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Current Team Members

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Josh Michener
Principal Investigator
Staff Scientist
Biosciences Division, ORNL
Joint Faculty
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UT-K​
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Stephan Christel
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Horizontal gene transfer in the Populus rhizosphere

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
Quantitative Trait-Locus Mapping

PhD, Biotechnology

University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

PhD, Microbiology
University of Rostock,
Rostok, Germany

MS, Biotechnology
Sofia University St Kliment
Ohridski, Bulgaria

BS, Biotechnology,
Sofia University St Kliment
Ohridski, Bulgaria

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Marco Allemann
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Discovery of novel aromatic catabolic pathways

PhD, Marine Biology

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego
MS, Biology
University of California,
​San Diego
BS, Microbiology

University of California,
San Diego
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Hannah Valentino
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Enzyme engineering for valorization of plastic waste

PhD, Biochemistry

Virginia Tech
BS, Biochemistry
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State University of New York at Oswego
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Oumar Sacko
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Ecosystem engineering

PhD, Chemistry

Old Dominion University
MS, Chemistry
Old Dominion University
BS, Biology
James Madison University

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Christopher Azubuike
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Metabolic engineering of Novosphingobium

PhD, Biotechnology
Newcastle University
MSc, Industrial and Commercial Biotechnology
Newcastle University
BSc, Microbiology
University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Emily Smith
Graduate Student
Genetic determinants of horizontal gene transfer

Genome Science and Technology

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BS, Biosystems Engineering
Virginia Tech
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Dawn Klingeman
Master technician
MS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia
BS, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Georgia

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Leah Burdick
Technical Professional
MS, Biology
Tennessee Technical University
BA, Psychology

Bryan College
Lab Alumni

  • Julie Chaves (2018-2021): Postdoctoral research associate
    • ​Currently at Inscripta
  • Timkhite-Kulu Berhane (2018-2020): Post-masters research associate
  • 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 Velez (2017): GEM Fellow, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Danika Nimlos (2016): SULI, University of California, Berkeley
    • ​Currently Graduate Student, Caltech
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