JBEI Alumni

JBEI is committed to mentoring the next generation of scientists and throughout the years it has mentored numerous researchers.

While at JBEI they were integral to JBEI’s research and were given the opportunity to receive on-going education and learn about the industry’s challenges and opportunities.

The result has been the creation of a strong, diverse STEM workforce working in the fields of academia, government and industry located all over the world.

The map and list below shows where the JBEI alumni are located and currently working.

37% In Academia
38% In Industry
9% At National Labs
66% Working in the US
20 Countries where JBEI alumni work

Ezinne Achinivu

Former: Deconstruction

Cat Adams

Former: Feedstocks

Fabrizio Adani

Former: Deconstruction

Amanda Alker

Former: Deconstruction

Bashar Amer

Former: Technology

Fekadu Andeberhan

Former: Feedstocks

David Ando

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Elena Aravina

Former: Technology

Daniel Arlow

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Manfred Auer

Former: Deconstruction

Martina Aulitto

Former: Deconstruction

Leila Ayad

Former: Feedstocks

Aude Aznar

Former: Feedstocks

Nora Bäcker

Former: Deconstruction

Constance Bailey

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Neha Bansal

Former: Deconstruction

Jesus Barajas

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Carolina Barcelos

Former: Deconstruction

Chris Beitel

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Michael Belcher

Former: Feedstocks

Veronica Benites

Former: Technology

Gabriella Benko

Former: Feedstocks

Robert Bertrand

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Harvey Blanch

Former: Operations

Beatrice Bonora

Former: Feedstocks

Matt Borglin

Former: Operations

Florent Bouxin

Former: Deconstruction

Andrew Brandon

Former: Feedstocks

Margaret Brown

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Elizabeth Brunk

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Xiao Cai

Former: Technology

Matt Calvert

Former: Operations

Saori Campen

Former: Deconstruction

Miguel Campodonico

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Iris Casanova

Former: Operations

Michela Catena

Former: Feedstocks

Lucas Cespedes

Former: Deconstruction

Camille Chalvin

Former: Feedstocks

Candace Chan

Former: Feedstocks

Rossana Chan

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Sonia Chapiro

Former: Feedstocks

Marimikel Charrier

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Kuldeep Chawla

Former: Operations

Amy Chen

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Xiaoyue Chen

Former: Feedstocks

Gang Cheng

Former: Deconstruction

Seokjung Cheong

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Mawsheng Chern

Former: Feedstocks

Nemi Chetanbhai Vora

Former: Life-cycle, Economics, and Agronomy

Dylan Chin

Former: Feedstocks

Jennifer Chiniquy

Former: Technology

Victor Chubukov

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Jacob Coble

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Sophie Comyn

Former: Deconstruction

Samuel Coradetti

Former: Deconstruction

Thales Costa

Former: Feedstocks

Zak Costello

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Linda Craft

Former: Feedstocks

Samantha Crowe

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Lauchlin Cruickshanks

Former: Operations

Xinguang Cui

Former: Life-cycle, Economics and Agronomy

Leopold d'Espaux

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Jeff Dahlberg

Former: Life-cycle, Economics and Agronomy

Lalitendu Das

Former: Deconstsruction

Jeremy Demarteau

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Siwen Deng

Former: Feedstocks

Evelyn Denzel

Former: Deconstruction

Rebecca Dewhirst

Former: Feedstocks

Jonathan Diab

Former: Feedstocks

Jie Dong

Former: Deconstruction

Nick Downs

Former: Feedstocks

Todd Duncombe

Former: Technology

Toyin Dunn

Former: Operations

Tanmoy Dutta

Former: Deconstruction

Jason Eads

Former: Technology

Birgitta Ebert

Former: Technology

Nathaniel Echols

Former: Technology

Christopher Eiben

Former: Deconstruction

Ewa Elkins

Former: Human Resources

Thomas Ellinghaus

Former: Technology

Onur Erbilgin

Former: Technology

Maria Florencia Ercoli

Jean-Loup Falon

Former: Deconstruction

Dalia Farra

Former: Feedstocks

Mike Fero

Former: Technology

Bonnie Fong

Former: Deconstruction

Vered Frank

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Katherine French

Former: Feedstocks

Tatsuya Fujii

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Raphael Gabriel

Former: Deconstruction

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Kai Gao

Former: Deconstruction

Yu Gao

Former: Feedstocks

Brett Garabedian

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Rahul Gauttam

Former: Deconstruction

Joanna Gawron

Former: Deconstruction

Christopher Gee

Former: Feedstocks

Lida Gifford

Berkeley Lab

Marcella Gomez

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Gyeongtaek Gong

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Garima Goyal

Former: Technology

Richard Gross

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Noel Ha

Former: Technology

Joseph Hadel

Liran Haller

Former: Technology

Mitchell Harkenrider

Sara Harmon

Former: Operations

Simon Harth

Former: Deconstruction

John Hatherill

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Lian He

Former: Deconstruction

Adam Healey

Former: Deconstruction

Joshua Heinemann

Former: Technology

Maria Hernandez

Former: Feedstocks

Carlos Hernandez-Garcia

Former: Feedstocks

Nathan Hillson

Former: Technology

Isabel Honda

Former: Deconstruction

Cynthia Hopson

Former: Deconstruction

Soe Htwe

Former: Feedstocks

Jing Huang

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Kaixuan Huang

Former: Deconstruction

Philip Hugenholtz

Former: Deconstruction

Niklas Hummel

Former: Feedstocks

Paul Hussey

Former: Feedstocks

HeeJin Hwang

Former: Deconstruction

Nicole Ing

Former: Technology

Tahmid Islam

Former: Deconstruction

Kosuke Iwai

Former: Technology

Rashmi Jain

Former: Feedstocks

Kolby Jardine

Former: Feedstocks

Heather Jensen

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Liangrong Jiang

Manuel Jimenez Diaz

Former: Deconstruction

Renee Jocic

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Kyle Jones

Former: Feedstocks

Sai Vamshi Reddy Jonnalagadda

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Anne Kakouridis

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Ramu Kakumanu

Former: Technology

Nurgul Kaplan

Former: Technology

Leonard Katz

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Olga Kavvada

Former: Life-cycle, Economics and Agronomy

Durla Kelleher

Former: Human Resources

Mike Kent

Former: Deconstruction

Jinho Kim

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

KwangHo Kim

Former: Deconstruction

Peter Kim

Former: Technology

Patrick Kinnunen

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Amanda Kohler

Former: Deconstruction

Sebastian Kolinko

Former: Deconstruction

Daisuke Koma

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Murthy Konda

Former: Technoeconomic Analysis

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Ankita Kothari

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Leo Krohne

Former: Deconstruction

Rachel Krupa

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Kavitha Kumar

Former: Feedstocks

Rita Kuo

Former: Technology

Sarah LaFrance

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Tom Lankiewicz

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Gyrithe Lanz

Former: Feedstocks

Andrew Lau

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Tomas Laursen

Former: Feedstocks

Christopher Lawson

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Tiffany Lay

Former: Feedstocks

Melissa Lee

Former: Human Resources

Mi Yeon Lee

Former: Feedstocks

Namil Lee

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Laure Leynaud-Kieffer

Former: Deconstruction

Baohua Li

Former: Feedstocks

Guotian Li

Former: Feedstocks

Chien-Yuan Lin

Former: Feedstocks

Hsi-Hsin Lin

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Hsiao-Han Lin

Former: Feedstocks

Albert Liu

Former: Feedstocks

Chunli Liu

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Dajiang Liu

Xiaoxian Liu

Former: Feedstocks

Alberto Lopes

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Traci Lopez

Former: Technology

Dominique Loque

Former: Feedstocks

Bridget Luckie

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Xiaozhou Luo

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Xiaozhi Ma

Former: Feedstocks

Ellen Maas

Jon Magnuson

Former: Deconstruction

Harsha Magurudeniya

Former: Desconstruction

Chhavi Mahajan

Former: Deconstruction

Amir Mahboubi

Former: Feedstocks

Michael Maimann

Former: Feedstocks

Bianca Manalansan

Former: Feedstock

Nasim Mansoori

Former: Feedstocks

Kasey Markel

Former: Feedstocks

Judi Marquez

Office Management Assistant

Fabrice Masson

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Peter Matlock

Strategic Advisor for Aviation Fuels and Special Projects

Joshua McCauley

Former: Technology

Jamie Meadows

Post Doctoral Researcher

Russel Menchavez

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Ericka Mendez

Former: Lab Operations

Daniel Mendez Perez

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Reda Messaho

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Matthew Mills

Former: Deconstruction

Charlotte Mineo

Dhirendra Mishra

Former: Deconstruction

Mood Mohan

Former: Predictive Deconstruction

Margaux Molinas

Former: Deconstruction

Melissa Moore

Former: Life-Cycle, Economy, and Agronomy

William Moore

Former: Feedstocks

Maria Mueller

Post Doctoral Researcher

Malgorzata Murawska

Research Assistant

Faranak Nami

Graduate Student Research Assistant

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Niju Narayanan

Former: Deconstruction

Saeed Nassef

Student Assistant

Alberto Nava

Binod Neupane

Former: Deconstruction

Vy Ngo

Student Assistant

Ho Nguyen

Former: Feedstocks

Melissa Nhan

Research Associate

Isabella Nielsen

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Oge Nnadi

Software Developer III

Luasa Nora Czamanski

Kristy Nordahl

Administrator

Farnaz Nowroozi

Post Doctoral Researcher

Moises Ochoa

Former: Operations

Alexandra Ochsner

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Tad Ogorzalek

Former: Technology

Taeyun Oh

Post Doctoral Researcher

Ai Oikawa

Afingen

Jenny Onley

Former: Technology

Paul Opgenorth

Former: Feedstocks

Jasmine Ortega

Former: Feedstocks

Peter Otoupal

Former: Deconstruction

Lauren Owens

Former: Feedstocks

Joshua Park

Former: Deconstruction

Mee-Rye Park

Former: Deconstruction

Heather Parker

Former: Deconstruction

Jose Perez-Pimienta

Former: Deconstruction

Krystal Peterkin

IP Administrator

Mai Pham

Former: Deconstruction

Nikki Pham

Junior Specialist

Ryan Phelan

Scientist

Thea Pick

Former: Feedstocks

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Igor Podolsky

Manjiri Prakash Tapaswi

Software Developer

Nilu Prasad

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Rory Pruitt

Former: Feedstocks

Tijana Radivojevic

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Anjali Raj

Operations

Chris Rao

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign/Center for Advanced Bioenergy & Bioproducts Innovation

Morgan Reilly

Former: Deconstruction

Yi Ren

Former: Feedstocks

Sarah Richardson

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Leonardo Rios

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Alex Rivier

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Andria Rodrigues

Former: Technology

Robert Rodriguez

Sr. Recruiter

Vincent Blay Roger

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Lucien Roux

Former: Feedstocks

Somtirtha Roy

Thomas Ruegg

Former: Deconstruction

Avneesh Saini

Post Doctoral Researcher

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Yasuharu Satoh

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Tess Scavuzzo-Duggan

Former: Feedstocks

Estelle Schaefer

Former: Feedstocks

Matthias Schmidt

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Elizabeth Schneider

Strain Archivist

Timo Schuerg

Former: Deconstruction

Ben Schwessinger

Post Doctoral Researcher

Calvin Scott-Brown

Former: Deconstruction

Julien Sechet

Former: Feedstocks

Susanna Seppala

Karen Serrano

Former: Feedstocks

Graciela Sevilla

Director of Communications and Education

Syed Shah

Visiting Scholar

Brent Shanks

Former New Pathway Development

Wanchen Shao

Former: Feedstocks

Juhi Sharma

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Bill Shelander

Entrepreneur and Business Development

Shilva Shrestha

Former: Deconstruction

Daniel Siegel

Futuragene

Tallyta Silva

Former: Feedstocks

Anagh Sinha

Student Assistant

Jeffrey Skerker

Former: Deconstruction

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Whitney Stannard

Research Assistant

Joseph Stevens

Jian Sun

Former: Deconstruction

Jess Sustarich

Former Technology

Chandler Sutherland

Former: Feedstocks

Stephen Tan

Former: Technology

Yinjie Tang

Scientist

Virginia Tartaglio

Former: Feedstocks

Brian Taylor

Former: Deconstruction

Lionadi The

Former: Feedstocks

Adam Thomas

Former : Technology

Steven Thomas

Former: Operations

Tian Tian

Former: Biofuels & Bioproducts

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Victor Tieu

Lauren Tom

Past: Deconstruction

Emili Toppari

Former: Deconstruction

Kirk Torr

Former: Deconstruction

Sophie Tran

Former: Feedstocks

Jessica Trinh

Research Assistant

Yi-Lin (Alex) Tsai

Former: Feedstocks

Halbay Turumtay

Former: Feedstocks

Qurrat ul ain Rana

Former: Feedstocks

Rochelle Urban

Former: Operations

Swarnagowri Vaidyanathan

Former: Technology

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Linda Van Loon

Budget Analyst

Hugo Vargas

Research Assistant

Yves Verhertbruggen

Former: Feedstocks

Jonathan Vu Vu

Former: Technology

Khanh Vuu

Former: Feedstocks

Mengmeng Wang

Former: Feedstocks

Tina Wang

Former: Operations

Wenjia Wang

Former: Feedstocks

Xi Wang

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Yan Wang

Former : Life-cycle, Economics and Agronomy

Zilong Wang

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

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Noreen Wauford

Maren Wehrs

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Tong (Tony) Wei

Former: Feedstocks

Carly Weiss

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Ditte Welner

Post Doctoral Researcher

Paul Wolski

Former: Deconstruction

Linan Xie

Former: Feedstocks

Feng Xu

Post Doctoral Researcher

Qiufang Xu

Visiting Scholar

Junko Yaegashi

Former: Deconstruction

Reo Yamanaka

Former: Feedstocks

Jingwei Yan

Former: Feedstocks

Ji Yang

Former: Deconstruction

Minliang Yang

Former Lifecycle, Economics and Agronomy

Yurong Yang

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Sam Yoder

Former: Technology

Sasha Yogiswara

Former: Feedstocks

Erika Yoshida

Former: Fuels Synthesis

Mohammad Yousufzai

Human Resources Recruiter

Dandan Yuan

Former: Deconstruction

Clarabelle Yue

Research Assistant

Ian Yunus

Satoshi Yuzawa

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

Amin Zargar

Post Doctoral Researcher

Hongmei Zeng

Visiting Scholar

Jijiao Zeng

Former: Deconstruction

Chunjun Zhan

Former: Biofuels and Bioproducts

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Joyce Zhang

Yu (Christie) Zhang

Undergraduate Student

Yuan Zhang

Former: Feedstocks

Zhongchen Zhang

Visiting Scholar

Nanxia Zhao

Former: Feedstocks

YunJun Zhao

Andy Zhou

Former: Feedstocks

Yufan Zhou

Graduate Student

Yerong Zhu

Visiting Scientist