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

Rodrigo Martinez


PhD student in Microbiology
rmart118@asu.edu

Moses Onyeabor


PhD student in Microbiology
monyeabo@asu.edu

Amanda Godar


PhD student in Microbiology
agodar@asu.edu Co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen

Michaella Hernandez


Master student in Microbiology
mhern116@asu.edu

Jared Lee-Kin


Master student in Microbiology
jleekin@asu.edu

Edward Nolan


Post-Baccalaureate researcher
ejnolan@asu.edu

Undergrad students

Desirée Bogen


Undergrad researcher
ebogen@asu.edu

Cassidy Bailey


Undergrad researcher
ctbailey@asu.edu

Katie Smith


Undergrad researcher
kesmit41@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 (current position)

  • Dr. Andrew Flores (PhD student in Chemical Engineering; co-mentored with Dr. David Nielsen@SEMTE) 2015-2021,Bioprocess Development Scientist at DuPont-IFF (current position)

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[Undergrad students]

  • David Denogean (Undergrad) 2021 Fall

  • Kate Grimes (Undergrad) 2021

  • 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) 2018-2020

  • 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

Meet the team