Executive Committee

Claudia Gunsch

Claudia Gunsch

Center Director

Duke University

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Joseph Graves, Jr.

Joseph Graves, Jr.

Associate Director

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University

Jennifer Kuzma

Jennifer Kuzma

Associate Director

North Carolina State University

Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor

Associate Director

University of North Carolina – Charlotte

Evaluation & Assessment

Glenda Kelly

Glenda Kelly

Director, Evaluation & Assessment

Duke

Catherine Amelink

Catherine Amelink

External Evaluation

Amelink Consulting & Educational Research

Engineering Workforce Development

Joshua Granek

Joshua Granek

Education Lead

Duke

Megan Lott

Megan Lott

REU Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Megan Hill

Megan Hill

Research Scientist

Duke

Innovation Ecosystem

Anurodh Tripathi

Anurodh Tripathi

ILO and Co-Director, Strategic Partnerships

Duke

Rachel Noble

Rachel Noble

Co-Director, Strategic Partnerships

UNC – Chapel Hill

Research Thrust 1 – “Measurement”

Rachel Noble

Rachel Noble

RT1 Thrust Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

(RT1-Noble): Engineering Healthier Indoor Microbiomes Through Precision Microbial Profiling, Targeted Interventions, and Industry Engagement

Rachel Noble

Rachel Noble

RT1 Project Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Barbara Turpin

Barbara Turpin

RT1 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Glenn Morrison

Glenn Morrison

RT1 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Boyuan Chen

Boyuan Chen

RT1 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Liesl Jeffers-Francis

Liesl Jeffers-Francis

RT1 Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Kristen Landreville

Kristen Landreville

RT1 Senior Researcher

NCSU

Megan Lott

Megan Lott

RT1 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Benjamin Callahan

Benjamin Callahan

RT1 Faculty Researcher

NCSU

Denene Blackwood

Denene Blackwood

RT1 Professional Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Sherlynette Pérez Castro

Sherlynette Pérez Castro

RT1 Post-Doc Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Jorden Rabasco

Jorden Rabasco

RT1 Student Researcher

NC State

Ugonna Morikwe

Ugonna Morikwe

RT1 Student Researcher

N.C. A&T

Rachel Bangle

Rachel Bangle

RT1 Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Megan Hill

Megan Hill

Research Scientist

Duke

Research Thrust 2 – “Modification”

Nathan Crook

Nathan Crook

RT2 Thrust Co-Lead

NCSU

Ophelia Venturelli

Ophelia Venturelli

RT2 Thrust Co-Lead

Duke

(RT2-Thomas): Physico-chemical Approaches for Engineering the Microbiome of the Built Environment

Misty Thomas

Misty Thomas

RT2 Project Lead

NC A&T

Claudia Gunsch

Claudia Gunsch

RT2 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Joseph Graves, Jr.

Joseph Graves, Jr.

RT2 Project Co-Lead

NC A&T

Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor

RT2 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Charlotte

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Rachel Bangle

Rachel Bangle

RT2 Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Megan Lott

Megan Lott

RT2 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Nathan Bossa

Nathan Bossa

RT2 Senior Researcher

Duke

Mark Wiesner

Mark Wiesner

RT2 Faculty Researcher

Duke

A-Andrew Jones

A-Andrew Jones

RT2 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Kayla Fericy

Kayla Fericy

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Kobi Talma

Kobi Talma

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Will Stiffler

Will Stiffler

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Georgie Sawyer

Georgie Sawyer

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Karl Linden

Karl Linden

RT2 External Collaborator

University of Colorado Boulder

Carla Calderon

Carla Calderon

RT2 External Collaborator

Healthcare & Life Sci. Industry Group

Sergio Gutiérrez Cortez

Sergio Gutiérrez Cortez

RT2 External Collaborator

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés

Megan Hill

Megan Hill

Research Scientist

Duke

Lindsay Saber

Lindsay Saber

RT2 Student Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Caroline Butler

Caroline Butler

RT2 Student Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

(RT2-Venturelli): Microbiome Engineering: Probiotic Treatments

Ophelia Venturelli

Ophelia Venturelli

RT2 Project Lead

Duke

Claudia Gunsch

Claudia Gunsch

RT2 Project Co-Lead

Duke

Lingchong You

Lingchong You

RT2 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Conrad Moss

Conrad Moss

RT2 Researcher

Duke

Aaron Yip

Aaron Yip

RT2 Post-Doc Researcher

Duke

Job Grant

Job Grant

RT2 Researcher

Duke

Will Stiffler

Will Stiffler

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Neil Gottel

Neil Gottel

RT2 Post-Doc Researcher

Duke

David Singleton

David Singleton

RT2 Senior Researcher

Duke

John Zhou

John Zhou

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

(RT2-Crook): Microbiome engineering: Synthetic Biology

Nathan Crook

Nathan Crook

RT2 Project Lead

NCSU

Qiaochu Li

Qiaochu Li

RT2 Student Researcher

NCSU

John Rawls

John Rawls

RT2 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Robert Newman

Robert Newman

RT2 Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Jessica McCann

Jessica McCann

RT2 Researcher

Duke

Akinwunmi Afuape

Akinwunmi Afuape

RT2 Student Researcher

NC A&T

(RT2-Delgado Vela): Viruses for Microbiome Engineering in the Built Environment

Jeseth Delgado Vela

Jeseth Delgado Vela

RT2 Project Lead

Duke

Nicole Rockey

Nicole Rockey

RT2 Project Co-Lead

Duke

Robert Newman

Robert Newman

RT2 Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Kevin Garcia

Kevin Garcia

RT2 Faculty Researcher

NCSU

Crissy Massimino

Crissy Massimino

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Zachariah Broemmel

Zachariah Broemmel

RT2 Researcher

Duke

Madison Pinckney

Madison Pinckney

RT2 Student Researcher

NC A&T

Gavin Duffy

Gavin Duffy

RT2 Student Researcher

Duke

Brianna Jamison

Brianna Jamison

RT2 Student Researcher

NCSU

Akinwunmi Afuape

Akinwunmi Afuape

RT2 Student Researcher

NC A&T

Research Thrust 3 – “Modeling”

Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor

RT3 Thrust Lead

UNC – Charlotte

(RT3-Turpin): Spatiotemporal Models: Maintaining a healthy microbiome through bioaerosol distribution of an engineered microbial cocktail and feedback control through rapid detection of fungal pathogens

Barbara Turpin

Barbara Turpin

RT3 Project Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Glenn Morrison

Glenn Morrison

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Rachel Noble

Rachel Noble

RT3 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Nicole Rockey

Nicole Rockey

RT3 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Claudia Gunsch

Claudia Gunsch

RT3 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Boyuan Chen

Boyuan Chen

RT3 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Joshua Granek

Joshua Granek

RT3 Faculty Researcher

Duke

David Singleton

David Singleton

RT3 Senior Researcher

Duke

Denene Blackwood

Denene Blackwood

RT3 Professional Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Sherlynette Pérez Castro

Sherlynette Pérez Castro

RT3 Post-Doc Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Gavin Duffy

Gavin Duffy

RT3 Student Researcher

Duke

John Zhou

John Zhou

RT3 Student Researcher

Duke

Clara Eichler

Clara Eichler

RT3 Post-Doc Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Evelyn Liu

Evelyn Liu

RT3 Student Researcher

Duke

Emily Nortmann

Emily Nortmann

RT3 Student Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Qing Dai

Qing Dai

RT3 Student Researcher

Duke

(RT3-Lott): Microbial Risk Assessment to Inform Engineering Solutions in the Built Environment

Megan Lott

Megan Lott

RT3 Project Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Glenn Morrison

Glenn Morrison

RT3 Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Deverick Anderson

Deverick Anderson

RT3 Faculty Researcher

Duke

Linden Neal

Linden Neal

RT3 Student Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Research Cores

Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor

DA Core Lead

UNC – Charlotte

Jennifer Kuzma

Jennifer Kuzma

SEI Core Lead

NCSU

(DA-4): Fodor Data Analytics in Microbiome Engineering

Anthony Fodor

Anthony Fodor

DA Project Lead

UNC – Charlotte

Benjamin Callahan

Benjamin Callahan

DA Faculty Researcher

NCSU

Jorden Rabasco

Jorden Rabasco

DA Student Researcher

NC State

Ivory Blakley

Ivory Blakley

DA Researcher

UNC – Charlotte

Megan Hill

Megan Hill

Research Scientist

Duke

(SEI-4): Kuzma Societal and Ethical Implications of Microbiome Engineering

Jennifer Kuzma

Jennifer Kuzma

SEI Project Lead

NCSU

Joseph Graves Jr.

Joseph Graves Jr.

SEI Faculty Researcher

NC A&T

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Kristen Landreville

Kristen Landreville

SEI Senior Researcher

NCSU

Christopher Cummings

Christopher Cummings

SEI Senior Researcher

NCSU

Jean Cadigan

Jean Cadigan

SEI Faculty Researcher

UNC – Chapel Hill

Nourou Barry

Nourou Barry

SEI Senior Researcher

NCSU

Wendy Roa

Wendy Roa

SEI Researcher

NCSU

Test Beds

Deverick Anderson

Deverick Anderson

Test Beds Co-Lead

Duke

Barbara Turpin

Barbara Turpin

Test Beds Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Joe Brown

Joe Brown

RT3 Project Co-Lead

UNC – Chapel Hill

Affiliates

Jason Arnold

Jason Arnold

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Holly Leddy

Holly Leddy

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Lawrence David

Lawrence David

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Sandra Clinton

Sandra Clinton

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Charlotte

Ibrahim Mohedas

Ibrahim Mohedas

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Rodolphe Barrangou

Rodolphe Barrangou

PreMiEr Affiliate

NCSU

Dongyang Deng

Dongyang Deng

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Zhicheng Ji

Zhicheng Ji

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Sarah Rhea

Sarah Rhea

PreMiEr Affiliate

NCSU

Marc Deshusses

Marc Deshusses

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Cynthia Gibas

Cynthia Gibas

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Charlotte

Sonia Grego

Sonia Grego

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Scott Harrison

Scott Harrison

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Jian Han

Jian Han

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Joseph Heitman

Joseph Heitman

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Jessilyn Dunn

Jessilyn Dunn

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Jefferson Ellinger

Jefferson Ellinger

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Charlotte

Michael Fisher

Michael Fisher

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Chapel Hill

He Fu

He Fu

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Kun Lu

Kun Lu

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Chapel Hill

Jenora Waterman

Jenora Waterman

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Rytas Vilgalys

Rytas Vilgalys

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Brian Stoner

Brian Stoner

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Antoinette Maldonado-Devincci

Antoinette Maldonado-Devincci

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Shengmin Sang

Shengmin Sang

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Jacelyn Rice-Boayue

Jacelyn Rice-Boayue

PreMiEr Affiliate

NCSU

Amy Ngyuen

Amy Ngyuen

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Chapel Hill

Kristen Rhinehardt

Kristen Rhinehardt

PreMiEr Affiliate

NC A&T

Jill Stewart

Jill Stewart

PreMiEr Affiliate

Univ. S. Carolina

Daniel Reker

Daniel Reker

PreMiEr Affiliate

Duke

Jessica Schlueter

Jessica Schlueter

PreMiEr Affiliate

UNC – Charlotte

Administrative Staff

Erica Phillips

Erica Phillips

Executive Administrative Director

Duke

Stelian Igescu

Stelian Igescu

Financial Director

Duke

Kim Odom

Kim Odom

Administrative Coordinator

Duke

Alana Stull

Alana Stull

Digital Media Strategist

Duke