Past Researchers

Summer BioEnergy Research Program

Nate Gulizia, Lab: Bianca Brahamsha
Project: Analysis of interactions between cyanobacteria and amoebae

Prema Karunanithi, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Overcoming Gene Silencing and Positional Effect using mCherry-Venus Plasmid Constructs

Eddie Lin, Lab: Biology Field Station
Project: Improving & Maintaining Robust Algae Growth through Ultraviolet Sanitized Media

Yen Hong Lu, Lab: Briggs Lab
Project: Selection of Scenedesmus dimorphus mutant strains resistant to jasmonic acid

Lindsey Pieper, Lab: Jim Golden, 
Project: EPA Production In Photosynthetic Cyanobacteria

Yuan Pu, Lab: Michael Burkart
Project: Inserting Features into Chlamydomonas

Alice Tung, Lab: Brian Palenik
Project: A study of growth under various cultivation systems and selection of a potential biofuel diatom

Steven Villareal,  Lab: Jonathan Shurin
Project: Effect of Chytrid Fungi and Elevated CO2 on Algal Productivity

Xue (Scarlett) Zou, Lab: Susan Golden
Project: Looking at the subcellular localization of clock proteins in Cyanobacteria

Summer BioEnergy Research Program

Rodrigo Abelin Tackaert, Lab: Greg Mitchell
Project: Growth Rate evaluation of D. tertiolecta using AlgaStat automated photobioreactor

Amir Begovic, Lab: Brian Palenik
Project: Coculture of Anabaenopsis and Scendesmus in tapwater/seawater media

Ron Cook, Lab: Jim Golden
Project: Improvements of a Modular Vector System for Cyanobacteria

Brian Fan, Lab: Michael Burkart
Project: Developing a nuclear transformation protocol for the nrt2 gene in scenedesmus dimorphus

Emily Fu, Lab: Steven Briggs
Project: Algae produced malaria transmission blocking vaccines

Austin Hallgren, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Relationship between the Cell Wall, Growth and FAME content

Josh Kenchel, Lab: Susan Golden
Project: Protozoan Grazer Resistance in Synechococcus elongatus

Matthew Krause, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Growth and Media Studies

Natalie Ortiz, Lab: Jim Golden
Project: The role of a novel antisense transcript in phycobilisome degradation in Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120

Summer BioEnergy Research Program

Ali Athar, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Growing Algae in a Greenhouse

Jason Chen, Lab: Susan Golden
Project: Transcriptional Control of Carbon Storage

Chesa Cox, Lab: Stephen Mayfield Project: Methods in transforming Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Keval Desai, Lab: Susan Golden
Project: Engineering Cyanobacteria as a Biological Nutrient Supplier for Algal Biofuel Producers

Brittany Fitzgerald, Lab: Jim Golden
Project: Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Sophia Giang, Lab: Brian Palenik
Project: Pathway to an Open Pond: Temperature and Tap Water

Kevin Hoang, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Increasing Protein Yield in Algae

Jennifer Hull, Lab: Bill Gerwick
Project: Cloning, Expression, and Functional Characterization of Novel Enzyme from Thalassiosira pseudonana

Edward King, Lab: Jim Golden
Project: A New Modular System for Cyanobacteria Engineering

Sophia Gang, Lab: Brian Palenik
Project: Pathway to an Open Pond: Temperature and Tap Water

Alex Lewis, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Chloroplast Transformation of Dunaliella tertiolecta via Particle Bombardment

Tiffany Luong, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Algae and Malaria

Meryl Mansueto, Lab: Greg Mitchell
Project: Growth responses of marine microalgae to variation of culture conditions

Michael Mayfield, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Taxonomic and functional characterization of prolific omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid-producing marine Thraustochytrids

Nathan Schoepp, Lab: Michael Burkart
Project: Farming and Cloning “Green” Paint and Biomass

Lauren Tomosada, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Malaria Vaccine

Aaron Topol, Lab: Stephen Mayfield
Project: Negative Selection: Cytosine Deaminase

Summer BioEnergy Research Program

Abdur Amin, Lab: Michael Burkart

Rex Brookhart, Lab: Greg Mitchell

Billy Lambert, Lab: Brian Palenik

Alex Lewis, Lab: John Love

Tiffany Luong, Lab: Stephen Mayfield

Fiona Nohilly, Lab: Steven Briggs

Neil Raina

Tim Roane

Nathan Schoepp, Lab: Michael Burkart

Rujing Shi

Joseph Steward