Team:UIUC Illinois/Team

Advisor:

Todd Freestone

I'm a graduate student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and do metabolic engineering research in the lab of Huimin Zhao.

Michelle Goettge I am a graduate student in the Department of Microbiology, UIUC. My research focuses on the discovery of phosphonate natural products produced by various Streptomyces species and the characterization of phosphonate biosynthetic pathways. Ahmet Badur Ahmet Badur received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering under the advisement of Dr. Chris V. Rao. He is currently investigating carbohydrate degrading enzymes from marine bacteria. Kori Dunn Kori Dunn received her BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the laboratory of Dr. Christopher V. Rao. Her research focuses on the engineering of Zymomonas mobilis for the production of biofuels and other value-added products. Xiong Xiong My name is Xiong Xiong, a graduate student from Prof. Huimin Zhao's group in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at UIUC. My specialties include genome engineering, metabolic engineering and automation.