Team Directory

ORNL Corporate Fellow and Section Head of Bioimaging and Analytics.

Distinguished Scientist and Group Leader of Integrative Microbiomics.

Distinguished Research Scientist and Section Head of Biodesign and Systems Biology.

Project Manager for the Plant-Microbe Interfaces SFA.

Staff Scientist and Bioanalytical Chemist in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Staff Scientist and Analytical Chemist in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Associate Staff Scientist and Ecologist in Plant Systems Biology

Technical Professional in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Staff Scientist, Plant Molecular Biologist, and Group Leader of Plant Systems Biology

Technical Professional in quantitative/statistical genetics in Computational and Predictive Biology

Staff Scientist and Ecosystem Ecologist in Integrative Microbiomics

Master Technician in Plant Systems Biology

Distinguished Research Scientist and Group Leader of Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Technical Professional in Synthetic Biology

Technical Professional in  Synthetic Biology

Data Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Distinguished Research Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Technical Professional in Plant Systems Biology

Master Technician in Synthetic Biology

Associate Staff Scientist in Plant Systems Biology

Data Management Lead Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Experimental Technologist in Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist and Group Leader of Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Distinguished Staff Scientist in Integrative Microbiomics

Senior Staff Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Senior Staff Scientist and Section Head of Nanomaterials Synthesis Section at the Center for Nanophase Sciences

Senior Technical Professional in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Staff Member and Mycologist in Synthetic Biology

Staff Scientist and Chemist in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Senior Staff Scientist and Microbial Ecologist in  Integrative Microbiomics

Computer Vision Developer in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Research Staff Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research, INRAE, in Nancy, France.

Professor of Biology and Mycologist at Duke University

Technical Professional in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Staff Scientist and Molecular Plant Physiologist in Plant Systems Biology

Senior Staff Scientist and Molecular Plant Biologist in Synthetic Biology

Technical Professional in Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist and Plant Ecophysiologist in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Postdoctoral Research Associate researching bacterial behaviors and interactions within the rhizosphere that are beneficial to Populus survival in Integrative Microbiomics

A microbial ecologist with a PhD from Colorado State University researching the impact of drought on plant-microbial community composition, co-occurrence, and assembly in Integrative Microbiomics

A biosystems scientist with a Ph.D. in Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Nematology with a focus in phenotypic responses in host selection and interactions in Synthetic Biology

Postdoctoral Research Associate responsible for constructing microfluidic devices to examine microbial community organization in response to physical and chemical constraints in Molecular and Cellular Imaging

Postdoctoral Research Associate focusing on metaproteome and metabolome measurements of constructed microbial communities to help decipher plant-microbiome interactions related to stress and resilience in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Postdoctoral Research Associate with a PhD. in Bioinformatics from Boston University. His research uses KBase as a platform to model microbe-microbe and plant-microbe interactions and employs these predictions to direct experimental analyses in Computational and Predictive Biology

A plant molecular and cellular biologist with a PhD from the University of Florida researching computational tools to uncover the molecular processes driving the interactions between Populus and its associated microbiome in Computational and Predictive Biology

Bal grew up in Nepal and received his PhD from Texas A&M University. Bal is designing and testing biosensors, facilitating high throughput screening of beneficial plant-microbe interactions, and functionally characterizing genes and pathways in Plant Systems Biology

Postdoctoral Research Associate investigating a systems biology approach to understanding genetic mechanisms underlying the Populus trichocarpa microbiome in Computational and Predictive Biology

A plant and soil scientist with a PhD from Texas Tech University investigating abiotic stress–related experiments and integrating plant physiological responses with multi-omics datasets in both the presence and absence of microbial partners in Plant Systems Biology

A plant ecophysiologist with a PhD from the University of Florida investigating how roots and rhizosphere interact with microbial community using multimodal imaging and omics in Plant Systems Biology

Badrul Haidar

Graduate Student, Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee. Mentor: Jenny Morrell-Falvey

Peter Kruse

Graduate Student, Data Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee. Mentor: Dan Jacobson

Matthew Lane

Graduate Student, Data Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee. Mentor:  Dan Jacobson

Sameer Mudbhari

Graduate Student, Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee. Mentor: Robert Hettich