| Name | Year | Current Position | Last Known Whereabouts | Contact |
| Graduate Students | ||||
| Jia Jia Zhang | 2014-2019 | Postdoc | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| Charles Larson | 2012-2019 | Postdoc | The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson | |
| Michell Schorn | 2012-2018 | Postdoc | Wageningen University | |
| Kirk Reynolds | 2012- 2016 | Pharmaceutical Chemist III | Catalent Pharma Solutions | |
| Abrahim “Bimo” El Gamal | 2011- 2016 | Scientist | Lodo Therapeutics | |
| Taylor Richter | 2008-2014 | Postdoc | University of Maryland, School of Medicine | |
| Kersten Roland | 2009-2013 | Assistant Professor | University of Michigan, College of Pharmacy | Website |
| Anna Lechner | 2008-2012 | Scientist | Genomatica | |
| Andrew Kale | 2008-2012 | Scientist | Illumina | |
| Micheal C. Wilson | 2006-2011 | Postdoc | ETH-Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Andrew Shultz | 2005-2011 | Scientist | Synthetic Genomics | |
| Jacklyn Winter | 2005-2010 | Assistant Professor | University of Utah | Website |
| Yuan Liu | 2005-2009 | Medicinal Chemist | Wellspring Biosciences | |
| Qian Cheng | 2003-2007 | Postdoc | Vanderbilt University | |
| Laura Beer | 2001-2006 | Postdoc | University of Georgia, Department of Marine Science | |
| Master Students | ||||
| Darlene Nguyen | 2015-2017 | Research Associate II | Zymergen | |
| Kimberly Chang | 2016- 2017 | |||
| Lisa Zeigler | 2005- 2006 | Assistant Professor | J. Craig Venter Institute | |
| Deanna Shock | 1999-2000 | |||
| Postdocs | ||||
| Percival Yang-Ting Chen | 2019-2021 | Scientist | Morphic Therapeutics | |
| Jonathan R. Chekan | 2017-2020 | Assistant Professor | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro | Website |
| Shaun McKinnie | 2016-2019 | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Website |
| Anya (Hanna) Luhavaya | 2015-2019 | Scientist | Zymergen | |
| Yuta Kudo | 2016-2018 | Assistant Professor | Tohoku University | |
| Jie Li | 2014-2018 | Assistant Professor | University of South Carolina | Website |
| Peter Jordan | 2012-2018 | Scientist | Lassogen | |
| Vinayak Agarwal | 2012-2017 | Assistant Professor | Georgia Institute of Technology | Website |
| Zachary Miles | 2015-2017 | Senior Scientist | Encodia | |
| Xiaoyu Tang | 2013-2017 | Assistant Professor | Scripps Research-SZBL Chemical Biology Institute | Website |
| Lauren Ray | 2013-2016 | Synthetic Biology Technical Specialist | Syngenta, UK | |
| Ana Ligia Leandrini de Oliveira | 2014-2016 | Postdoc | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil | |
| Takayoshi Awakawa | 2014-2016 | Assistant Professor | University of Tokyo, Japan | |
| Stefan Diethelm | 2014-2015 | Lab Head Medicinal Chemistry | Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland | |
| Simone Moraes Mantovani | 2011-2015 | Scientist | Amyris | |
| Robin Teufel | 2012- 2015 | Principal Investigator | University of Freiburg, Germany | Website |
| Max Crusemann | 2013- 2015 | Research Associate | University of Bonn, Germany | |
| Nadine Ziemert | 2013- 2014 | Professor | University of Tuebingen, Germany | Website |
| Avena Ross | 2011-2014 | Assistant Professor | Queens University | Website |
| Ellis O’Neill | 2014 | Postdoc | University of Oxford, UK | |
| Dennis Poth | 2013-2014 | High School Teacher | Germany | |
| Leonard Kaysser | 2011-2013 | Assistant Professor | University of Tuebingen, Germany | Website |
| Kazuya Yamanaka | 2011-2013 | Associate Professor | Kansai University, Japan | Website |
| Daniela Trivella | 2012 | Independent Investigator | CNPEM Brazil | |
| Roland Wenter | 2010-2012 | |||
| Elisha Fielding | 2010-2013 | Scientist | Greenlight Biosciences, Cambridge, MA | |
| Peter Bernhardt | 2010-2012 | Scientist | Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA | |
| Akimasa Miyamaga | 2009-2011 | Assistant Professor | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan | |
| Kaity Ryan | 2008-2010 | Associate Professor | University of British Columbia, Canada | Website |
| Alexandra Roberts | 2008-2010 | Queensland Accelerate Fellow | James Cook University, Australia | Website |
| Alessandra Eustaquio | 2005-2010 | Assistant Professor | University of Illinois at Chicago | Website |
| Amy Lane | 2008-2010 | Associate Professor | University of North Florida | Website |
| Tobias Gulder | 2008-2010 | Professor | Technical University of Dresden | Website |
| Markus Nett | 2007-2008 | Associate Professor | Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany | Website |
| Ryan McGlinchey | 2006-2008 | Postdoc | NIH | |
| John Kalaitzis II | 2006-2007 | Postdoc | New South Wales University, Australia | |
| Daniel Udwary | 2003-2007 | Bioinformatics Consultant | Data Science Engagement Group at NERSC | Website |
| Michelle Moffitt | 2005-2006 | Assistant Professor | University of West Sydney, Australia | |
| Longkuan Xiang | 2000-2006 | Senior Staff Scientist | SelectX Pharmaceuticals | |
| Miho Izumikawa | 2001-2005 | Staff Scientist | RIKEN Institute, Japan | |
| John Kalaitzis I | 2001-2004 | Postdoc | New South Wales University, Australia | |
| Yoshimitsu Hamano | 2002-2003 | Associate Professor | Fukui Prefectural University, Japan | Website |
| Paul Shipley | 1999-2001 | Associate Professor | University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada | Website |
| Joern Hopke | 1998-2000 | Senior Staff Scientist | Sanofi-Aventis | |
| Christian Hertweck | 1999-2000 | Professor | HKI Jena, Germany | Website |
| Ai-Ming Yu | 1998-1999 | Assistant Professor | SUNY Buffalo | |
| Joern Piel | 1998-1999 | Professor | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | Website |
| Stepanka Storkova | 1997 | |||
| Dieter Seng | 1996-1997 | |||
| Visiting Scientists | ||||
| Stella de Lima Camargo | 2017-2019 | Graduate Student | Universidade de São Paulo | |
| Renata Sigrist | 2017-2018 | Researcher | Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio) – CNPEM | |
| Lauren Murray | 2017-2019 | Graduate Student | University of Adelaide | |
| Katharina Seel | 2017-2018 | Postdoc | Gen-Plus | |
| Fergus Collins | 2017 | Microbiologist | Alimentary Health | |
| Marlene Rothe | 2017 | Master Student | ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Erick M. Carreira Lab | |
| Jared Shaw | 2017 | Professor | UC Davis | Website |
| Reto Erni | 2016- 2017 | Master Student | ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Erick M. Carreira Lab | |
| Jamshid Moghaddam | 2016- 2017 | Graduate Student | University of Bonn, Germany | |
| Kyra Geyer | 2016 | Master Student | TU Braunschweig, Germany | |
| Taro Amagata | 2015- 2016 | Professor | San Francisco State University | Website |
| Jan Wolfarth | 2015 | Master Student | University of Freiburg, Germany | |
| Hilke Bruns | 2015 | Master Student | TU Braunschweig, Germany | |
| Joseph Jarrett | 2015 | Professor | University of Hawaii | Website |
| Liang Lu | 2014 | Graduate Student | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Kazuya Murata | 2014- 2015 | Associate Professor | Kinki University, Japan | Website |
| Karine Pires | 2014- 2015 | Graduate Student | Bióloga Instituto Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil | |
| Hongbin Zou | 2013- 2015 | Associate Professor | Zhejiang University, China | Website |
| Katrin Schroder | 2013 | Master Student | Universitat Munster, Germany | |
| Lingli “Leonie” Liu | 2013 | Graduate Student | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Yongxin “Philip” Li | 2013 | Graduate Student | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Stephanie Maerten | 2012 | Master Student | University of Aachen, Germany | |
| Eric Helfrich | 2011- 2012 | Master Student | University of Jena, Germany | |
| Yi Tang | 2011 | Professor | UCLA | Website |
| Larissa Dir | 2010- 2011 | Master Student | University of Saarbrueken, Germany | |
| Won-Gon Kim | 2010- 2011 | Professor | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology | |
| Tatsufumi Okino | 2009-2010 | Professor | Hokkaido University, Japan | |
| Anna Lechner | 2007- 2008 | Assistant Professor | Federal University of Amazonas, in Manaus, Brazi | |
| Johannes Haerle | 2007 | Graduate Student | University of Freiberg, Germany | |
| Qian Cheng | 2005- 2007 | Graduate Student | University of Arizona | |
| Kwangkyoung Liou | 2004 | Professor | SunMoon University, Korea | |
| Julie Becker | 2002-2004 | Graduate Student | University of Hawaii | |
| Dr. Thomas O’Hare | 2001 | Research Scientist | Oregon Health Science University |
