Fall 2022

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Calin Plesa
Assistant Professor of BioEngineering

Postdoc Biochemistry, UCLA (Sri Kosuri)
Ph.D. Bionanoscience / Biophysics, Delft University of Technology, (Cees Dekker​)
M.Sc. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology
B.A.Sc. Engineering Physics, Simon Fraser University

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Natanya Villegas
​Graduate Student
Project: Gene Synthesis
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Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology
B.S. Biological Sciences, ​San Jose State University

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​Andrew Holston
​​Graduate Student
Project: Histidine Kinases
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Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry​, Institute of Molecular Biology
B.S. Chemistry, Biology, Northwest Nazarene University​

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Anissa Benabbas
​​Graduate Student
Project: Protein Engineering
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Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology
B.S. Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz​​

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​Syandeep Gupta
​Postdoc
Project: Antibody Generation

Ph.D.  Life Science & Biotechnology, Jadavpur University
M.Sc., Microbiology, West Bengal State University
B.Sc. Microbiology, University of Calcutta​

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​Samuel Hinton
​Research Assistant and Lab Manager
Project: Histidine Kinases
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B.A. Chemistry, ​Willamette University

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Phillip Kearns
Machine Learning Engineer

M.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Portland State University
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, University of Idaho
B.A. Physics, University of Idaho

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​Kyra Lindley
​Research Assistant
Project: Gene Synthesis

​B.Sc. Biology, University of Oregon

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Rachel Ferina
​BGMP Masters Student
Project: Bioinformatics

​B.S. Biology, University of Washington

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SJ Kim
​BGMP Masters Student
Project: Bioinformatics

​B.Sc. Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

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​Carmen Resnick
Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar
​Project: DHFR (Antibiotic Resistance)

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Yuki Gaudreault
​​Undergraduate Researcher
​Project: Gene Synthesis

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Mindy Tran
Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar
​Project: Gene Synthesis

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​Avery Billo
​​Undergraduate Researcher
​Project: Orthogonal Replication

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Philip Jimenez
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Project: Histidine Kinases​

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Keane Deas
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Project: Antibody Generation

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Lucas Lippert
​Undergraduate Researcher
​Project: Histidine Kinases​

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Remington (Remmy) Salticidae
Arthropod Research Scholar​
Project: Antibiotic Resistance​

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Alumni

Amanda Kreppel	Undergraduate Researcher, Peter O’Day Fellow '21	Debut Biotechnology
Nora Kearns	Knight Campus Undergraduate Scholar, Undergrad Honors Thesis, Peter O’Day Fellow '21	Modulus Therapeutics