Pfleger Lab Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Scholars

William Bothfeld

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2019-2023

Jeffrey Cameron (1981-2024)

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2013-2015
RASEI Fellow and Professor at CU-Boulder

Matthew Copeland

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2012-2015
Senior Scientist at Procter & Gamble

Michael Engstrom

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2016-2019

Spencer Hoover

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2008-2010
Director of Process and Analytical Development
Centre for Advanced Therapeutic Cell Technologies at CCRM

Christopher Jones

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2013-2016
Staff Scientist, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Rung-Yi Lai

Position title: Postdoctroal Scholar 2015-2017
Lecturer at Suranaree University of Technology

Andrew Markley

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2011-2016
Co Founder at Hoplark HopTea
Scientist at Think Bioscience

Qiang Yan

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2018-2022
Scientist at DSM

Audrey Ynigez-Gutierrez

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar 2021-2025
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
William & Mary

Former Graduate Students

Josh Abraham

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2024
Lecturer, MIT

Daniel Agnew

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2013
Global Head of Dia IP
Administration at Roche

Matthew Begemann

Position title: PhD Microbiology 2014
Associate Director, Molecular Technologies at Benson Hill Biosystems

Ryan Clark

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2017
Senior Scientist at Nimble Therapeutics

Austin Comer

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering - 2018
Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group

Taylor Cook

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2021
Organism Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

William Cordell

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2023
Postdoctoral Fellow NREL

Dylan Courtney

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2022
Scientist at Genomatica

Joshua Dietrich

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2024

Francesca Gambacorta Gilman

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2022
Scientist at Synata Bio

Izzy Geada

Position title: MS Chemical Engineering 2026

Hui Geng

Position title: MS. Chemical Engineering 2021
Masters Student, Computer Science

Jonathan Greenhalgh

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2022
Scientist at CleanJoule

Nestor Hernandez

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2018
Scientist - Enzyme Engineering at Manus Bio

Susan Hubbard

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2026

Michael Jindra

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2023
Scientist at LanzaTech

Travis Korosh

Position title: PhD Environmental Chemistry and Tech. 2017
Associate Director of Biology at ForeLight, Inc

Rebecca Lennen

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2012
Director of Strain Engineering at Lygos

Christopher Mehrer

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2019
Sr. Fermentation Engineer at Genomatica

Daniel Mendez-Perez

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2014
Scientist at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Gina (Gordon) Newmann

Position title: PhD Microbiology 2018
Senior Director at Solis Agrosciences

James Papadopoulos

Position title: MS. Chemical Engineering 2019

Paul Perkovich

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2025
Scientist at CleanJoule

Mark Politz

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2016
Scientist Benson Hill Biosystems

Jackie Rand Long

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2017
Associate Director, Fermentation at Affinivax

Yun Su

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2026

Maya Venkataraman

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2024
Senior Scientist at Procter & Gamble

J. Tyler Youngquist

Position title: PhD Chemical Engineering 2013
Scientist at The J.M. Smucker Company

Recent Former Undergraduates and Visiting Scientists

Aditya Ailiani

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Phil Angart

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher (SP2008-SP2010)

Justin Baerwald

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Kevin Behnke

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Xuanqi Chen

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Ava Clark

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Elliot Dunnwald

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Maelia Dziedzic

Position title: BS Chemical Engineering 2024
PhD student CU-Boulder

Thomas Graupmann

Position title: BS Microbiology 2024
Lab technician at General Mills

Nicolaus  Herman

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher (FA2010-SP2012)

Abigail Kassmir

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Ryan Kong

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Max Kruziki

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher (SP2010-FA2011)

Madeline Kuckuk

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Prakriti Lahiri

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Shao-Ting Lin

Position title: Post-Bac Research Assistant

Qianna Loomis

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Turner Luke

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Sriman Nedunuri

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Brian Nies

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Lorchan O'Sullivan

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Rebecca Oleniczak

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Marc Olson

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Jibin Park

Position title: VISITING SCIENTIST

Asif Rahman

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher (SP2008-SP2009)

Kai Sano-Giles

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Devin Schultz

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Maggie Smith

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Kacey Stewart

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Jia Sun

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Scott Walhovd

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher (SP2008-FA2009)

Ashley Welper

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Deanna Wilson

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Ke Xu

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

More Undergrads and REUs coming soon.

Former Visiting Scientists

  • Wasti Nurani
  • Thomas Raines