Meet the Team!
As of December 2022, the Center employed 59 faculty-level Co-PIs, 184 postdocs and technicians, and 143 students.

Our Lead 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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Fredy Altpeter, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Florida
Jose Avalos, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Brian Baldwin, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
Carl Bernacchi, USDA ARS Global Change & Photosynthesis Research, Urbana, IL (Deputy Theme Leader)
Edward Brzostek, Assoc. 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 Urbana-Champaign
Ernst Cebert, Research Associate Professor of Plant and Soil Science, Alabama A&M University
Li-Qing Chen, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Clemente, Professor of Biotechnology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Evan H. DeLucia, Professor Emeritus of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bruce Dien, Research Chemical Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL
David Flaherty, Professor of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Assistant Professor, Texas A&AM AgriLife Research
Kaiyu Guan, Associate Prof. of Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences, U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Jeremy Guest, Assoc. Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anna Hale, Research Geneticist, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Houma, LA
Melannie Hartman, Senior Research Associate, Colorado State University
Emily Heaton, Professor of Crop Sciences, U. of Ill. Urbana-C. (Feedstock Production Theme Leader)
Adina Howe, Assoc. Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Matthew Hudson, Prof. of Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Science Integration Head)
Diego Jarquin, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, University of Florida
Heng Ji, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yong-Su Jin, Professor of Food Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Angela Kent, Prof. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Madhu Khanna, Prof. of Ag. and Consumer Econ., University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-C.(Director)
D.K. Lee, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen P. Long, Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ting Lu, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Costas Maranas, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Amy Marshall-Colón, Associate Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Marshall McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Melanie McReynolds, Assistant Prof. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University
Stephen Moose, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Donald Ort, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Deputy Director)
William Parton, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University
Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Group Leader of Environmental Isotope Systems, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
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. 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 AgriLife Research
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Erik Sacks, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois U.-C. (Deputy Theme Leader)
Jörg Schwender, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
John Shanklin, Biology Department Chair, 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 Urbana-C. (Deputy Director)
Anthony Studer, Assoc. Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kankshita Swaminathan, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Inst. of Biotech. (Deputy Theme Leader)
Jonathan Sweedler, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Andy VanLoocke, Associate Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University (Deputy Theme Leader)
Daniel Voytas, Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
Wendy Yang, Assoc. Prof. of Plant Biology, University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)
Yasuo Yoshikuni, Biologist/Staff Scientist, Envtl. Genomics and Systems Bio. Div., L. Berkeley Nat’l. Lab.
Huimin Zhao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)
Our Research 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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Toby Adjuik, Postdoc (VanLoocke/McDaniel), Iowa State University
Qasim Ali, Visiting Scholar (Altpeter), University of Florida
Rojda Aslan-Sungur, Research Scientist (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Kumar Balasubramaniam, Technician (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shivali Banerjee, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Can Baysal, Postdoc (Voytas), University of Minnesota
Brent Berns, Field Research Specialist (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Gabriel Beuchat, Ecology & Evolutionary Bio. Ph.D. Candidate (Chen), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Sarang Bhagwat, Civil & Envtl. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nikita Bhatnagar, Postdoc (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Maria Florencia Bianco, Civil & Envtl. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Bethany Blakely, Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Elena Blanc-Betes, Postdoc (DeLucia), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nic Boersma, Agronomy Research Scientist (VanLoocke/McDaniel), Iowa State University
Elizabeth Boughton, Research Director and Biologist, Archbold Biological Station
Emma Brace, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eleanor Brant, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Emily Braun, Sustainability Theme Data Specialist, University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Daniel Bun, Chemical & Biological Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Shao), Iowa State U.
Kher Xing “Cindy” Chan, Visiting Scholar (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Janith Chandrasoma, Postdoc (DeLucia), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Junyu Chen, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Young Cho, Postdoc (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sohyeon “Sarah” Chung, Research Specialist (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dominick Cifelli, Ecology M.S. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Teresa Clark, Postdoc (Schwender), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Allison Cook, Field Research Scientist (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yoel Cortes-Peña, Civil and Envtl. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jeremy Cortez, Chemical and Biological Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Avalos), Princeton University
Seth Croslow, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Degaulle Dai, Food Science & Human Nutrition M.S. Candidate (Jin), U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Hari Dave, Civil & Envtl. Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Cai), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Narendra Deshavath, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hoang Dinh, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maranas), Penn State University
Ryan Disney, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Liz Dominguez Mendez, Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Studer), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jia Dong, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Danyang Duan, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Kent), U.of Illinois U.-C.
William Eddy, Postdoc (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kristen Eilts, Lab Research Specialist (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kristin Ellis, Technician (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shah-Al Emran, Postdoc (Heaton), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Behnam Enghiad, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Katerina Estera-Molina, Research Scientist (Pett-Ridge), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Jilian Fan, Technical Research Associate (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Xinxin “Winnie” Fan, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Carlos Fernandez, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jared Flater, Postdoc (VanLoocke/McDaniel), Iowa State University
Thasneem Banu Frousnoon, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jie Fu, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Zhengxiang Ge, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Christy Gibson, Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emma Golub, Civil & Envtl. Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Sanbon Gosa, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wesley Harrison, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. U.-C.
Theodore Hartman, Postdoc (Heaton), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Pradeep Hirannaiah, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
John Hodge, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dylan Hollowell, Research Associate (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
Isidre Hooghvorst, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Ping-Hung Hsieh, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mengqi Hu, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maranas), Penn State University
Xinchen Hu, Civil & Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Yu Kai Huang, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Susan Hubbard, Chem. & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Chuck Hyde, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Bio. M.S. Candidate (Yang), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Matthew Jacobson, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Flaherty), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Sujit Jagtap, Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brandon James, Project Manager (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Chunhwa Jang, Postdoc (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jaewan Jang, Postdoc (Avalos), Princeton University
Niuniu Ji, Postdoc (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuyao Jia, Ag. & Biological Eng. M.S. Candidate (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Zhao Jiang, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Tracy Johnson, Feedstock Production Theme Field & Greenhouse Tech., U. of Illinois U.-C.
Ebin Joseph, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. M.S. Candidate (Rao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Stephanie Juice, Postdoc (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Emel Kangi, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Baskaran Kannan, Biological Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mitchell Kent, Soil and Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Rooney), Texas A&M University
Chanwoo Kim, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Min Soo Kim, Chemical & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Huber), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Nak Hyun “Nakian” Kim, Postdoc (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hyun Gi Koh, Postdoc (Jin/Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xianyan “Justin” Kuang, Research Asst. Prof. of Plant and Soil Science (Cebert), Alabama A&M U.
Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Lavanya Kudli, Civil & Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Stephan Lane, iBioFAB Manager (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jaejin Lee, Research Scientist (Howe), Iowa State University
Jung Woo Lee, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Maolin Li, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shuai Li, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xi Li, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Yalin Li, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yifei Li, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Di Liang, Postdoc (Yang/Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuanxue Liang, Postdoc (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Emily Lin, Civil & Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Hui Liu, Technical Research Associate (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Jia Liu, Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Howe), Iowa State Univ.
Daiane Lopes, Postdoc (Dien), USDA Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL
Daniel Tejeda Lunn, Research Scientist (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Susan Lutz, Technical/Research Support (Parton), Colorado State University
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Shraddha Maitra, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fahd Majeed, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anna Mangus, Chem. & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Shilpa Manjunatha, Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Elia Manzo, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Teresa Martin, Coordinator of Research Programs (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Scott McCoy, Field Technician (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mae Mercado, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Studer), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Danielle Meyer, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Millican, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Blake Mirman, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Therese Mitros, Applications Programmer (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Eric Mooney, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maranas), Penn State University
Jesse Morrison, Assistant Research Prof. of Plant and Soil Sciences (Baldwin), Mississippi State U.
Himaya Mula-Michel, Research Agronomist (Hale), USDA Agricultural Research Service
Jessica Mulcrone, Plant Biology Field/Lab Technician (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alexandria Murphy, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Ph.D. Candidate (McReynolds), Penn State U.
Nictor Namoi, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tara Nazarenus, Research Technician (Cahoon), University of Nebraska
Jessica Nelson, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke/McDaniel), Iowa State University
Natalya Nersesian, Research Technologist (Clemente) University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Evan Neu, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Hyunjoon Oh, Food Science & Human Nutrition M.S. Candidate (Jin), U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Bram Osterhout, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Zoe Pagliaro, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Kiyoul Park, Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Sergey Pavlyuchenko, Postdoc (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Taylor Pederson, Plant Biology Lab & Field Research Tech. (Bernacchi), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Hunter Pegram, Research Scientist (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
Jeniffer Perea-Lopez, Chemical & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Shao), Iowa State University
Bryan Petersen, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Eric Potash, Postdoc (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Potter, Research Technician (McDaniel), Iowa State University
Jimmy Pratas, Lab Technician (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Moni Qiande, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Truyen Quach, Plant Science Research Professor (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lorien Radmer, Research Scientist (Howe), Iowa State University
Sierra Raglin, Postdoc (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Maruti Nandan Rai, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Tirath Raj, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joanna Ridgeway, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Heather Roney, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Heaton), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Edward Ross, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Moose), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jeremy Ruhter, Technician (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hafijur Ruman, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Saroj Sah, Postdoc (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Coralie Salesse-Smith, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shirley Sato, Research Manager (Clemente), University of Nebraska
Madison Seaber, Technician (Reichert), MIssissippi State University
Bijay Sharma, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yihui Shen, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Joy Shi, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Jaspal Singh, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Jarquin), University of Florida
Nilmani Singh, Automation Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shuchi Singh, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bala Sonawane, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dalton Stewart, Civil & Environmental Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jacob Studt, Research Scientist (VanLoocke/McDaniel), Iowa State University
Patrick Suthers, Research Scientist (Maranas), Penn State University
Linrui Tan, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ivy Tang, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Vinh Tran, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Tony Trieu, Research Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Muhammad Umar, Research Scientist (Heaton/VanLoocke), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Van Allen, Lab Manager (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sebastian Varela, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anav Milind Vora, Civil & Envtl. Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Hanna Walukiewicz, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Sr. Research Scientist (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Sheng Wang, Research Assistant Professor (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yu Wang, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Haley Ware, Research Technician (DeLucia), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuan Wei, Postdoc (Shao), Iowa State University
Daniel Weilandt, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Destiny Williams, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
William Woodruff, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Genghong Wu, Natural Resources & Envtl. Sci. Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Xiaocui Wu, Postdoc (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zong-Yen Wu, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Madelynn Wuestenberg, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Xi Xing, Chemistry Research Scientist (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Changcheng Xu, Plant Science Researcher (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Hao Xu, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Xueyi Xue, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guanhua (Daniel) Xun, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Cindy Yang, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Jihoon Yang, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Joshua Ye, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Sangdo Yook, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Pengfei Yu, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Ji), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xiaohong Yu, Research Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Friday Zakari, Plant and Soil Science M.S. Candidate (Cebert), Alabama A&M University
Dessiree Zerpa Catanho, Postdoc (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhiyang Zhai, Assistant Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Na Zhang, Agricultural & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Tieling Zhang, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Zhengyi Zhang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhihai Zhang, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ziliang Zhang, Postdoc (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xuying Zheng, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Our Project Management Team at the University of Illinois
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FORMER TEAM MEMBERS
Research Coordinator Anya Knecht (2017-19)
Deputy Director of Operations Jenny Kokini, Managing Director, iSEE (2017-21)
Program Manager Ank Michielsen (2017-18)