Staff

Technical Staff

Nathalie Elisabeth

Project Scientist

Dr. Elisabeth develops bioimaging workflows to visualize and characterize microbial interactions, exploring how microbes interact with each other and with their environment. Dr. Elisabeth will co-manage the anaerobic chamber and lead the high throughput imaging effort.

Oliver Vining

Project Scientist

Dr. Vining is an expert is designing high-throughput mass spectrometry, biological screening, and compound isolation workflows, and joins ExFAB to co-manage the automated anaerobic biofoundry and lead the center's mass spectrometry programs.

Alex Carrillo

ExFAB Lab Manager

Alexander Nguyen

Computational Workflow Developer

As a Computational Workflow Developer, Alexander designs and implements high-throughput analysis workflows that transform large-scale microbiology datasets into actionable insights for researchers. He optimizes computational pipelines for reproducibility, scalability, and efficiency, integrating diverse data sources, laboratory automation, and bioinformatics tools.

Andrew McNaughton

Computational Researcher

Andrew provides computational support to UCR ExFAB, contributing to project success by managing data pipelines and applying AI/ML for data-driven insights.

Educational Staff

Airan Jansen

Bridges to the Doctorate Program Administrator, Biology Department

Arica Lubin

Education Lead, Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships (CSEP)

As Education Lead, Arica Lubin develops innovative, impactful and inclusive professional training environment for trainees, faculty and industry partners.

Ben Stewart

Director of Special Initiatives, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.

Wendy Ibsen

Summer Scholars Coordinator
Center for Science and Engineering Partnerships

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Administrative Staff

Carolyn Franklin

UCR ExFAB Administrative and User Support

Carolyn Franklin provides user and administrative support for UCR ExFAB.

Daniel Barrington

ExFAB Program and Administrative Coordinator

Daniel Barrington brings his prior experience in product management and developing efficient systems in the start-up world to help ensure the smooth execution of programs and initiatives at ExFAB as the Program and Administrative Coordinator.