Team

Current Lab Members

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Ph.D., Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Sarah Arrowsmith,  Research Laboratory Coordinator

Valerie Diem, Administrative Associate, Biodesign Admin Support Ops

Christopher Muse, Instrument Technician

Carole Flores, Business Operations Manager

Khemlal Nirmalkar, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Researcher

Qiwen Cheng, Postdoctoral Researcher

Taylor Davis, Ph.D. Student, Chemical Engineering

Blake Dirks, Ph.D. Student, Microbiology

Srivatsan Mohana Rangan, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Mark Reynolds, Ph.D. Student, Microbiology

Devin Bowes, Ph.D. Student, Biological Design 

Alana Florea, Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences

Rylee Close, PhD Student

Rachel Klein, Undergraduate Student, Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology

Maheshwar Suresh Mane, Graduate Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Mira Marwah, Undergraduate, Biological Sciences

Affiliated Members

Anca Delgado, Asst. Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment

Andrew Marcus, Ph.D., Asst. Research Professor

Corrie Whisner, Assoc Professor, College of Health Solutions

Graduate Alumni

Megan Altizer Meinel, Ph.D. Environmental & Environmental Health Engineering 2020

Brenna Lobb, M.S. Biological Data Science 2020

Shefali Rao, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2019

Wenxia Xu, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2018

Sofia Esquivel Elizondo, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 2017

Rey Custer Allen, Ph.D., Biological Design, 2016

Zehra (Esra) Ilhan, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2016

Ibrahim Halloum, M.S., Chemical Engineering, 2016

Devyn Fajardo-Williams, M.S.,  Environmental Engineering, 2015

Alexander Zevin, Ph.D., Biological Design, 2015

Joseph Miceli III, Ph.D., Biological Design, 2015

Deepthi Shivana, 2015, M.S., Chemical Engineering

Aura Ontiveros-Valencia, Ph.D., Sustainability, 2014

Sara Carey, M.S.E., Environmental Engineering, 2014

Anca Delgado, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2013

Jonathan P. Badalamenti, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2013

Michal Ziv-El, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 2012

Kylie L. Kegerreis, M.S., Environmental Engineering, 2012

Prathap Parameswaran, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 2010

Katherine G. Nelson, M.S., Environmental Engineering, 2010

Ying Yao, M.S., Environmental Engineering, 2009

Postdoctoral Alumni

Lydia Zeibich, Ph.D.

He-Ping Zhao, Ph.D.

Husen Zhang, Ph.D., Booz Allen Hamilton

Professional Staff Alumni

Daewook Kang, Ph.D., 2009-2018, Research Scientist

Chao Zeng, Ph.D., 2017-2018, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Yesenia Moreno Caro, 2017-2018, Research Technician

Juan Maldonado-Ortiz, Ph.D., 2014-2017, Research Scientist

Sarah Arrowsmith, 2016-2017, Research Specialist

Morgan Bennett, 2016-2017, Research Specialist

Undergraduate Alumni

Xandrian McMacken, 2020

Randy Bravo, 2020

Anton Sachs, 2020

Debbie Chang, 2019

Jigar Patel, 2018

Marisol Luna-Aguero, 2017

Fabiha Alam, 2016

Connor Fegard, 2016

Emily Yee, 2016

Patrick Hoffman, 2016, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Kapila Patel, 2015

Mackenzie Hagan, 2015, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Ibrahim Halloum, 2014, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Emily Bondank, 2014, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Suyana Lozada, 2011-2013, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering, FURI Student

Daniel P. Masters, 2011-2013, ASU School of Life Sciences

Devyn Fajardo-Williams, 2011-2013, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering, FURI Student and Research Technologist

Zachary Marin, 2012, ASU School of Life Sciences

Joshua Steele, 2012, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Galen Johnson-Bates, 2009-2011, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering, FURI Student

Katherine Cai, 2009-2011, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering, FURI Student

Hansa Done, 2011, ASU School of Life Sciences, SOLUR Student

Patrick Brown, 2011, ASU School of Life Sciences

Mathew Watson, 2011, ASU Fulton Schools of Engineering

Brandon Yates, 2008-2010, ASU School of Life Sciences, SOLUR Student

High School Students and Teachers

Natalie Aragon, 2017, Teacher at Canyon Ridge School

Drishti Sinha, 2013, Hamilton High School (currently enrolled at Duke University)

Nyssa Burdick, 2012, Saguaro High School (currently enrolled at the University of Arizona)

Zuena Mushtaq, 2011-2012, Chandler High School (currently enrolled in Barrett Honors School at ASU)

Mark Peng, 2009-2011, Chandler High School (currently at Stanford University)

Alexandra Polasko,  2009-2011, Notre Dame Preparatory High School (currently at the University of California, Berkeley)

Smitha Ramakrishna, 2007-2009, Corona del Sol High School (currently at Harvard University)

Visiting Scholars

Sofia Esquivel-Elizondo, 2012, IPN, Mexico

Vianey Ruiz Lopes, 2012, UNAM, Mexico

Dr. Ines Garcia-Pena, 2010, IPN, Mexico

Kadiya del Carmen Calderón Alvarado, 2008, UNAM, Mexico

Collaborators

Dr. Everett ShockSchool of Earth and Space Exploration, ASU

Dr. Bruce E. Rittmann, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, ASU

Dr. César I. Torres, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, ASU

Dr. John K. DiBaise, Mayo Clinic

Dr. Sarkis K. Mazmanian, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Dr. James Adams, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, ASU

Dr. Joshua LaBaer, Virginia G. Piper Center for Personalized Diagnostics, ASU

Dr. Jack Gilbert, Department of Ecology & Evolution, Argonne National Laboratory

Dr. Catherine Lozupone, School of Medicine at The University of Colorado

Dr. Rob Knight, Howard Hughes Medical Institute / University of Colorado at Boulder

Dr. Greg CaporasoCenter for Microbial Genetics and Genomics at Northern Arizona University (NAU)

Dr. Matthew Sullivan,  Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Arizona

Dr. Willem Vermaas, School of Life Sciences, ASU

Dr. Ines Elvia Garcia-Peña, IPN, Mexico

Dr. German Garcia-Buitron, UNAM, Mexico

Dr. Rolf U. Halden, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Center for Environmental Security, ASU

Dr. Sudhir Kumar, School of Life Sciences, Center for Evolutionary Medicine and Informatics, ASU

Dr. Roy Curtiss, III, School of Life Sciences, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, ASU