Current Team Members

Josh Michener

Principal Investigator

Staff Scientist
Biosciences Division, ORNL
Joint Faculty
​Bredesen Center, UT-K
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Julie Chaves

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Stephan Christel

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

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Delyana Vasileva

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Marco Allemann

Postdoctoral Research Associate

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

Dawn Klingeman

Master technician

MS, Biology
University of Georgia

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Leah Burdick

Technical Professional

MS, Biology
Tennessee Technical University
BA, Psychology
Bryan College

Alex Ruzicka

Graduate Student

BS, Biochemistry
University of Illinois
​Urbana-Champaign

Timkhite-Kulu Berhane

Post-Masters Research Associate

MS, Biochemister & Cellular and Molecular Biology
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
MS, Environmental Science
Florida A&M University
BS, Medical Biotechnology
University of Maryland
Baltimore

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Lab Alumni

• Brandy Barber (2019-2020): Post-bachelors research associate
  
  • ​Currently Locus Biosciences
    
• 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
  • ​​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