James Fanning was a senior microbiology major with interests in chemistry and computational research. He worked on a computational independent study in structural biology with crotonyl-CoA carboxylase/reductase, identifying second shell residues that may be important for CO₂ capture. He is now in a gap year applying to medical schools and diving deeper in computational research.

Olivia Mullen is an undergraduate studying Molecular Genetics. She passes the time painting all her adventures or planning new ones while reading a good book. She loves being a part of Buck-I-Serv and have been on a total of three trips. She now serve on the Buck-I-Serv Board. Also, she can prepare a gel better than she can prepare dinner and finds pipetting more relaxing than knitting.

Jacob graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Microbiology in 2020. He has earned a black belt in taekwondo and loves to practice his skills. Working in Alber Lab changed his career outlook and he will now be pursuing his PhD at Pennsylvania State University this fall.

Kerrigan graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Microbiology, as well as a minor in Japanese.

Supriya graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Microbiology and a minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2020. As much as she loves being in the lab, she also dances competitively, plays tennis, dominates at boardgames, and enjoys painting. She's been painting for many years, so that probably explains why she was drawn to studying pigmentation mutants in Alber Lab!

Maxwell is an undergraduate studying Biology. He started his long term commitment to R. sphaeroides in May of 2018. When he's not in the lab, he likes to spend his time climbing or reading.

Suzy graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Neuroscience in 2020. When she wasn't in the lab researching R. sphaeroides, she enjoyed doing random DIY projects, playing the Sims, and sleeping. (Oh, and doing school work too!)

Steven is a former high school teacher from Logan, Ohio who graduated with a B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Ohio University. He is now a graduate student in Ohio State's Microbiology Department and is tasked with comparing Ccr (crotonyl-CoA carboxylase/reductase) and AcuI (acrylyl-CoA reductase) in an effort to identify which features create the distinctions in their reductive strategies.

Daniel obtained a degree in Biology from his local university, UABC (Ensenada, Mexico) and a Master's degree from UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico). He is currently studying the oxidative assimilation of 3-hydroxypropionate by Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Michael spent his undergraduate years at Indiana University, Bloomington where he finished a B.S. in Microbiology and a B.A. in Biochemsitry. At Indiana, he worked with Dr. Clay Fuqua on microbial ecology in tick populations across the United States. He is now working on elucidating the mechanisms responsible for regulating carbon flow through the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway and the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway.

Phillip was a Microbiology major whose interests included rock climbing and long distance running. He worked to genetically and phenotypically characterize transposon mutants generated by large-scale transposon mutageneis performed in the Microbial Genetics courses. He finished his undergraduate work with a thesis in which he contributed to the characterization of the role of mcm (methylmalonyl-CoA mutase) in the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway in Rhodobacter sphaeroides.

Jessica graduated with her B.S. in Biological Engineering while also participating in the band as a trumpet player. During her time in the lab, she identified a potential TRAP transporter for glutamate. Immediately following her Bachelor's degree, she worked for the EPA, frolicking in streams and traveling all over Ohio. She is now a graduate student at Ohio State in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program - Molecular and Cellular Development.

Kelsey graduated with a B.S. in Biology and a second B.S. in Spanish. In the lab, Kelsey was responsible for much of the molecular biology. She worked toward developing markerless, in-frame chromosomal deletions of the genes involved in the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. She is now a student at the University of Toledo Medical Center.

Jordan graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.S. in Molecular Genetics. He worked with Marie in screening R. sphaeroides transposon mutants in an effort to identify genes that are required for growth on a variety of carbon sources. See a poster of his work at the 2010 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. He is now studying at Ohio State's College of Medicine. He intends to specialize in urology.

Emily graduated with a B.S. in Microbiology. In addition to volunteering for Wonders of Our World, she also worked with Marie in identifying genes from genetic screens that are resposible for R. sphaeroides growth on a number of substrates. See a poster of her work at the 2010 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. She is now a graduate student in the Integrated Biomedical Graduate Program here at Ohio State.

Lauren graduated from the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Microbiology in 2009. She accepted an offer to attend the Ohio State's College of Medicine where she is currently a student persuing her M.D. The lab is grateful for her work on laying the foundation for the study of the regulation of the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway.