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Scientists
As you will see from the
descriptions below, we are a motley crew with backgrounds in
Biochemistry,Biophysics, Chemistry, and Systems Biology. This makes for
great collaborative science! As a research group in a user facility at a
national lab and near a major university, we
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Dr. Caroline Ajo-Franklin
cajo-franklin at lbl dot gov
Interfacing Living and Non-Living systems Using Synthetic Biology
2007-present, Staff Scientist, Physical Bioscience and Materials Science Divisions, LBNL & 2010-present, Synthetic Biology Institute
Favorite Postulate: Ockham’s Razor. It’s simple and to the point.
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Dr. Jenny Cappuccio
jacappuccio at lbl dot gov
Microbial Formation of Carbonates for Carbon Sequestration
2009-present, Project Scientist, Earth Sciences Division, LBNL
Ph.D. Biochemistry, UC Santa Cruz, 2004
Favorite Scientists: Rachel Carson and Marie Skłodowska-Curie
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Rita Garcia
rlgarcia at lbl dot gov
NanoBio Lab Manager Extraordinare
Favorite Scientist: Archimedes of
Syracuse (although Rosalind Franklin, Marie Curie, Nikola Tesla, and
Enrico Fermi are all close seconds)
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Cheryl Goldbeck
cpgoldbeck at lbl dot gov
Electronic Connections to Cells
2009-present, Senior Engineering Associate, Materials Sciences Division, LBNL
Favorite Scientist: Edward Jenner
(1749–1823), the “Father of Immunology.” Recognizing that dairymaids
infected with cowpox were immune to small-pox, Jenner deliberately
infected an eight year old boy with cowpox and then exposed the boy to
smallpox–which the boy failed to contract. After repeating the
experiment on other children, including his own son, Jenner concluded
that vaccination provided immunity to smallpox.
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Dr. Behzad Rad
brad at lbl dot gov
S-layer Assembly Dynamics
2009-present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science Division, LBNL
Ph.D. Biophysics, University of California, Davis, 2009
Favorite Scientist: Robert Koch
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Matt Hepler
mhepler89 at gmail dot com
Electronic Connections to Cells
2011-present, Ph. D. student in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, co-advised with Prof. Jay Groves
B.S. Chemistry, University of Maryland, 2011
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Heather Jensen
heathmarie05 at gmail dot com
Electrical Connections to Cells
2008-present, Ph. D. student in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, jointly advised with Prof. Jay Groves
B.S. Biochemistry, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 2007
Favorite scientist: Bunsen, with the following haiku in his honor
The Bunsen burner:
Legacy of man with eye
Lost in explosion
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Nicole Beedle
NBeedle at berkeley dot edu
Electrical Connections to Cells
2012-present, Undergraduate researcher, anticipated B. A. Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley, 2014
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Found these guys when doing a -20C clean out. Seemed willing to work in the lab, but kinda melted away.
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Adopted Scientists/Users/ & Groupies
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Ramya Tunuguntla
Assembling Photosensitive Bio-nanoelectronic FET Devices
2009-present, Ph.D student in
Materials Science, UC Davis, advised by Prof. Peter Stroeve (UC-Davis)
and Prof. Aleksandr Noy (UC-Merced)
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Alumni
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Dr. Aaron Albers
E. O. Lawrence Postdoctoral Fellow
2009-2011, jointly supervised with Brett Helms & Bruce Cohen,
Currently Chemist at Redwood Biosciences
aalbers at redwoodbioscience dot com
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Dr. Nina Kamennaya
Postdoctoral fellow 2010-2012, jointly supervised with Christer Jannson & Trent Northen. Currently Postdoctoral fellow with Hoi-Ying Holman, LBL
nkamennaya at lbl dot gov
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Albert Shon
Undergraduate researcher 2011-2012, anticipated 2013 B.S. Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley
albert.shon at gmail dot com
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Mark Kokish
Undergraduate researcher 2010-11, anticipated B.S. Chemistry, UC Berkeley
markkokish at gmail dot com
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Eldon Chou
Undergraduate researcher 2011; 2011 B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley. Currently a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry at University of Colorado, Boulder in Amy Palmer’s group
Eldon.Chou at Colorado dot EDU
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Ayumi Yu
Undergraduate researcher 2007-2010; B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley. Currently a Software engineer at Expensify
ayu.yua at gmail dot com
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Changrui Xiao
Undergraduate researcher 2007-2010, B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology, UC Berkeley. Currently a M.D. student at Duke University Medical School
changrui.xiao at duke dot edu
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Summer Interns
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Yancey Appling
Undergraduate summer intern 2012; anticipated 2013 Microbiology, Clemson University
yanceya at g dot clemson dot edu
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Gillian Liu
Undergraduate summer intern 2011; anticipated 2013 B. A. Environmental Studies, Middlebury College
glui at middlebury dot edu
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Jackie Quinn
Undergraduate summer intern 2011; 2012 B. S. Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University
Currently an intern at Autodesk
jyquinn at gmail dot com
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Veronica Pillar
Undergraduate summer intern 2010; 2011 B. S. Physics, Princeton University
Currently a Ph.D. student in Physics at Cornell University in Sol Gruner’s group
vdp5 at cornell dot edu
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Konstantin Malley
Undergraduate summer intern 2009; 2009 B.S. Biochemistry, UC Davis
Currently a M.D./Ph.D. student at St. Louis University
kmalley at slu dot edu
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