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In this lab, we believe

diversity equity inclusion
diversity equity inclusion

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

Ph.D. in Chemistry

University of California, Berkeley

Advisor: Omar Yaghi

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Research Assistant 

Lab manager

Celine Wang

B.Sc. in Biology 

Whittier College
 

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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

Ph.D. in Chemistry

Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

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Graduate Student (G2)

Alex Du

B.Sc. in Chemistry

University of California Berkeley

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Graduate Student (G2)

Yukiye Koide

B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering

Harvard University 

M.Sc. in Biology

University of San Francisco

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Graduate Student (G2)

Heewon Seo

B.Sc. in Biochemistry & B.A. in History

Oberlin College

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Yongheng Gao

Graduate Student (G1)

Yongheng Gao

B.Sc. in Chemistry 

Nankai University, China

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Rotation Student

Aaron Vilchez

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering 

University of California Berkeley

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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. 

You

Postdoc? Graduate student? RA?

You!

Sugar enthusiasts

Terpene synthesis junkies 

Immunoactivity nerds 

Lab Alum

Research Assistant

Rossie Luo

M.Sc. in Food Science

Cornell University 

Current position: PhD student at Rice University

Max Grabovac

Research Assistant

Max Grabovac

B.Sc. in Microbial biology 

University of California Berkeley

Current position: PhD student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

 

Visiting Student

Zhaobo Lyu

Current position: Undergraduate in Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China

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