Lab members | Orphan Lab

Principal Investigator

James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions; Director, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions

vorphan [at] gps.caltech.edu

Laboratory Manager

Stephanie A. Connon

Senior Research Scientist

Research Scientists

John Magyar

Research Scientist

Graduate Students

Janina Boesche

Graduate Student MARUM, University of Bremen

Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry, Isotope Biogeochemistry

Yongzhao Guo

Graduate Student in GPS division (ESE)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Bioenergetics, Microbiology

Alex Johnson

Graduate Student in BBE division (Microbiology)

Carbon Cycling, Protein Engineering

Sujung Lim

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioenergetics, Microbiology

James Mullahoo

Graduate Student in ESE division (Environmental Sciences and Engineering)

Microbial Ecology, Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry

Aditi Narayanan

Graduate Student in BBE division (Microbiology)

Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Geochemistry, Microbiology

Sergio Parra

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Astrobiology, Geochemistry, Microbiology

Calvin Rusley

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Astrobiology, Microbial Ecology

Shaelyn Silverman

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)
Co-advised: Prof. Sessions

Microbial Ecology, Bioenergetics, Geochemistry, Stable Isotopes

Rebecca Wipfler

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Astrobiology, Microbiology

Philip Woods

Graduate Student in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Evolution

Undergraduate Students

Emma Isella

Postdoctoral Scholars

Daniel Utter

Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in GPS division (Geobiology)

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Microbial Evolution

Eryn Eitel

Visitor in Geobiology

Microbial Ecology, Geochemistry, Microbiology, Sulfur Isotopes

Yamini Jangir

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering

Microbial Electrochemistry; Genomics; Sustainable Energy

Francisco Martinez

Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Geobiology

Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Microbiology

Magdalena J Mayr

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geobiology

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Methane Metabolism, Geochemistry

Ranjani Murali

Sr Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering

Bioinformatics, Bioenergetics, Protein evolution, Microbial physiology

Alon Philosof

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology & Biological Engineering

Microbial Ecology, Phage Ecology, Microbiology

Kriti Sharma

Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Biology and Biological Engineering

Microbial Ecology, Microbiology, Geobiology

Rodney Tollerson

Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee in Geobiology

Microbial Ecology, Microbiology

Yanzhe Zhu

Visitor in Geobiology

Microbial Ecology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Microfluidics