CABBI Personnel
As of December 2021, the Center employed 65 faculty-level researchers, 149 postdocs and technicians, and 131 students.
Andrew Leakey: Director
Leakey, a Professor and Department Head of Plant Biology and Professor of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is an expert in plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis, respiration and water relations; plant responses in natural and agricultural ecosystems to global environmental change; and adaptation of food and fuel crops to global environmental change, especially drought. His research helps enhance understanding of how the environment impacts ecosystem goods and services and advances efforts to improve and protect crop production and water cycling. His lab performs vertically integrated phenotyping of plant carbon and water relations by combining genetic, molecular, biochemical, physiological and ecological tools to assess plant performance in manipulative field experiments and controlled environment conditions. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield.
Vijay Singh: Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Singh, a Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL). He leads CABBI commercialization efforts. Singh has years of experience directing federally funded research and has collaborated with dozens of industry partners 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 and Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. An expert in photosynthesis and photosynthetic energy transduction, Ort researches improving photosynthetic efficiency, the molecular and biochemical basis of environmental interactions with crop plants, and 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 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:
= Feedstock Production
= Conversion
= Sustainability
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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, 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
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
Adrien Finzi, Professor of Biology, Boston University
David Flaherty, Professor of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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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
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
Tara Hudiburg, Associate Professor of Forest, Rangeland & Fire Sciences, University of Idaho
Matthew Hudson, Prof. of Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Science Integration Head)
Yong-Su Jin, Professor of Food Microbiology, University of Illinois at 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 (Theme Leader)
Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
D.K. Lee, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chang-Jun Liu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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
Yi Lu, Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, 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
Sergei Maslov, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Marshall McDaniel, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University
Stephen Moose, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jesse Morrison, Assistant Research Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
Donald Ort, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
William Parton, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University
Jian Peng, Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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 University
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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-Champaign
Saurabh Sinha, Prof. of Computer Science, Assoc. Prof. of Bioeng., University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Patricia Slininger, Research Chem. Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL
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)
Thomas Voigt, Professor Emeritus of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Voytas, Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
Martin Wühr, Asst. Prof. of Molecular Bio. / Lewis-Sigler Inst. for Integrative Genomics, Princeton U.
Changcheng Xu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wendy Yang, Assoc. Prof. of Plant Biology, University of Ill. 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 Urbana-Champaign
Huimin Zhao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)
The 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, Postdoc (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Shivali Banerjee, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Can Baysal, Postdoc (Voytas), University of Minnesota
Danielle Berardi, Ecology Ph.D. Candidate (Hudiburg), University of Idaho
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
Shounak Bhogale, Biophysics Ph.D. Candidate (Sinha), U. 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 (Heaton), Iowa State University
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.
Dang (Viet) Cao, Visiting Scholar (Altpeter), University of Florida
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.
Ming-Hsun Cheng, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tianhang Cheng, Computer Science M.S. Candidate (Peng), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Young Cho, Postdoc (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kisurb Choe, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), 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
William Cordell, Chemical and Biological Eng. M.S. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Yoel Cortes-Peña, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. 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
Payam Dibaeinia, Bioinformatics M.S. Candidate (Sinha), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hoang Dinh, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maranas), Penn State University
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 M.S. Candidate (Kent), U.of Illinois U.-C.
Veronika Dubinkina, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maslov), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nidhi Dwivedi, Postdoc (Liu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wyatt Eason, Crop Science M.S. Candidate (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
William Eddy, Visiting Scholar (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 (Xu), 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
Alex Frese, Molecular Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton University
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
Marc-Andre Giasson, Biogeochemistry Lab Technician (Finzi), Boston University
Christy Gibson, Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Emma Golub, Civil & Envtl. Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Visiting Research Scientist (DeLucia), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Sanbon Gosa, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Meera Gupta, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton University
Wesley Harrison, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. U.-C.
Melannie Hartman, Ecology Programmer/Analyst (Parton), Colorado State University
Theodore Hartman, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
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. Ph.D. Candidate (Yang), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Matthew Jacobson, Ph.D. Candidate (Flaherty), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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
Niuniu Ji, Postdoc (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuyao Jia, Ag. & Biological Eng. M.S. Candidate (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Chongya Jiang, Research Scientist (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alexander Johnson, Chemical & Biological Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton U.
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
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
Nakian (Nak Hyun) Kim, Postdoc (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hyun Gi Koh, Postdoc (Jin/Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Lavanya Kudli, Civil & Environmental Engineering M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Amit Kumar, Technician (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sahiti Labhishetty, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Zhai), U. of Illinois 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 (Ainsworth), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xi Li, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Yalin Li, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yaxin Li, Postdoc (Chen), 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.
Yiwei Liu, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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
Mingkuan Lyu, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Shraddha Maitra, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fahd Majeed, Agricultural and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Shilpa Manjunatha, Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Teresa Martin, Coordinator of Research Programs (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Minu Mathew, Research Scientist (Bernacchi), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
David May, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
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
Therese Mitros, Applications Programmer (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Quanbing Mou, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Himaya Mula-Michel, Research Agronomist (Hale), USDA Agricultural Research Service
Jessica Mulcrone, Plant Biology Field/Lab Technician (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hans Müller Paul, Informatics Ph.D. Candidate (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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), Iowa State University
Natalya Nersesian, Research Technologist (Clemente) University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Viviana Nguyen, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hyunjoon Oh, Food Science & Human Nutrition M.S. Candidate (Jin), U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Zoe Pagliaro, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Katalin Paldi, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
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.
Elena Pelech, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jeniffer Perea-Lopez, Chemical & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Shao), Iowa State University
Bryan Petersen, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Vassily Petrov, Software Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eric Potash, Postdoc (Peng), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Potter, Research Technician (McDaniel), Iowa State University
Priyanka, Postdoc (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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, Natural Resources and Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Kent), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Maruti Nandan Rai, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois at 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
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Saroj Sah, Postdoc (Xu), 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
Vijay Shah, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Flaherty), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Bijay Sharma, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yihui Shen, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Chengyou Shi, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Joy Shi, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Jamin Shin, Visiting Scholar (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dilkaran Singh, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nilmani Singh, Automation Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ramkrishna Singh, Postdoc (Singh), 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. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jacob Studt, Soil Science M.S. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University
Patrick Suthers, Research Scientist (Maranas), Penn State University
Qiqi (Sherry) Tian, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois U.-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, Postdoc (Heaton/VanLoocke), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Van Allen, Plant Biology Field Research Specialist (Yang), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
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.
Jiang Wang, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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
Daniel Weilandt, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Destiny Williams, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Stephen Williams, Technician (Parton), Colorado 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.
Zong-Yen Wu, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Madelynn Wuestenberg, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Liang Xiao, Postdoc (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tianxia Xiao, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Xi Xing, Chemistry Research Scientist (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Xueyi Xue, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guanhua (Daniel) Xun, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jihoon Yang, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Pan Yang, Postdoc (Cai), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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.
Xiaohong Yu, Research Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Danim Yun, Postdoc (Flaherty), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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
Zhihai Zhang, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ziliang Zhang, Postdoc (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuxin Zhao, Visiting Scholar (Shao), Iowa State University
Xuying Zheng, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shuaizhen Zhou, Postdoc (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhengyong Zhou, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U.of Illinois Urbana-C.
Support Staff at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Former Support Staff Members
Molecule Maker Lab Institute Managing Director Celine Young, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) (2022)
CABBI Deputy Director of Operations Jenny Kokini, Managing Director, iSEE (2017-21)
Research Coordinator Anya Knecht, 2017-19
CABBI Program Manager Ank Michielsen, 2017-18