Principal Investigator
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Eric M. Young, PhD.
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Graduate Students
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Alexandria Adams Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University (2020) I'm working on expanding transporter engineering to nonconventional organisms. |
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Zekun Li Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (2020) I'm working on saltwater tolerant yeasts. |
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Cassandra Newton Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, B.S. Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017) My research is focused on applying synthetic biology techniques to engineering plant cell cultures for production of pharmaceuticals, including transporter and CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. |
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Kevin W. Keating Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering
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Emma Tobin NSF GRFP Fellow
Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering B.S. Biochemistry, University of New England (2020) I work with a nonconventional yeast, Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, for the development of novel engineering tools and extension of metabolic pathways towards production of nonnative terpenoids. |
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Sarah Weintraub NSF CEDAR Fellow
Ph.D. Candidate, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program B.S. University of Florida |
Undergraduate Students
Carter Nakagawa, BCB
Violet Smiarowski, ChE
Lucas Anthony, ChE
Violet Smiarowski, ChE
Lucas Anthony, ChE
Alumni
Dr. Nilesh Sharma, Postdoc ChE '22, Ginkgo Bioworks
Dr. Leelakrishna Bankapalli, Postdoc ChE '22, Bycus Therapeutics
Dr. Joseph Collins, Ph.D. ChE '21, Asimov
Jaclyn Thompson, Technician '21, Synlogic
Trent Jones, B.S. ChE '20, Ginkgo Bioworks
Shravani Balaji, B.S. CBC '20, Ph.D. Student, Yale University
Amparo Cosio, B.S. ChE '20, Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University
Celeste Marsan, B.S. ChE '19, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at UT Austin
Alden Graham, B.S. ChE '19, Pfizer
Alexandra Connor, B.S. ChE '19, consultant
Allison Guthrie, 2019 NSF REU student
Lucas Rodriguez, 2018 NSF REU student
Dr. Leelakrishna Bankapalli, Postdoc ChE '22, Bycus Therapeutics
Dr. Joseph Collins, Ph.D. ChE '21, Asimov
Jaclyn Thompson, Technician '21, Synlogic
Trent Jones, B.S. ChE '20, Ginkgo Bioworks
Shravani Balaji, B.S. CBC '20, Ph.D. Student, Yale University
Amparo Cosio, B.S. ChE '20, Ph.D. Student, Northwestern University
Celeste Marsan, B.S. ChE '19, NSF Graduate Research Fellow at UT Austin
Alden Graham, B.S. ChE '19, Pfizer
Alexandra Connor, B.S. ChE '19, consultant
Allison Guthrie, 2019 NSF REU student
Lucas Rodriguez, 2018 NSF REU student
Major Qualifying Projects (14)
2021
Probiotic Yeast TransformationCharlotte White
Red Yeast Stress ResponseDenisa Kim, Kyle Joyce, Natalie Soens
Diffusion in Soil ColumnsKate Amrein, Aiden Crane, Olivia Furner, Colleen Wyatt
Modeling of Komagataebacter xylinusSeth Chaves and Nicholas Boggiano
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SORSAMZachary Newlon
Continuous FermentationCo-advised with Dr. Kmiotek
Sponsor: Maine Meadworks Robert Hager, Gio Mannino, Zachary Sasso, Cristopher Watson Differential Gene Expression in P. putidaCo-advised with Dr. Farny
Kyle Harding |
2020
Fungal Highways for Soil MicrobiomesTrent Jones
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Characterization of Komagataebacter xylinusAmparo Cosio, Sydney Packard, Alice Morgan
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2019
Light Activation of Yeast MetabolismProvost's MQP Award
Celeste Marsan Transporters in Cell CultureAllie Connor
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Wild Apple Yeast IsolationAlden Graham
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2018
Last But Not Yeast
Co-advised with Dr. Kmiotek
Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
Jennifer Gagner, Alex Shefferman, Devin Stevens, Gabrielle Somadelis
Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
Jennifer Gagner, Alex Shefferman, Devin Stevens, Gabrielle Somadelis
2017
Yeast Whisperers
Co-advised with Dr. Kmiotek
Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
Ellen Thomson, Lucas Chico, Garrett Brogan, Alexandra Rozen
Sponsor: North Country Hard Cider
Ellen Thomson, Lucas Chico, Garrett Brogan, Alexandra Rozen