Principle Investigator
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Interns and Trainees
Undergraduate Researchers
Alumni
Postdocs
| Name | Period | Research topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firnaaz Ahamed | Feb 2021 - Aug 2023 | Multiple projects in collaboration with PNNL's Soil Microbiome and River Corridor SFAs | Assistant Professor at Taylor's University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia |
| Soo Hyun Park | Aug 2022 - Aug 2023 | Analysis of soli microbiome response to rewetting perturbations | Reserach Professor at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea |
| Rauf Ab Shah | May - Nov 2021 | Analysis of viral-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes | Research Scientist at UNMC, Omaha, NE |
| Jahangeer | Jan 2020 - Jan 2021 | Omics integration with metabolic network models | Research Scientist at IIT Roorkee, India |
PhDs
| Name | Period | Research topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aimee Kessell | Fall 2019 - May 2025 | Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of Chitin-Degrading Microbial Systems | Postdoc at USDA |
| Hugh McCullough | Fall 2018 - Summer 2023 | Glycan-Mediated Context Dependency: Influence of Carbohydrate Composition and Mucin-Coated Surfaces On Community Structure and Metacommunity Stability | Postdoc at UNL |
Masters
| Name | Period | Research topic | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naeun Lee | Spring 2021 - Spring 2023 | Metabolic Network Modeling to Unravel the Impact of Copper Deficiency and High fat Diet on Liver Metabolism | CJ Cheiljedang, Korea |
| Michael Israel | Spring - Fall 2022 | Cybernetic Modeling of Microorganism Growth on Multiple Substrates | Industry in Omaha, NE |
Internship
- Toko Hisano, Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan, June to October 2023, Topic: Thermodyanmic Modeling of Microbial Binary Consortia: How do incomplete denitrifying bacteria survive in nature?
- Yoan Ghaffer, Aix-Marseille University in France, June to August 2023, Topic: Residents' Impact on the Indoor Environment
- Huisun Eom, Pusan University, March 2023 to July 2023, Topic: Modeling of Biological and Educational Data using SINDy
- Ayeon Park, Chungnam University in Korea, November 2022 to May 2023, Topic: Android Apps for Simulating Microbial Growth and Interactions
- Haetsal Kim, Chunbuk University in Korea, November 2021 to January 2021 (Online), Topic: Cybernetic Modeling of Microbial Growth on Multiple Substrates
- Steve Zhang, University of California, San Diego, November 2020 to July 2021, Topic: Data-driven Modeling of Microbial Inactivation in Food
- Naeun Lee, Ajou University in Korea, March to September 2020, Topic: Machine Learning for Microbiome Data Classification
CBIO Lab Rotation
- Andrea Mikulasova (Fall 2023), Flux Balance Analysis of E. coli Metabolism
- Michael Israel (Fall 2021), Application of Cybernetic Modeling Using AUMIC
- Aimee Kessell (Fall 2019), Flux Balance Analysis of E. coli Metabolism
- Michael Tross (Fall 2019), Flux Balance Analysis of E. coli Metabolism
Undergraduate Research
- Bingjun Zhu (Food Science and Technology, Fall 2020), Review of Thermal Inactivation Modeling
- Huidong Xu (Through 3+1 Program in Food Science and Technology, Spring 2020), Cybernetic Modeling of Microbial Growth on Multiple Substrates
High School Research
- Kiera Chan, Staten Island Technical High School, New York
- June 2023 to April 2024, Novel Eigenmode-Based Feature Engineering for Efficient and Interpretable Image Classification: Application to Handwritten Digits
- September 2022 to April 2023, Coupling the Cybernetic Model with Flux Balance Analysis for Dynamic Simulation of Overflow Metabolism in Escherichi coli