Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions
Staff
Faculty
Emeriti
Visiting Fellows
Caldwell Fellows
WAVE Fellows
1st Year Grad Fellows
Steering Committee
Victoria Orphan
CEMI Director
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions
Sujit Datta
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biophysics
Lea Goentoro
Professor of Biology
Jared Leadbetter
Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Mikhail Shapiro
Professor of Chemical Engineering; Heritage Principal Investigator, Schlinger Scholar Affiliated Faculty of Bioengineering and Medical Engineering
Kaihang Wang
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Staff
Kristy Nguyen
CEMI Program Coordinator
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Faculty
Alexei Aravin
Professor of Biology
Frances Arnold
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center
Pamela Bjorkman
Centennial Professor of Biology
Long Cai
Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Judith Campbell
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
Tsui-Fen Chou
Research Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
William Clemons
Professor of Biochemistry
Sujit Datta
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biophysics
Gözde Demirer
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
John Eiler
Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry; Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
Michael Elowitz
Professor of Biology and Bioengineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Executive Officer for Biological Engineering
Woodward Fischer
Professor of Geobiology
Christian Frankenberg
Chandler Family Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist
Lea Goentoro
Professor of Biology
Viviana Gradinaru
Professor of Neuroscience and Biological Engineering; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute; Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Harry Gray
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry; Founding Director, Beckman Institute
Ryan Hadt
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Bruce Hay
Professor of Biology
Rustem Ismagilov
Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Director of the Jacobs Institute for Molecular Engineering for Medicine
Grant Jensen
Dean, Brigham Young University
Smruthi Karthikeyan
Gordon and Carol Treweek Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; William H. Hurt Scholar
Joe Kirschvink
Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology
Julia Kornfield
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemical Engineering
Jared Leadbetter
Professor of Environmental Microbiology
Karthish Manthiram
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar
Sarkis Mazmanian
Luis B. and Nelly Soux Professor of Microbiology; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
Margaret McFall-Ngai
Faculty Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech; Director, Division of Biosphere Sciences & Engineering
Elliot Meyerowitz
George W. Beadle Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Richard Murray
Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering
Dianne Newman
Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology; Executive Officer for Molecular Biology; CEMI founding director
Victoria Orphan
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions
Lior Pachter
Bren Professor of Computational Biology and Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Joseph Parker
Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Jonas Peters
Bren Professor of Chemistry; Director, Resnick Sustainability Institute
Niles Pierce
Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering
Rob Phillips
Fred and Nancy Morris Professor of Biophysics, Biology, and Physics
Douglas Rees
Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Chemistry; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Dean of Graduate Studies
Michael Roukes
Frank J. Roshek Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
George Rossman
Professor of Mineralogy
Ned Ruby
Faculty Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech
Alex Sessions
Professor of Geobiology
Mikhail Shapiro
Professor of Chemical Engineering; Heritage Principal Investigator, Schlinger Scholar Affiliated Faculty of Bioengineering and Medical Engineering
Paul Sternberg
Bren Professor of Biology
Brian Stoltz
Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
David Tirrell
Provost; Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair
Matt Thomson
Professor of Computational Biology; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
David Van Valen
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Kaihang Wang
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering
Lu Wei
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute; Ronald and JoAnne Willens Scholar
Yisong Yue
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Emeritus CEMI Faculty
Jacqueline Barton
John G. Kirkwood and Arthur A. Noyes Professor of Chemistry; Norman Davidson Leadership Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Michael Hoffmann
John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of Environmental Science
CEMI Visiting Faculty Fellows
Ludmilla Aristilde
Visited 2023
Boswell Wing
Visited 2023
Emily Balskus
Visited 2023
Colleen Cavanaugh
Visited 2020
Dao Nguyen
Visited 2019
John McCutcheon
Visited 2018
Roy Kishony
Visited 2018
Andreas Kappler
Visited 2016, 2017
Michael Wagner
Visited 2016
Kevin Foster
Visited 2014, 2016
Jim Howard
Visited 2014
Stuart Conway
Visited 2013
Ian Booth
Visited 2012, 2013, 2014
Sean Elliott
Visited 2012
Ned Ruby
Visited 2011, 2012
Margaret Mcfall-Ngai
Visited 2011, 2012
Caldwell CEMI Fellows
Kian Faizi
2025 Caldwell Fellow
Jarek Kwiecinski
2024 Caldwell Fellow
Hannah Way
2023 Caldwell Fellow
Shaelyn Silverman
2022 Caldwell Fellow
Shivansh Mahajan
2021 Caldwell Fellow
Przemyslaw Dutka
2020 Caldwell Fellow
Manuel Razo-Mejia
2019 Caldwell Fellow
Asher Preska Steinberg
2018 Caldwell Fellow
CEMI WAVE Fellows
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Lily Strange
2025 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Nalani Quintana
2024 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Jayden Thomas
2024 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Stella Baldwin
2023 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Ana Duarte Montano
2023 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Christian Cepeda
2022 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Madison Ochoa
2022 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Jackeline Peraza
2022 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Alejandra Leal
2022 BBE CEMI WAVE Fellow
Juliann Panehal
2022 BBE CEMI WAVE Fellow
Gia Han Vuong
2022 BBE CEMI WAVE Fellow
India Wesley-Cardwell
2022 BBE CEMI WAVE Fellow
Nicole Garrido
2021 CEMI WAVE Fellow
Juan Santos
2021 CEMI WAVE Fellow
1st Year Graduate Student Fellows
Rogelio Avila Silva
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Stella Baldwin
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Olivia Ettlin
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Eli Grossman
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Jenna Houle
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Yujia Huang
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Ezekiel Johnson
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Emma Khorunzhy
2025 1st Year Graduate Student Fellow
Year
Student
Division/Department
2024
Jordan Chastain
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2024
Kemal Demirer
Biology and Biological Engineering
2024
Yurina Hashimoto
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2024
Dayeon Kang
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2024
Esther Okamoto
Biology and Biological Engineering
2024
Patrick Simpson
Biology and Biological Engineering
2023
Yihan (Olive) Cheng
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2023
Catherine Griffin
Biology and Biological Engineering
2023
Manuel Holguin
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2023
Elizabeth (Liz) Hughes
Biology and Biological Engineering
2023
Doran Sekaran
Biology and Biological Engineering
2023
Clara Seo
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2023
Akanksha Yadav
Biology and Biological Engineering
2022
Chiara Berruto
Biology and Biological Engineering
2022
Joe Boktor
Biology and Biological Engineering
2022
Michael Anne Bolene
Engineering and Applied Science
2022
Madison Dunitz
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2022
Anthony Guiterrez
Biology and Biological Engineering
2021
David Aguirre
Biology and Biological Engineering
2021
Vera Beilinson
Biology and Biological Engineering
2021
Alejandro Cabrera
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2021
Jarek Kwiecinski
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2021
Juliet Lee
Biology and Biological Engineering
2021
Kelly Shaffer
Biology and Biological Engineering
2021
Sarah Weisflog
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Matt Cooper
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Noah Epstein
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Richard Horak
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Elin Larsson
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Yancheng Li
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
James Mullahoo
Engineering and Applied Science
2020
Vy Nguyen
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Anastasiya Oguienko
Biology and Biological Engineering
2020
Calvin Rusley
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2020
Korbi Thalhammer
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2020
Hannah Way
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2020
Jee Won Yang
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2020
Raymond Zhang
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Zevin Condiotte
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Hannah Dion-Kirschner
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2019
Mengtong (Tom) Duan
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Manisha Kapasiawala
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Anastasiya (Ana) Moiseyenko
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Alexander Winnett
Biology and Biological Engineering
2019
Rebecca Wipfler
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2019
Jie (Jolena) Zhou
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2018
Marjorie Buss
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2018
Bryan Gerber
Biology and Biological Engineering
2018
Gabriel Salmon
Biology and Biological Engineering
2018
Shirin Shivaei
Biology and Biological Engineering
2018
Shaelyn Silverman
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2018
Daniel Wackelin
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2018
Steven Wilbert
Biology and Biological Engineering
2018
Philip Woods
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2017
Jacob Barlow
Biology and Biological Engineering
2017
John Ciemniecki
Biology and Biological Engineering
2017
Zhiyang Jin
Engineering and Applied Science
2017
Aditi Narayanan
Biology and Biological Engineering
2017
Lev Tsypin
Biology and Biological Engineering
2017
Nadezda Volovich
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2017
Renee Wang
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2016
Bill Ling
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2016
Elliot Mackrell
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2016
Lealia Xiong
Engineering and Applied Science
2015
Gray Chadwick
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2015
April Jauhal
Biology and Biological Engineering
2015
Anders Knight
Biology and Biological Engineering
2015
Sujung Lim
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2015
Usha Lingappa
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2015
Xinyan Liu
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2015
Lucas A. Meirelles
Biology and Biological Engineering
2015
Andrew Patterson
Biology and Biological Engineering
2015
Elena Perry
Biology and Biological Engineering
2015
Malaney Young
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2014
Kyle Metcalfe
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2014
Scott Saunders
Biology and Biological Engineering
2014
Meaghan Sullivan
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
2014
Chanel Valiente
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2013
Sean Mullin
Geological and Planetary Sciences
2013
Sofia Quinodoz
Biology and Biological Engineering
2013
Yapeng Su
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
2012
Michael Abrams
Biology and Biological Engineering
2012
Tahmineh Khazaei
Biology and Biological Engineering
2012
Sushant Sundaresh
Biology and Biological Engineering
2012
Lewis Ward
Geological and Planetary Sciences
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