Mid-Atlantic SynBio Network Members – Academia

Maria Jennings
PhD Student
Student-Graduate
Georgia Institute of Technology
311 Ferst Drive
Atlanta, GA 30318
Email
(862) 324-6142
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: protein engineering, immunotherapeutics

Eric Josephs
Assistant Professor
Faculty/Lab Director
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2907 E. Gate City Blvd
Greensboro, NC 27401
Email
(336) 285-2890
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Personal medicine, molecular biotechnologies, plant synthetic biology

David Karig
Faculty/Lab Director
Clemson University
301 Rhodes Hall
Department of Bioengineering
Clemson, SC 29634-0905
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: microbiome engineering, cell-free protein expression, cell-cell communication, pattern formation

Jessica Keffer
Associate scientist
Staff Scientist
University of Delaware
590 Avenue 1743
Newark, DE 19713
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Microbiology

Melissa Kemp
Professor
Faculty/Lab Director
Georgia Tech & Emory University
950 Atlantic Ave NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0001
Email
(404) 385-6341
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: computational modeling

Dowan Kim
Student-Graduate
Georgia Institute of Technology
3212 Lakeshore Xing NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Biosecurity, Genetic Circuit, Cellular Memory

Seong Hu Kim
Student-Graduate
Emory University
1760 Haygood Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Reprogramming

Keith Kozminski
Associate Professor
Faculty/Lab Director
University of Virginia
PO Box 400328
Department of Biology
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Email
(434) 243-5336
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Metabolic engineering, bioremediation, bio-assays, polarized cell growth, secretion, lipid transfer proteins, iGEM

Aditya Kunjapur
Assistant Professor
Faculty/Lab Director
University of Delaware
150 Academy Street
CLB215
Newark, DE 19716
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: non-standard chemistry, intrinsic biological containment, biomanufacturing, biosecurity

Nathalie Lavoine
Faculty/Lab Director
North Carolina State University
2820 Faucette Drive, CB 8005
Raleigh, NC 27695
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: biomimicry, renewable materials, biodegradability, packaging, structural colors, colloidal systems, nanoparticles

Nastassja Lewinski
Faculty/Lab Director
Virginia Commonwealth University
601 W. Main St.
Richmond, VA 23225
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: bio-sensors

Zidan Li
Student-Graduate
North Carolina State University
840 Main Campus Drive
Partners II, Rm 2109
Raleigh, NC  27606
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Biotechnology
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Arren Liu
Post-Doctoral Associate
Johns Hopkins University
725 N Wolfe St
Baltimore, MD 21205
Email
(805) 304-0644
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Microbiome, bio-manufacturing, genome engineering

Jia Lu
Student-Graduate
Synthetic biology
101 Science drive
Durham, NC 27708
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Bio-sensors, bio-security, synthetic biology for therapeutics, computational biology

Collin Marino
Student-Undergraduate
Community Member
iGEM Alumnus
UVA
409 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville. Virginia 22903
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Molecular Logic, Genetic Circuits, Deoxyribozymes, Bio-Manufacturing.

Mariam Misabishvili
Student-Undergraduate
Georgia institute of Technology
930 Spring St. NW
Apt 1810B
Atlanta, GA 30309
Email
Phone Number (470) 920-3829
General Area(s) of Research or Interest bio-sensors