International Visitors

Dr. Mike Theodorou 
Professor Emeritus of Anaerobic Digestion & Fermentation Technology at Harper Adams University, UK.

2023. Dr. Magdalena Calusinska
R&T Associate at Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology.

Project Scientists

2025. Dr. Nathalie Elizabeth
Project Scientist at UCSB ExFAB Facility

2025. Dr. Oliver Vining
Project Scientist at UCSB ExFAB Facility

2016. Dr. Jessica Sexton
User Coordinator at UCSB ExFab BioFoundry

Post-doctoral Researchers

2023. Dr. Tejas Navaratna
Postdoctoral researcher at Howard Hughes Medical Institute

2023. ​Dr. Amy Eisenberg
Director at Alga Biosciences

2020. Dr Chris Lawson
Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto

2020. Dr. Xuefeng (Nick) Peng
Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina

2018. Dr. Doriv Knop

2022. Dr. Susanna Seppala
Library Associate and Research Coordinator at Laguna Blanca School

2016. Dr. Monica Reith
Assistant Professor at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville

2016. Dr. Charles Haitjema
Senior Research Area Manager at Bio-Techne

2015. Dr. Kevin Solomon
Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Career Development Professor at University of Delaware

Graduate Students

2025. Andreas Vamvakas (Master Graduate)
Master’s Student at CSU San Bernardino  

2025. Dr. Lazarina Butkovich
Post-doctoral researcher at City of Hope

2025. Dr. Elaina Blair
Production Trainer at Valescent Pharmaceuticals Inc.

2023. Dr. Kellie Heom
Currently at Amgen

2023. Dr. Katharine Dickson
Postdoctoral scholar at UC-Davis (Hess Lab)

2023. Dr. Patrick Leggieri
Fermentation Scientist at BP

2023. Dr. Stephen Lillington
Scientist III at Genentech

​2022. Dr. Tom Lankiewicz
Microbiologist at Allonnia

2022. Dr. Jennifer Brown
User Support Analyst at DOE Joint Genome Institute

2022. Dr. Michael Vigers
Associate Reacher at Northwestern University

2021. Dr. Kendrick D. Nguyen
Senior Scientist at Quantum-Si

2021. Kerri Luttrell (post-baccalaureate researcher)
Doctoral student at the University of Hawaii.

2020. Emily Sun (Master Graduate)
Senior Research Associate at 10x Genomics

2020. Dr. Candice Swift
Patent Examiner at USPTO

2020. Dr. St. Elmo Wilken
Postdoctoral scholar, Heinrich-Heine University, Germany (Ebenhöh lab)

2019. Dr. Justin Yoo
Principal Research Scientist at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

2018. Dr. Sean Gilmore
Director of Upstream Process Development at Native Microbials

2017. Dr. John Henske
Senior Scientist II at Manus

2017. Dr. Nicole Schonenbach
Principal Scientist at Pfizer

2016. Dr. Jennifer Guerrero
Associate Director at Amgen

Undergraduate Students

2025. Noa Margolith
Undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley

2025. Jessy Gonzalez
Fellow at NASA AIMS

2025. Wenni Zhang
Undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley

2025. Chandraki Chatterjee
Research Intern at National Nuclear Security Administration

2024. Hector Hernandez Cardenas
Undergraduate at University of California, Santa Barbara

2024. Keith Chiu

2023. Johanna Blackmore
Pilot Plant Manufacturing Associate at Amgen

​2023. Nabil Alansari
Filtration Sales Specialist at Cytiva

2023. Thea Zalunardo
Research Associate at Scripps Research

2023. Taylor Gierke
PhD Student of Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Yale University

​2022. Michael Dong
Manufacturing Associate at Sutro Biopharma

2023. Natasha Aji
Process Engineering Intern at Spero Renewables

​2022. Scott Tam
Consultant Engineer at FM Global

2021. Miguel Castaneda-Renteria
Process Engineer at Cargill

2021. Nikola Malinov
PhD Student of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware

2020. Corey Kerdman-Andrade
Underwriter II at FM Global

2020. Derek Tang
Consultant at Bain & Company

​2019. Freda Lababidi
Software Engineer at Ridgeline

2019. Jenna Hoover
Amgen

2019. Mason Gatz
Senior Chemist at Eli Lilly and Company

2019. Alex Smith
Undergraduate UCSB Microbiology

2019. Patrick Kolence
Environmental Scientist at California Department of Fish and Wildlife

2019. Mohan Saxena
Medical student at California University of Science and Medicine

2019. Teagan Pado
Senior Software Development Engineer at Addepar

2018. Samantha Lee
Emergency Department Technician at My Michigan Health

2018. Julia Bryn
Senior Scientist at The Clorox Company

2017. Zach Cogan
PhD Student at University of California, San Francisco

2017. Winston Hsu
Technical Support Engineer at Confluent

2017. Randall DeGroot
Research Associate IV at Codexis Inc

​2017. Jessica Hauk
Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Colorado, Boulder

2017. Dr. Francis Cunningham
Scientist at Berkely Yeast

2016. Dr. Andres Parra
Scientist at Denali Therapeutics

2016. Dr. Herman Ching
Principal Engineer at Alcon

2016. Dr. Daniel Yur
Senior Scientist at Merck

2015. Dr. Wen-Kang Chou (ICB URAP)
VP at Stifel Financial Corporation

2015. Dr. Sarah Maxel
Senior Scientist at Sanofi

​2015. Natalie Banakis
Materials Innovation Engineer at Patagonia

2015. Dr. Charlotte Abrahamson
Scientist II at Vaxcyte

2014. Erich Brodbeck (Amgen Fellow, ICB URAP)
Scientist 2 at Amyris

2014. Chris Eachus (INSET)
Math Professor at Allan Hancock College

2014. Marla Nyamdorj
Owns a company in Santa Barbara

2014. David Chau
Senior Research Associate at Gilead Sciences

2013.Kane Nania (UCLA)
Graduated with MS from UCLA

2013. Jiehao (CJ) Chen (INSET)
Feasibility Strategy Lead at Novartis

2013. Jessica O'Day
Senior Manager at Kite Pharma

​2013. Brian Owens
Process Engineer at Targa Resources

2013. Briane Kiliman (McNair Scholar)
Chemistry Stockroom Manager at Clarkson University

2013. Meredith Green
Manager at Gilead Sciences

2013. Dr. Elisa Ovadia
Principal Scientist at Bristol Myers Squibb

2013. Josie Tressl
Senior Scientist at UPSIDE foods

"They came. They learned. They left their mark"