In this lab, we believe
We strive to foster an inclusive education and work environment and to mentor a diverse group of scientists with different backgrounds, experiences, scientific preferences, and worldviews. In this spirit, our laboratory will welcome and champion all scientists regardless of race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender.
Meet the Team
Principal Investigator
Yuzhong Liu
Postdoc Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Advisor: Jay Keasling
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Ph.D. in Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
Advisor: Omar Yaghi
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Yihan Yang
Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Jan Crames
Graduate Student (G2)
Yukiye Koide
B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering
Harvard University ​
M.Sc. in Biology
University of San Francisco
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Rotation Student
Aaron Vilchez
Lead Physicist
Coco Cat
Inspired by Newton's law of universal gravitation, Coco is passionate about knocking everything off the table and has gotten quite good at it.
Product Manager
Young Christian
Christian identifies the market problem of cat food shortage in the house and then leads the group (of 2) to scream at the human to effectively solve the problem.
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Postdoc? Graduate student? RA?
You!
Sugar enthusiasts
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Terpene synthesis junkies
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Immunoactivity nerds
Lab Alum
Research Assistant
Rossie Luo
M.Sc. in Food Science
Cornell University
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Current position: PhD student at Rice University
Research Assistant
Max Grabovac
B.Sc. in Microbial biology
University of California Berkeley
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Current position: PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Visiting Student
Zhaobo Lyu
Current position: Undergraduate in Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China​