Current Team Members

Josh Michener

Photo courtesy Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy/Carlos Jones

Principal Investigator

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

Julie Chaves

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Stephan Christel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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PhD, Health and Life Sciences
       Linnéuniversitetet, Kalmar, Sweden
BS, Molecular Biology
       Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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Delyana Vasileva

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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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

Dawn Klingeman

Technician

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MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
       University of Georgia

Leah Burdick

Technician

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

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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

Brandy Barber

Post-Bachelors Research Associate

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BS, Microbiology
​       University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Lab Alumni

• Gerry Presley (2018-2019): Postdoc
  
  • 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
• Jessica Velez (2017): GEM Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Danika Nimlos (2016): SULI, University of California, Berkeley