Current Team Members

Josh Michener

Principal Investigator

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Staff Scientist, Biosciences Division, ORNL
Joint Faculty, Bredesen Center, UT-K
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CV

Gerry Presley

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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PhD, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering
       University of Minnesota
       NSF Graduate Research Fellow
BS, Eastern Illinois University
       Biology

Julie Chaves

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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PhD, Comparative Biochemistry
       University of California, Berkeley
BA, Integrative Biology
       University of California, Berkeley

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Leah Burdick

Technician

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MS, Biology
       Tennessee Technical University
BA, Psychology
​       Bryan College
       

Dawn Klingeman

Technician

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MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
       University of Georgia

Timkhite Kulu-Berhane

Post-Masters Research Associate

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MS, Cellular and Molecular Biology
​       University of Tennessee, Knoxville
MS, Microbiology
       Florida A&M

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Brandy Barber

Post-Bachelors Research Associate

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BS, Microbiology
​       University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Lab Alumni

• Zach Schmitz (2018) SULI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Larry Millet (2018) Research Scientist, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  
• Jacob Cecil (2017) SULI, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Jessica Velez (2017) GEM Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Danika Nimlos (2016) SULI, University of California, Berkeley