Lab members

Current Lab Members:

Name

Program / Position

Ruth Lee
MICaB
David Hsu
MICaB
Madison Kalb
MicE
Michael Wold
BMBB
Dr. Andrew Grenfell
Postdoc
Dr. Ivan Ishkov
Postdoc
 

Current Undergraduates:

  • Halle Kruchoski
  • Jane Fenske-Newbart

 

Alumni:

Former Students

Name
Degree
Degree Year
Current Position
Dr. Bridget Conley PhD, MICaB 2021 Assistant Professor, River Valley Community College
Dr. Eric Kees PhD, MICaB 2019 Postdoc, Hamilton Lab, University of Minnesota
Maya Burroughs MS, MicE 2019 Stratix Labs Corporation, University Enterprise Labs
Dr. Anna Corts PhD, PMB 2019 Research Scientist, Joyn Bio
Dr. Ben Bonis PhD, BMBB 2018 Senior Fermentation Scientist III, Cargill
Rebecca Maysonet Sánchez MS, BMBB 2017 Principal Immunochemistry Scientist, DiaSorin Inc.
Dr. Brittany Bennett PhD, MICaB 2017 Postdoc, Thrash Lab, University of Southern California
Elizabeth West MS, MicE 2016 PhD Student, UC San Diego
Dr. Aunica Kane PhD, BMBB 2015 Developmental Scientist II, Takada Pharmaceuticals
Audrey Harris MS, MicE 2014 LanzaTech
Dr. Nicholas Kotloski PhD, MICaB 2014 Meso Scale Diagnostics
Lee Robinson MS, MicE 2012 Dupont Industrial Biosciences
Dr. Dan Coursolle PhD, BMBB 2010 Cargill
Aunica Kane MS, MicE 2010 PhD Student, Gralnick Lab, University of Minnesota
Dr. Jeffrey Flynn MS, MicE 2009 3M Corporate Research Lab
Noriko Masuda MS, MicE 2009 Takara Biosciences, Japan
Eva Stähli Diploma 2008 Glycovaxan, Switzerland
Indraneel Shikhare MS, MicE 2007 Ecolab (Sugarland, Tx)
Martina Vifian Diploma 2007  
 

Former Postdoctoral Associates

Name
Current Position
Dr. Abhiney Jain Senior Organism Engineer, Ginkgo Bioworks
Dr. Steven Bowden Assistant Professor, Food Science and Nutrition, UMN
Dr. Peter Intile Executive Director Inc. / Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
Dr. Aunica Kane Manager, Upstream Technical Operations, Takada Pharmaceuticals 
Dr. James Parejko Lecturer, Gustavus Adolphus College / LocAle Brewing Company
Dr. Amin Hajimorad Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, California State University - Chico
Dr. Evan Brutinel 3M Corporate Research Lab
Dr. Zarath Summers Vice President of Science, LanzaTech
Dr. Dan Ross National Energy Technology Laboratory
Dr. Elizabeth Covington Chief Child Psychologist and Nutritionist, Covington Family
Dr. Heidi Hau
Rebiotix (Twin Cities, MN)