FACULTY
Xiaoxia “Nina” Lin | email
Professor Lin leads the lab in its research at the intersection of the biology and engineering of microbial ecosystems. [Full Faculty Profile]
Professor, University of Michigan | 2022 – Present
Associate Professor, University of Michigan | 2014 – 2022
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan | 2006 – 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School | 2003 – 2006
PhD Chemical Engineering, Princeton University | 2003
BS Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University | 1997
BS Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University | 1997
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Madeline Shay (she/they) | email
Madeline’s research interests include studying how polymicrobial communities adapt to stressors, and she is currently studying dental biofilms.
PhD Cellular & Molecular Biology, University of Michigan | 2020-present
BCh Chemistry, University of Alabama | 2020
BS Microbiology, University of Alabama | 2020
Sebastian Montero (he/him) | email
Sebastian’s research interests are in developing genetic toolkits and libraries for non-model organisms.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2024 – present
BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Florida | 2023
Jason (Cheng-Yen Lin) (he/him) | email
Jason’s interests are in combining biosystems with materials to improve existing difficulties.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2024 – present
MS Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University | 2018
BS Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University | 2018
Jonathan Augustus Albrecht (he/him) | email
Jonathan’s research interest is broadly in engineering microbial consortia to produce valuable molecules. His current project involves improving a carbon fixing cyanobacteria and a nitrogen fixing azotobacter for ultimate pairing with a producer strain of interest.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2023 – present
MS Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2024
BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 2023
Donal Couch (he/him) | email
Donal’s research interests are in developing better performing synthetic microbial consortia for platform chemical production by utilizing scaled-down bioreactors.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2023 – Present
BChE Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota | 2023
Amy Liu (she/her) | email
Amy’s research interest is developing microbial consortia for production of platform chemicals.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2021 – present
BS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University | 2021
Jessica Li (they/them) | email
Jessica uses microfluidics to study microbial interactions in drinking water biofilms and how they impact resistance to colonization by waterborne pathogens.
PhD Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan | 2021 – present
BS Biology, California Institute of Technology | 2018
BS History, California Institute of Technology | 2018
Erica Gardner (she/her) | email
Erica researches polystyrene biodegradation in insect larvae using 16S community profiling and culturing techniques.
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2021 – Present
MS Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan | 2021
MS Sustainable Systems, University of Michigan | 2021
BS Chemical Engineering, Cornell University | 2018
RESEARCH STAFF
Dr. Jean-Marie Rouillard | email
Jean-Marie is a research scientist who has joined us from the Gulari lab.
Adjunct Associate Research Scientist | 2021 – Present