Position Title
Graduate
Jared earned his B.S in Microbiology and Biochemistry from Arizona State University (ASU), and completed his M.S in Microbiology. He was a member of the Xuan Wang Lab at ASU, researching several topics including bioproduction and directed mutagenesis. He was also a member of the 2021 Gold Medal ASU International Genetically Engineered Machine (IGEM) team working on bioremediation of arsenic in rural water wells. After defending his Master’s thesis on identification of novel lactate transporters, he was awarded an NSF IRES internship to research directed evolution of novel biodegradation enzymes in conjunction with faculty from the Kyoto Institute of Technology. His current research in Dr. Cheemeng Tan’s lab focuses on synthetic cell engineering for treating chronic diseases.