Marc Fontánez is a Graduate Service Assistant at the Biodesign Center for Fundamental & Applied Microbiomics.

Zhu is a computational biologist studying microbiome and multi-omic data analysis methods, evolution of microorganisms, and microbial impact on human health.

The Wadhwa lab seeks to understand how bacteria sense mechanical cues from their environment and how these cues are transduced into biochemical signals to modulate behavior.

A northern California native, Candice McKenzie works to maintain the public health of those in the City of Napa and surrounding communities through drinking water and watershed analysis.

Sulfide, carbonate, hydrated salt systems, and their interactions with microorganisms. Individual projects - implication for energy/environment, biosensing/bioelectronics, and constraining biogeochemical evolutions.

Much of the research in Dr. Garcia-Pichel’s lab involves microbial communities or key interactions between microbes, and Soumyadev will augment the lab’s capabilities in this area.