Our Team

We are engineers and scientists studying environmental issues, focusing on microbial communities in natural and engineered systems.

Our Goal

Using multi-omics, advanced analytical chemistry, and fundamentals of microbial ecology and environmental engineering, we strive to harness the environmental microbiome for a sustainable food-energy-water nexus.

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Lab Members

Yaqi You (faculty page)
Assistant Professor
Environmental Resources Eng, ​SUNY ESF
​Chancellor Early Career Scholar
SyracuseCoE Faculty Fellow

Hanyue Yang
Ph.D. student
M.S. Jiangnan Univ.
AEESP Travel Grant
Google Scholar

Amina Mughal
Ph.D. student
M.S. COMSATS Univ.
Sussman Fellowship
​​​​ResearchGate | LinkedIn

Mohamed Hashemi
M.S. Env. Resources Eng.
B.S. Sharif Univ. Tech.
​GSEU Professional Develop Award
LinkedIn

Jerald Ibal
Postdoc at ISU
Co-advised with Dr. Ken Aho
Google Scholar

Lab Alumni

Postdoctoral researcher

Dr. Michael Braus
NSF-funded AIMS project 2021

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Graduate

Patricia Kerner
M.S. Microbiology, ISU 2021
FEMS Congress Attendance Grant
​(next: Project Manager at ISU)
​Google Scholar

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Undergraduate

Bussaba Sermsukwandee
Env. Science
SUNY ESF​
​Internship in Env. Science 2023

Olivia Abry
Biotech
SUNY ESF​
Research Assistant 2023

Roxanne Li
Env. Biology
SUNY ESF​
Independent Research 2023

E Schwartz
Env. Resources Eng.
SUNY ESF​ 2022
​(next: PhD at Univ. Michigan)

Arya Legg
Biology
ISU
AIMS project trainee 2022

Diego Beltran
Chemistry
SUNY ESF​
​Research Assistant 2022

Adrian Boylan
Env. Resources Eng.
SUNY ESF​
​Career Fellowship 2022

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Rebecca Brien
Env. Resources Eng.
​SUNY ESF
Research Assistant 2021​

Ashley Margrey
Biology
​Binghamton Univ.
Syracuse BioInspired REU 2021

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Jourdyn-Evonne Lee 
​Env. Resources Eng.
​SUNY ESF
Honors Thesis 2021
NSF GRFP Awardee
​LinkedIn

Wyatt Saxton
Microbiology
ISU
STEM Undergrad 2020
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​Susannah Mann
Health Science
ISU
Research Assistant 2020

​Tristin Here-Wheeler
Microbiology/French
ISU
STEM Undergrad &
​Research Assistant 2019
(next: MS student at WSU)

Lauren Long
Microbiology
ISU
Career Path Intern & Research Assistant 2019​

Present Karmacharva
Mathematics & Statistics
​ISU
Career Path Intern 2019