Faculty

Katherine A. Borkovich

Professor - Dept. of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Dr. Borkovich's current research focuses on how multicellular (filamentous) fungi sense their environment and then fine-tune their gene expression to allow exploitation of different nutritional sources or to infect plant hosts.

Brandon Greene

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry

The Greene lab studies non-equilibrium redox biology spanning the redox landscape from thiyl radical enzymes to electron bifurcation and phosphorus redox cycling.

Dorit Hanein

Professor of Bioengineering and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Professor Hanein’s research focus is the quantitative combination of high-resolution imaging technologies to directly view in three-dimensions and while in their native environment, the molecular architecture, and the dynamic conformational landscape of biological nanomachines.

Stefano Lonardi

Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering

Dr. Lonardi’s research interests include computational molecular biology, bioinformatics, genetics, epigenetics and genomics, design of algorithms, and data science.

Yujie Men

Assistant Professor & John Babbage Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering

Dr. Men's research interests focus on the interactions between microbes and the environment impacted by contaminants of emerging concerns (CECs).

Carolyn Mills

Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering

The Mills lab engineers and studies protein assemblies and materials to create accessible, bioengineered solutions in spaces like plastic waste degradation and oral vaccine delivery.

Michelle O’Malley

Director and Principal Investigator, NSF ExFAB BioFoundry
Cliff R. Scholle Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Bioengineering 

Dr. O’Malley’s research group engineers anaerobic microbes and consortia for sustainable chemical & material production, bioremediation, and natural product discovery.

Joel Rothman

Distinguished Fellow
Wilcox Family Chair in Biotechnology

Dr. Rothman's lab focuses on embryonic development, programmed cell death, tissue reprogramming, mechanisms of aging and resilience to extreme stress.

Jamie Snyder

Co-Principal Investigator, ExFAB
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Dr. Snyder’s research focuses on viruses that infect organisms living in extreme environments, including high temperature (70-90C) and low pH (pH 1-4) environments.

Jason Stajich

Co-Principal Investigator, NSF ExFAB BioFoundry
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Dr. Stajich uses computational and evolutionary genomics approaches to study microbial evolution and ecology with a focus on Fungi. His research spans interactions of Fungi with plants, animals, Bacteria and mycoviruses.

David Valentine

Co-Principal Investigator, NSF ExFAB BioFoundry
Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Geochemistry &Norris Presidential Chair in Earth Science

Dr. Valentine conducts research at the interface of microbes, chemicals and the ocean.

Jean-Marie Volland

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Dr. Volland is interested in symbiosis and the evolution of biological complexity.

Ian Wheeldon

Co-Director and Principal Investigator, NSF ExFAB BioFoundry
Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Wheeldon’s lab is interested in engineering new multi-enzyme pathway biocatalysts with controlled spatial locations, distances, and orientations to control substrate flux along pathways.

Max Wilson

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Dr. Wilson’s research involves combining tools from Biology, Engineering, and Physics to understand the cell’s perceptual field.