Mid-Atlantic SynBio Network Members – Government – Federal

Maryssa Beasley
Research Biologist
Staff Scientist
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue
Washington, DC 20375
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Bio-manufacturing, biophysics, synthetic biology, metabolic engineering

Joyce Breger
Research Chemist
Staff Scientist
US Naval Research Labratory
4555 Overlook Ave SW
Washington DC 20032
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: bioremediation, nanoparticles, synthetic biology

Ilenne Del Valle Kessra
Staff Scientist
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
Email
Phone Number (678) 910-7721
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Environmental Synthetic Biology, Biosecurity, Ecosystem Engineering, Sustainability, Soils, Strain Engineering, Microbiome Engineering.

Carrie Eckert
Ph.D.
Faculty/Lab Director
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PO Box 2008, MS6038
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Email
(303) 726-6337
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: CRISPR editing, CRISPR interference, high throughput mutagenesis, non-model microbes
Resources/Services Available: cell sorting, automation, CRISPR library design and analysis (collaborations)

Sandeep Kumar
Molecular Biologist
Staff Scientist
CDC
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30329
Email
(254) 654-6029
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: Molecular Biology

Igor Medintz
Senior Scientist
Staff Scientist
US Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave, SW
Washington DC 20375
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: cell-free synthesis, nanoparticle effects on enzyme activity

Rebecca Mickol
Research Biologist
Staff Scientist
US Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave SW
Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, B42, R314
Washington, DC 20375
Email 
(585) 233-0306
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: bio-manufacturing, metabolic engineering

Sam Schaffter
Chemical Engineer
Staff Scientist
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
Email
Website
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: RNA synthetic biology, Nucleic acid nanotechnology, Nucleic acid strand displacement circuits

Tanya Tschirhart
Staff Scientist
US Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Avenue Southwest
Washington, D.C. 20375
Email
General Area(s) of Research or Interest: biomanufacturing, biosensors, bioelectronics, chassis development