
Patrick Shih
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis
Director of Plant Biosystems Design, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PhD, Plant Biology, UC Berkeley
BS, Microbiology, BA, Political Science, UC San Diego
pmshih@ucdavis.edu
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Biology, UC Davis
Director of Plant Biosystems Design, Joint BioEnergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PhD, Plant Biology, UC Berkeley
BS, Microbiology, BA, Political Science, UC San Diego
pmshih@ucdavis.edu

Collin Barnum
Graduate Student, UC Davis
BMCDB Graduate Group
NIH Molecular Cell Biology T32 Fellow
BA, Biology, BA, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Willamette University
crbarnum@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Student, UC Davis
BMCDB Graduate Group
NIH Molecular Cell Biology T32 Fellow
BA, Biology, BA, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Willamette University
crbarnum@ucdavis.edu

Michael Belcher
Collaborating Graduate Student, JBEI
Plant and Microbial Biology Department, UC Berkeley (Keasling and Scheller labs)
NSF Graduate Fellow
BS, Botany, Oregon State University
BelcherM@lbl.gov
Collaborating Graduate Student, JBEI
Plant and Microbial Biology Department, UC Berkeley (Keasling and Scheller labs)
NSF Graduate Fellow
BS, Botany, Oregon State University
BelcherM@lbl.gov

Niklas Hummel
Research Specialist, JBEI
MS, Biomolecular Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
BS, Biomolecular Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
nfhummel@lbl.gov
Research Specialist, JBEI
MS, Biomolecular Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
BS, Biomolecular Engineering, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
nfhummel@lbl.gov

Alex Kehl
Graduate Student, UC Davis (co-advised with Justin Siegel)
Biophysics Graduate Group
BS, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Plant Biology Minor
akehl@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Student, UC Davis (co-advised with Justin Siegel)
Biophysics Graduate Group
BS, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Plant Biology Minor
akehl@ucdavis.edu

Albert Liu
Graduate Student, UC Davis
BMCDB Graduate Group
NIH Chemical Biology T32 Fellow
BS, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Arizona
akeliu@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Student, UC Davis
BMCDB Graduate Group
NIH Chemical Biology T32 Fellow
BS, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Arizona
akeliu@ucdavis.edu

Kasey Markel
Graduate Student, UC Davis
Plant Biology Graduate Group
MPhil, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
BS, Science!, University of Miami
kamarkel@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Student, UC Davis
Plant Biology Graduate Group
MPhil, Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
BS, Science!, University of Miami
kamarkel@ucdavis.edu


Elys Rodriguez
Collaborating Graduate Student, UC Davis
Chemistry Graduate Group (Fiehn lab)
NIH Chemical Biology T32 Fellow
BS, Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico
eprod@ucdaivs.edu
Collaborating Graduate Student, UC Davis
Chemistry Graduate Group (Fiehn lab)
NIH Chemical Biology T32 Fellow
BS, Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico
eprod@ucdaivs.edu

Sasilada Sirirungruang
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
BS, Chemistry and Biology, MIT
sasilada.s@lbl.gov
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
BS, Chemistry and Biology, MIT
sasilada.s@lbl.gov

Mitch Thompson
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Microbiology, UC Berkeley
BS, Interdisciplinary Studies, Cornell University
mthompson@lbl.gov
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Microbiology, UC Berkeley
BS, Interdisciplinary Studies, Cornell University
mthompson@lbl.gov

Charlee Vuu
Research Associate, JBEI
BS, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Chemistry Minor, UC Santa Cruz
kvuu@lbl.gov
Research Associate, JBEI
BS, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Chemistry Minor, UC Santa Cruz
kvuu@lbl.gov

Andy Zhou
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
BS, Biochemistry, Miami University
AndyZhou@lbl.gov
Postdoc, JBEI
PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
BS, Biochemistry, Miami University
AndyZhou@lbl.gov
Undergraduates:
Izaiah Ornelas (Davis)
Roxanna Pignolet (Davis)
Shehan Wijesinghe (Davis)
Alyssa Marinas (Davis)
Rick Callado (Davis)
Jean Sabety (Davis)
Madison Hypes (Davis)
Jennifer Zhang (JBEI)
Jasmine Cisneros (JBEI)
Allison Pearson (JBEI)
Diyah Mettupalli (JBEI)
Allison Nguyen (JBEI)
Izaiah Ornelas (Davis)
Roxanna Pignolet (Davis)
Shehan Wijesinghe (Davis)
Alyssa Marinas (Davis)
Rick Callado (Davis)
Jean Sabety (Davis)
Madison Hypes (Davis)
Jennifer Zhang (JBEI)
Jasmine Cisneros (JBEI)
Allison Pearson (JBEI)
Diyah Mettupalli (JBEI)
Allison Nguyen (JBEI)
Alumni:
Baohua Li (2018-2019) - former Assistant Project Scientist, now faculty at Northwest A&F University
Paul Opgenorth (2018-2019) - former postdoc, now Co-Founder and Director of Research and Development at INvizyne Technologies
Rey Allen (2018-2019)- former postdoc
Doug Banda (2018-2020) - former postdoc, now Associate Development Scientist at AGC Biologics
Ben Endelman (2018-2021) - former postdoc, now Research Scientist at Pairwise
Baohua Li (2018-2019) - former Assistant Project Scientist, now faculty at Northwest A&F University
Paul Opgenorth (2018-2019) - former postdoc, now Co-Founder and Director of Research and Development at INvizyne Technologies
Rey Allen (2018-2019)- former postdoc
Doug Banda (2018-2020) - former postdoc, now Associate Development Scientist at AGC Biologics
Ben Endelman (2018-2021) - former postdoc, now Research Scientist at Pairwise