{"id":63,"date":"2017-10-13T16:17:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T00:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jinkersonlab.engr.ucr.edu\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2025-10-15T22:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:51:49","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jinkersonlab.engr.ucr.edu\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert Jinkerson<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Professor, Principle Investigator
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
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Simons Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation<\/strong>, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University (Jonikas Lab<\/a>)
Ph.D<\/strong> Applied Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines (Posewitz Lab<\/a>)
B.S<\/strong>. Biological Engineering, University of Missouri (Forgacs Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jess Axmaker<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Student
Department of Microbiology
University of California, Riverside
Project: Coral Symbiosis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S.<\/strong> Botany, Oregon State University
B.A. <\/strong>Japanese, Wellesley College <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcus Harland-Dunaway<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Project: Space Plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. <\/strong>Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside
B.S.\u00a0 <\/strong>Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a graduate student at UCR, I study engineering plants for growth in confined environments such as vertical farms or the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dang Le<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Student
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Project: Algal Biofuels, Heterotrophic growth of algae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S.  <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, University of California, Riverside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley Larsen<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Student
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Project: Plant Acetate Utilization<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. <\/strong>Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claire Mauss<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Student
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Project: Engineering plants for vertical agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S.  <\/strong>Environmental Science and Health, University of Southern California<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jonathan Meuser<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Assistant Researcher, Principle Investigator
Director, Botanical Vivarium\n
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
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CEO and co-founder<\/strong>, Chi Botanic<\/a>
Scientist<\/strong>, Algenol
Scientist<\/strong>, Synthetic Genomics
Ph.D<\/strong>\u00a0Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (Posewitz Lab<\/a>)
B.S<\/strong>. Plant Biology, University of California, Davis (Harada Lab<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9s Narvaez<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Associate Specialist
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Project: SPACE tomatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Software Applications Engineer <\/strong> Yahoo!
B.S.  <\/strong>Entrepreneurship, Washington State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor Rossi<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Graduate Student
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California, Riverside
Project: Engineering plants for vertical agriculture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.S. <\/strong>Santa Clara University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Szenteczki<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Project: Enhancing the pollination efficiency of greenhouse tomatoes, SPACE tomatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.<\/strong> Universit\u00e9 de Neuch\u00e2tel
M.Sc. <\/strong>University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
BScH, <\/strong>Biology, <\/strong>Queen’s University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other members:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Andre Young (Arcadia High School, current: Stanford University)
Beatriz Velazquez Benitez (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Katie Garwood (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Annie Shelton (UCR Neuroscience undergraduate)
Malia Freese (Moreno Valley College High School Student)
William Hsu (UCR Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology undergraduate)
Ameerah Karim (UCR Biology undergraduate)
Rutva Doshi (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Kayla Tran (UCR biochemistry undergraduate)
Connor Nieh (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Ann Leon (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Isabelle Fisher (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Jennifer Zheng (UCR Biology undergraduate)
Arman Saadatkhah (UCR Botany and Plant Sciences undergraduate)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alumni<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Elizabeth Hann<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Ph.D. Graduate
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UCR
Current: Harvard University, Wyss Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project: Lipid Accumulation in Chlamydomonas and
Endosymbiotic Gene Transfer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.<\/strong> Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside
B.S. <\/strong>Environmental Systems, University of California, San Diego<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While at UCSD, I worked at the Salk Institute in the lab of Joe Ecker. I also had the opportunity to work in the lab of Bianca Brahamsha at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. <\/span>Before starting graduate school at UCR, I worked at Synthetic Genomics on the algal biofuels program funded by ExxonMobil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph Russo<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Ph.D. Graduate
Department of Microbiology, UCR

Project: Coral Symbiosis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D.<\/strong> Microbiology, University of California, Riverside
B.S.<\/strong> Molecular Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former UCSB molecular biology major turned to UCR microbiologist. I am investigating the genetic circuitry responsible for the initiation, regulation\/maintenence, and degradation of coral symbiosis using the model cnidarian host Aiptasia and the microalgae Symbiodinium minitum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin Hoover<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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M.S. Graduate
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UCR

Project: Plant cell cultures<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S.<\/strong>\u00a0 Chemical Engineering, University of California, Riverside
B.S.\u00a0 <\/strong>Chemical Engineering, University of California, Riverside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phung Quan (UCR CEE PhD student, co-advised with Dr. Liu<\/a>)
Greg Newkirk (UCR Microbiology PhD student, co-advised with Dr. Giraldo<\/a>)
Christie” Shin Chuah (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Veronica Boothe (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Laura Grigoryan (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Harjas Jassal (UCR Biochemistry undergraduate)
Xi Cheng (UCR Biology undergraduate)
Katie Sihavong (UCR Microbiology undergraduate)
Erika Nguyen (UCR Biochemistry undergraduate)
Valerie Ocampo (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Serene Koudsi (UCR Biology undergraduate)
Kira Ramos (UCR Biology undergraduate)
Joseph Torres (UCR Biochemistry undergraduate)
Kyra Taylor (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Sarah Frey (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Martha Anguiano (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Dang Le (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Arsani Awadalla (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Justin Hoover (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Kirsten Louks (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Aaron Chi (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Kristy Dai (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Jessica Ou (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Mari Hayashi (UCR Bioengineering undergraduate)
Ran Ye (UCR CEE undergraduate)
Alex Borowsky (UCR Botany and Plant Sciences Rotation student)
Christine Culter (UCR MS Bioengineering)
Pritha Chatterjee (UCR Biochemistry Rotation student)
Martha Anguiano (UCR Environmental Science Department)
Katie Shiavong(UCR Microbiology Department)
Jasmine Lau (UCR Computer Science Department)
Marisol Reveles Trujillo (UCR CEE undergraduate)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Robert Jinkerson Associate Professor, Principle InvestigatorDepartment of Chemical and Environmental EngineeringDepartment of Botany and Plant SciencesUniversity of California, Riverside Simons Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation, Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University (Jonikas Lab)Ph.D Applied Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines (Posewitz Lab)B.S. Biological Engineering, University of Missouri (Forgacs Lab) Jess Axmaker … <\/p>\n

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