ph.D. (1986) in Plant Ecology and Physiology at Duke University. He arrived at Illinois in 1986, and he since has served as Department Head in Plant Biology, and Director of the School of Integrative Biology. He also was Founding Director of the Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the U of I.
Vijay Singh: Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Singh, a Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL). He will lead CABBI commercialization efforts. Singh has years of experience directing federally-funded research projects and has collaborated with dozens of industry partners in his internationally renowned research to develop bioprocessing technologies for food, advanced biofuels, and industrial products. Singh holds 11 patents — five of which are licensed to major industrial biotech and engineering companies. He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering in 1998 from Illinois.
Donald Ort: Deputy Director for Research & Development
Ort is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He will lead CABBI’s scientific efforts. An expert in photosynthesis as well as photosynthetic energy transduction, Ort researches subjects ranging from improving photosynthetic efficiency to the molecular and biochemical basis of environmental interactions with crop plants to ecological genomics. He has developed high-throughput imaging chlorophyll fluorescence systems for rapid non-destructive identification of cross progeny and transformants with improved photosynthetic efficiency. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry in 1974 from Michigan State University.
CABBI Leadership Chart
The Scientists
An alphabetical listing of all Primary Investigators and co-PIs. For the full team listing by theme, and more about the theme leaders, please visit the Feedstock Production, Conversion, and Sustainability pages. Or click on the icons next to the scientists names:
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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
Elizabeth Boughton, Research Director and Biologist, Archbold Biological Station
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
Adrien Finzi, Professor of Biology, Boston University
David Flaherty, Asst. Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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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
George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, U. of Wisconsin at Madison
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, 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, Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois at Urbana-C. (Theme Leader)
D.K. Lee, 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
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Costas Maranas, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
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
Jesse Morrison, Research Associate of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
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
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
William Rooney, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University
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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
Zengyi Shao, Assoc. Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University
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)
The Operating Team
An alphabetical listing of all researchers, postdocs, technicians, and graduate students doing CABBI research. For the full team listing by theme, and more about the theme leaders, please visit the Feedstock Production, Conversion, and Sustainability pages.
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Anjali Arpan, Plant Biology M.S. Candidate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Guler Aslan-Sungur, Postdoc (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Mohammad Belaffif, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Josh Bendorf, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Danielle Berardi, Ecology Ph.D. Candidate (Hudiburg), University of Idaho
Sarang Bhagwat, Civil & Envtl. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Rebecca Billingsley, Research Associate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Elena Blanc Betes, Postdoc (DeLucia), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nic Boersma, Agronomy Research Scientist (Heaton), Iowa State University
Eleanor Brant, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Bryant Brown, Greenhouse Manager (Altpeter), University of Florida
Fengjiao Bu, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mark Burnham, Postdoc (Yang/DeLucia), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yingqi Cai, Postdoc (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sofia Cano, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mingfeng Cao, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. Research Scientist (Zhao), Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Ghana Challa, Postdoc (Hudson/Marshall-Colón), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Kher Xing (Cindy) Chan, Visiting Scholar (Long), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Luoye Chen, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Ming-Hsun Cheng, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Young Cho, Postdoc (Ort), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kisurb Choe, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Teresa Clark, Postdoc (Schwender), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Allison Cook, Field Research Scientist (Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Cordell, Chemical and Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at M.
Yoel Cortes-Peña, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer DeBellis, Academic Hourly (Guest), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Deepayan Debnath, Senior Research Scientist (Khanna), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Anshu Deewan, Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Hannah Demler, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Ainsworth), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Smit Dhakal, Postdoc (Studer), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Prabin Dhungana, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Payam Dibaeinia, Bioinformatics M.S. Candidate (Sinha), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Smit Dhakal, Postdoc (Studer), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jia Dong, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Erhu Du, Consultant (Cai), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Veronika Dubinkina, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maslov), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Nidhi Dwivedi, Postdoc (Liu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Patrick Edmonds, Associate Scientist (Heaton/VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Ayman Eid, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Behnam Enghiad, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Jilian Fan, Technical Research Associate (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zia Fatma, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kelsie Ferin, Agricultural Meteorology Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Jie Fu, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Emily Gaither, iBioFAB Technician (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhengxiang Ge, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Amandine Germon, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marc-Andre Giasson, Biogeochemistry Lab Technician (Finzi), Boston University
Christy Gibson, Postdoc (Bernacchi), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Visiting Research Scientist (DeLucia), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Meera Gupta, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton University
Melannie Hartman, Ecology Programmer/Analyst (Parton), Colorado State University
Sachin Heerah, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Madara Hetti Arachchilage, Postdoc (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Pradeep Hirannaiah, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Dylan Hollowell, Field Technician (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
Ingrid Holstrom, Field Research Specialist (Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I-Fang Hsieh, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Finzi), Boston University
Ping-Hung Hsieh, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xiaoqiang Huang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yizhi Huang, Computer Science M.S. Candidate (Guan/Peng), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Chuck Hyde, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Bio. Ph.D. Candidate (Yang), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Dave Istanto, Bioinformatics M.S. Candidate (Hudson), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Sujit Jagtap, Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nikhil Jaikumar, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brandon James, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Niuniu Ji, Postdoc (Kent), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yuyao Jia, Ag. & Biological Eng. M.S. Candidate (Singh), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Chongya Jiang, Postdoc (Guan), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guangde Jiang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Jindra, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Stephanie Juice, Postdoc (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Praveena Kanchupati, Research Specialist (Moose), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Nam Kyu Kang, Integration Postdoc (Ort/Jin), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Baskaran Kannan, Biological Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida
Jeff Kent, Postdoc (Hudiburg), University of Idaho
Mitchell Kent, Soil and Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Rooney), Texas A&M University
Hyojin Kim, Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Sang Yeol Kim, Plant Biology Research Scientist (Ort), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hyun Gi Koh, Postdoc (Jin/Rao), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Deepak Kumar, Ag. & Biological Eng. Research Asst. Prof. (Singh), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Sahiti Labhishetty, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Zhai), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Nicholas LaBonte, Postdoc (Sacks), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephan Lane, iBioFAB Manager (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jaejin Lee, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Yuan Yao Lee, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carrie Leibensperger, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Alistair Leverett, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Kaiyuan Li, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Shuai Li, Postdoc (Ainsworth), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yalin Li, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yifei Li, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yijia Li, Agricultural and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Yongguan Li, Visiting Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida
Di Liang, Postdoc (Yang/Kent), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hui Liu, Technical Research Associate (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Guangbin Luo, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Susan Lutz, Technical/Research Support (Parton), Colorado State University
Jessica Lyons, Project Scientist (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Mingkuan Lyu, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Fahd Majeed, Agricultural and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Shilpa Manjunatha, Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Duncan Martin, Plant Biology M.S. Candidate (Ainsworth), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Teresa Martin, Coordinator of Research Programs (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Hiroshi Matsushima, Agric. and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Scott McCoy, Field Technician (Leakey), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Justin McGrath, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Danielle Meyer, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Evan Mirts, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shekhar Mishra, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois at U.-C.
Therese Mitros, Applications Programmer (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Caitlin Moore, Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quanbing Mou, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Himaya Mula-Michel, Postdoc (Hale), U.S. Department of Ag. Agricultural Research Service
Jessica Mulcrone, Plant Biology Field/Lab Technician (Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Hans Müller Paul, Informatics Ph.D. Candidate (Hudson), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tara Nazarenus, Research Technician (Cahoon), University of Nebraska
Natalya Nersesian, Research Technologist (Clemente) University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Viviana Nguyen, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michel Nofal, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Sean Ooi, Ecology, Evolution & Conservation Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Yang), U. of Ill. at U.-C.
Ki Youl Park, Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Tom Parkinson, Civil & Environmental Engineering M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Greg Pawel, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Taylor Pederson, Plant Biology Lab & Field Research Tech. (Bernacchi), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Moni Qiande, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Truyen Quach, Plant Science Research Professor (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Ryan Quinn, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Finzi), Boston University
Sierra Raglin, Natural Resources and Envt. Sciences M.S. Candidate (Kent), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Maruti Nandan Rai, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Rhodes, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Moose), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joanna Ridgeway, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Lucas Roberts, Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Studer), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Mustafa Saiffudin, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Finzi), Boston University
Coralie Salesse-Smith, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sara Sanchez, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mia Sands, Lab Technician (Ort), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shirley Sato, Research Manager (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
August Schetter, Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Lee), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Bijay Sharma, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Subarna Sharma, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Yihui Shen, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Rui Shi, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sandra Simon, Field Research Technician (Kent), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dilkaran Singh, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Ramkrishna Singh, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Thanwalee Sooksa-nguan, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Alex Steiner, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University
Dalton Stewart, Civil & Environmental Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Jacob Studt, Soil Science M.S. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University
Tianyu Sun, Computer Science M.S. Candidate (Peng), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wan Sun, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Shao), Iowa State University
Patrick Suthers, Postdoc (Maranas), Penn State University
Shayan Tabe Bordbar, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Sinha), University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Linrui Tan, Visiting Scholar (Jin), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ramkumar Thakku, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Susan Thomas, Program Manager (Leakey), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ryan Tillman, Field Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Payman Tohidifar, Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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.
Sebastian Varela, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mothi Viswanathan, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Volk, Chem. & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois at U.-C.
Adam Von Haden, Postdoc (DeLucia/Yang), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Waltermire, Field Research Technician (Kent), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hanna Walukiewicz, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Sr. Research Scientist (Rao), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Bo-Xun Wang, Chemical & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Huber), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Lin Wang, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
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.
Yajie Wang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Yu Wang, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Waugh, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Shuran Wei, Civil & Envtl. Eng. Academic Hourly (Cai), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
William Woodruff, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Genghong Wu, Natural Resources & Envtl. Sci. Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Zong-Yen Wu, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Liang Xiao, Postdoc (Sacks), 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.
Xueyi Xue, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qiang Yan, Postdoc (Pfleger), University of Wisconsin at Madison
Pan Yang, Postdoc (Cai), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sangdo Yook, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Linhui Yu, Postdoc (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Xiaohong Yu, Research Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Ya Chi Yu, Plant Biology Visiting Research Specialist (Chen), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Danim Yun, Postdoc (Flaherty), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhiyang Zhai, Assistant Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bosen Zhang, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Na Zhang, Agricultural & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Tieling Zhang, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Xinyi Zhang, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), University of Illinois at Urbana-C.
Zhihai Zhang, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Zhongyao Zhang, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Flaherty), U. of Illinois at U.-C.
Qiankun Zhao, Civil Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xuying Zheng, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Sacks), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jia Zhong, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign
Chao Zhou, Postdoc (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shuaizhen Zhou, Postdoc (Sweedler), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Joe Zimmerman, Lab Technician (Sacks), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Evelyn Zuniga, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Support Staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Former Support Staff Members
Research Coordinator Anya Knecht, 2017-19
CABBI Program Manager Ank Michielsen, 2017-18