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