Former Members
Former Postdocs and Graduate Students
with Tenure-Track Academic Appointments (Bailey-ites)
Dr. Jun-Seob Kim
Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea) 2013.
Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Nano-Bioengineering, Incheon National University, 2021.
Dr. Sooyeon Song
Ph.D. Chonnam National University (South Korea) 2016.
Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Animal Science, Jeonbuk National University, 2020.
Dr. Ryota Yamasaki
Ph.D. Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan) 2016.
Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Infections and Molecular Biology, Kyushu Dental University, 2019.
Dr. Sage R. Hiibel
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2008.
Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno, 2016.
Dr. Venkata Giridhar Poosarla
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras (India), 2012.
Currently Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Food Science and Technology at Gitam University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, 2017.
Seok Hoon Hong
M.S., Seoul National University, 2007.
Currently Assistant Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Viviana Sanchez Torres
B.S., Universidad Industrial de Santander, 2005.
Dr. Xiaoxue Wang
Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2006.
Currently Research Professor at South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
Dr. Younghoon Kim
2008-2009.
Ph.D., Korea University, 2007.
Dr. Rodolfo Garcia Contreras
2006-2008.
Ph.D., National Autonomous University of Mexico UNAM, 2005.
Currently Associate Professor in the National Cardiology Institute (Mexico).
Dr. Akihiro Ueda
2006-2010.
Ph.D., Nagoya University, 2002.
Currently Lecturer at Hiroshima University (Japan).
Dr. Chang-Ping (Michael) Yu
2008.
Ph.D., National Taiwan University, 2001.
Currently Professor in Chinese Academy of Sciences (China).
Dr. Jintae Lee
2004-2009.
Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2004.
Currently Assistant Professor at Yeungnam University (Korea).
Dr. Moshe Herzberg
2004-2005.
Ph.D., Technion-Technical Institute of Israel, 2003.
Currently Assistant Professor at Ben Gurion University of the Negev (Israel).
Dr. Gonul Vardar
Ph.D., 2005.
Currently Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii.
B.S., Istanbul Technical University, 2000.
Dr. Toshinari Maeda
2006-2007.
Ph.D., Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2006.
Currently Assistant Professor at the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan).
Dr. Andres Fernando Gonzalez Barrios
Ph.D., 2007
Currently Assistant Professor at Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
Dr. Thammajun Leungsakul
Ph.D., 2005
Currently Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thailand.
Dr. Ayelet Fishman
2002-2004.
Ph.D., Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 2002.
Currently Assistant Professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technol.
Dr. Dacheng Ren
Ph.D., 2003.
Currently Assistant Professor at Syracuse University.
Formerly post-doctoral student at Cornell University with Prof. Kelvin Lee.
Prior degrees: B.S. Shanghai JiaoTong University 1996, M.S. Tianjin University 1999.
Dr. Hojea Shim
1999-2000, 2001, 2002. Ph.D., Environmental Science, 1997, The Ohio State University. Currently Associate Professor at the University of Macau (Hong Kong).
Dr. Arul Jayaraman
Ph.D., 1998.
Currently Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University.
B.S., Chem. Engr., Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
M.S., Chem. Engr., Tufts University.
Then was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard University-Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Deokjin Jahng
Ph.D., 1995.
Currently Professor of Environmental Engineering & Biotechnology, Myongji University, Korea.
B.S., Microbiol., Seoul National University.
M.S., Chem. Engr., Yonsei University.