Barstow Research Team

Ayman Abou-Alfa, Undergraduate Researcher

Ayman is working on the Microbe-Mineral Atlas.

James Adair, Graduate Researcher

James is working on low-cost feedstocks for rare earth biomining organisms.

Keya Aggarwal, Undergraduate Researcher

Keya is working on automating high-throughput screening.

Razan Alharthi, Graduate Researcher

Razan will be working on something.

Alia Almansoori, Graduate Researcher

Alia will be working on something.

Melinna Andrade, Undergraduate Researcher

Melinna is working on scale up of bioleaching with Gluconobacter oxydans.

Buz Barstow, Associate Professor

Buz does something.

Megan Cheng, Undergraduate Researcher

Megan is working on engineering V. natriegens for carbon fixation.

Uma Grover, Undergraduate Researcher

Uma is a new undergraduate researcher in the lab working on microbe-mineral interactions.

Cameron Kitzinger, Lab Manager

Cameron keeps the lab running smoothly.

Joseph Lee, Graduate Researcher

Joseph was a technician in the lab, and then later joined for a PhD working on accelerated carbon mineralization and biomining.

Sabrina Marecos, Graduate Student

Sabrina is working on engineering Gluconobacter to enhance rare earth element bio-mining.

Luke Plante, Graduate Student

Luke works on bio-accelerated weathering.

David Specht, Research Associate

David is working on upgrades to Knockout Sudoku and engineering formate metabolism, electron uptake, and natural competence into Vibrio natriegens. Recipient of Cornell Energy Systems Institute postdoctoral fellowship.

Gretchen Vengerova, Graduate Researcher

Gretchen is a new graduate student in the lab working on bio carbon mineralization.