Lab Members
Meet the team
Principal Investigator
PI: Xuan Wang
Associate Professor wangxuan@asu.edu
Postdoc, University of Florida
Ph.D. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2008
M.S., Biochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2003
B.S., Biological Science, Univ. of Sci. & Tech. of China, 2000
Graduate students and Post-Baccalaureate researchers
Amanda Godar
PhD student in Microbiology
agodar@asu.edu Co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen
Joseph Baierl
PhD student in Microbiology
jbaierl@asu.edu
Shree Modukuri
MS student in Biochemistry
smoduku2@asu.edu
Undergrad students
Amrit Singh Johal
Undergrad researcher
ajohal3@asu.edu
Eric Rosengren
Undergrad researcher
eroseng1@asu.edu
Jackson Aoyama
Undergrad researcher
jaoyama@asu.edu
Jasika Grover
Undergrad researcher
jgrover4@asu.edu
Sabrin Mohamed
Undergrad researcher
smoham55@asu.edu
Lab Alumni
[Postdocs]
Dr. Steven Holland (Postdoc) 2017 to 2021
Dr. Christian Sievert (Postdoc, co-mentored with Dr. Cartwright@SOLS) 2014 to 2016, Scientist at Greenovation (current position)
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[PhD students]
Dr. Gavin Kurgan (PhD student in BioDesign Program) 2014-2018, Scientist at IDT
Dr. Andrew Flores (PhD student in Chemical Engineering; co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen@SEMTE) 2015-2021,Technical leader at DSM
Dr. Moses Onyeabor (PhD student in Microbiology Program) 2019-2022, Metabolic engineer at DMC Biotechnologies
Dr. Rodrigo Martinez (PhD student in Microbiology Program) 2018-2024, Research Scientist at Daisy Brand
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[MS students]
Jared Lee-Kin (4+1 MS student in Microbiology Program) 2019-2022, PhD student at UC Davis
Michaella Hernandez (4+1 MS student in Microbiology Program) 2019-2022, PhD student at ASU
Rachel Rick (MS student in Microbiology Program) 2022-2024
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[Undergrad students]
Sabrin Mohamed, ASU, 2024 Spring to present
Jackson Aoyama, ASU, 2024
Shree Modukuri, ASU, 2023 Spring to 2024 Srping
Austin Graham-O’Hara, ASU, 2023 Spring to 2024 Spring
Eric Rosengren, ASU, 2023 Spring to present
Jasika Grover, ASU, 2023 Spring to present
Amrit Singh Johal, ASU, 2023 Spring to present
Dalton Conway (Undergrad) 2021 Fall to 2024
Cassidy Bailey, ASU, 2021 Summer to 2022
Desirée Bogen, ASU, 2021 Fall to 2022, Graduate student at ASU
Katie Smith, ASU, 2021 Fall to 2022
David Denogean (Undergrad) 2021 Fall, Graduate student at ASU
Kate Grimes (Undergrad) 2021 to 2022
Hyun (Ryan) Choi (Undergrad) 2019-2020, Graduate student at The Ohio State University (current position)
Rebecca Condruti (Undergrad) 2017-2020, Graduate student at Tufts University (current position)
Edward Nolan (Undergrad) 2018-2022
Aidan Schneider (Undergrad) 2015-2019, Graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis (current position)
Matthew Dufault (Undergrad) 2017-2019
John Hagstrom (Master Student in Chemical Engineering; co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen) 2016-2018
Eric Taylor (Undergrad) 2016-2018, PharmD student at University of Arizona College of Pharmacy (current position)
Robert Mann (Undergrad) 2016-2018, Graduate student at Vanderbilt University (current position)
Logan Kurgan (Undergrad) 2015 to 2017, Fermentation scientist at Benebios (current position)
Yesenia Rodriquez-Sanchez (Undergrad) 2015 to 2017
Zeynep Ayla (Undergrad co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen) 2016-2017, Graduate student at UIUC (current position)
Junpei Xiao (Undergrad) 2014 to 2016, Graduate student at Boston University (current position)
Nathan Palmer (Undergrad) 2015 to 2016, Graduate Student at UC San Diego (current position)
Jessica D. Amaya Castro (Undergrad) 2015 to 2016
Larry Panyon (Lab manager/technician) 2013 to 2016
Lizy Nieves (Research Technician) 2014 to 2016
Thomas Marcinek (Undergrad) 2014 to 2015
Brittany Retallack(Undergrad) 2014 to 2015, Graduate Student at Graz University of Technology, Austria
Chris Ashe (Rotation PhD student) 2014 Fall
Chandler Morris (Undergrad), 2014 Spring to 2015 Summer
Taylor Loeffler (Undergrad), 2014 Spring to 2015 Summer, MD student at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee (current position)
Alex Krupa (Undergrad), 2015 Spring
Steven Llewellyn (Undergrad), 2014 Spring to 2015 Spring
Brett Johnson (Undergrad), 2014 Summer to 2014 Fall
Eric Pacheco (Undergrad), 2014 Spring to 2015 Summer