James Tan (he/him) | email
James investigates interactions within environmental microbial communities. He uses microfluidics, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, and metabolic modeling to better understand the complex relationships between microbes in their natural consortia. James explores microbial communities that degrade fiber in the human gut and toxin-producing cyanobacteria in Lake Erie.
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2016 – 2023
B.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan | 2016