Current Team Members

Josh Michener

Principal Investigator

Senior Staff Scientist
Group Leader, Biological Systems Design
Biosciences Division, ORNL



CV

Delyana Vasileva

Technical Professional

Quantitative Trait-Locus Mapping

PhD, Biotechnology
University of Tokyo, Japan
PhD, Microbiology
University of Rostock, Germany
MS, Biotechnology
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria
BS, Biotechnology
Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria

Liangyu Qian

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Enzyme engineering

PhD, Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
BS, Chemical Engineering
Tianjin University

Célestin Bourgery

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Enzyme engineering

PhD, Biocatalysis
AgroParisTech
MSc, Biology-Agrosciences
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
BSc, Biology
University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne

Leah Burdick

Technical Professional

MS, Biology
Tennessee Technological University
BA, Psychology
Bryan College

Dawn Klingeman

Master Technician

MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia

Past team members

  • Apurv Mhatre (2023-2026): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at University of Minnesota
  • Emily Gee (2021-2026): Graduate Student, Genome Science and Technology. Currently at University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • Christopher Azubuike (2021-2023): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Lesaffre
  • Hannah Valentino (2021-2022): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Birch Biosciences
  • Marco Allemann (2020-2022): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Algenesis
  • Oumar Sacko (2021-2022): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Ginkgo Bioworks
  • Joanna Chang (2022): SULI, UT-Austin
  • Stephan Christel (2019-2022): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Cemvita
  • Julie Chaves (2018-2021): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently at Inscripta
  • Timkhite-Kulu Berhane (2018-2020): Post-masters Research Associate. Currently at ADM
  • Brandy Barber (2019-2020): Post-bachelors Research Associate. Currently at Locus Biosciences.
  • Gerry Presley (2018-2019): Postdoctoral Research Associate. Currently Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
  • Zach Schmitz (2018): SULI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Currently Graduate Student, University of Minnesota
  • Larry Millet (2018): Research Scientist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Jacob Cecil (2017): SULI, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Currently Graduate Student, University of Arizona
  • Jessica Vélez (2017): GEM Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Danika Nimlos (2016): SULI, University of California, Berkeley. Currently Graduate Student, Caltech
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