Assistant Director of MIT’s Center for Biomedical Innovation

University of Massachusetts Amherst, PhD, 2014
Northwestern University, BS, 2008
Research Interests
- Developing novel single-domain antibodies for the detection of food and water contaminants
- Developing absorption and toxicity screens based on known poultry farming practices in China to determine currently active unsolved adulteration in Chinese chicken exports
- Creating and optimizing new tools for editing the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome
Research Scientists
University of Toronto, PhD, 1997
University of Toronto, MSc, 1993
Research Interests

Cheng Li 李承
South China University of Technology-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, 2018
South China University of Technology, BSc, 2012
Research Interests
- Engineering Corynebacterium glutamicum to produce novel carotenoids
- Creating and optimizing new tools for editing the Corynebacterium glutamicum genome
- Creating a minimal genome of Corynebacterium glutamicum
- Engineering PET-degradation bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis for production of value-added products

University of Leipzig and UFZ, PhD, 2016
Texas A&M University, MSc, 2008
Research Interests

University of Southampton, PhD.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, MS
Research Interests
Postdocs

University of Tohoku Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D., 2020
University of Ngaoundere, MSc, 2014
Research Interests

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Ph.D, 2020
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, M.Tech, 2011
Research Interests

East China University of Science and Technology, PhD, 2020
East China University of Science and Technology, B.E., 2015
Research Interests
- Optimizing upstream process for production of viral vectors, virus-like particles, monoclonal antibodies, etc.
- Developing streamlined downstream process for purification of viral vectors and proteins
- Developing whole-process continuous manufacturing mode by integrating perfusion bioreactor and continuous flow chromatography
Graduate Students

University of Toronto, Hon. B.Sc., 2016
Research Interests
Visiting Professors

Zhenbo Xu 徐振波
South China University of Technology, Professor, 2018
South China University of Technology-University of Maryland–Baltimore, PhD, 2011
Research Interests
- Mechanisms of biofilms formation and its application
- Dedetection of biotoxin and antibotics in food and agro-food
- Engineering bacrerium to produce novel carotenoids
- Creating and optimizing new tools for editing the bacrerium genome
- Engineering PET-degradation bacteria Ideonella sakaiensis for production of value-added products

Kai Li 李凯
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Assistant Professor, 2023
Shanghai Jiao Tong University- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD, 2021
Research Interests
Visiting Students
Technical Associate

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BS, 2020
Research Interests
Lab Manager

SUNY Albany, MS, 2009
SUNY Albany, BS, 2007
Research Interests
Administrative Assistant