People
Principal Investigator
Eric M. Young
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at WPI. Director of the CERES Service Center and the BioHub.
Current members
Dr. Jaya GuptaPostdoctoral Researcherfungal highways, nonconventional yeast onboarding
Zoe HortonPhD Studentincorporating cell engineering into cell culture
Nicole PetersenPhD Studentnonconventional yeast engineering, natural products, fungal systems
Taylor FiorePhD Studentnatural product biosynthesis, metabolic engineering
Alumni
Dr. Nilesh Sharma
Postdoc → Praj Industries Dr. Leelakrishna Bankapalli
Postdoc → Bycus Therapeutics Dr. Joseph H. Collins
PhD → Asimov Dr. Kevin W. Keating
PhD → Resilience Dr. Cassandra Brzycki Newton
PhD → Ayana Bio Dr. Sarah J. Weintraub
PhD → Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Zekun Li
PhD Dr. Alexandria Adams
PhD → Postdoc, University of Delaware Ruiyi Wang
MS Student → PhD Student, UMass-Lowell Jaclyn Thompson
Technician → Synlogic Trent Jones
Undergraduate Researcher → Ginkgo BioWorks Celeste Marsan
Undergraduate Researcher → OmniSense Surgical, Inc. Shravani Balaji
Undergraduate Researcher → PhD Student, Yale University Amparo Cosio
Undergraduate Researcher → Asimov Justin Roberts
Undergraduate Researcher → PhD Student, University of Delaware
Postdoc → Praj Industries Dr. Leelakrishna Bankapalli
Postdoc → Bycus Therapeutics Dr. Joseph H. Collins
PhD → Asimov Dr. Kevin W. Keating
PhD → Resilience Dr. Cassandra Brzycki Newton
PhD → Ayana Bio Dr. Sarah J. Weintraub
PhD → Postdoc, Carnegie Mellon University Dr. Zekun Li
PhD Dr. Alexandria Adams
PhD → Postdoc, University of Delaware Ruiyi Wang
MS Student → PhD Student, UMass-Lowell Jaclyn Thompson
Technician → Synlogic Trent Jones
Undergraduate Researcher → Ginkgo BioWorks Celeste Marsan
Undergraduate Researcher → OmniSense Surgical, Inc. Shravani Balaji
Undergraduate Researcher → PhD Student, Yale University Amparo Cosio
Undergraduate Researcher → Asimov Justin Roberts
Undergraduate Researcher → PhD Student, University of Delaware