Team Directory

ORNL Corporate Fellow and Section Head of Bioimaging and Analytics.

Distinguished Scientist and Group Leader of Integrative Microbiomics.

Staff Scientist and Molecular Plant Physiologist in Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Associate Staff Scientist in Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist and Group Leader of Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist in Integrative Microbiomics

Distinguished Staff Fellow in Ecosystem Processes

Distinguished Research Scientist and Group Leader of Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry

Distinguished Research Scientist in Computational and Predictive Biology

Associate Staff Scientist in Plant Systems Biology

Staff Scientist in Computational and Predictive 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

Associate Staff Scientist in Synthetic Biology

Senior Staff Scientist in Integrative Microbiomics

Associate Staff Scientist in Bioresource Science and Engineering

Researcher at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRAE)

Professor of Biology at Duke University

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

Project manager and data steward.

Senior Staff Scientist in Synthetic Biology

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

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