| Laurel Miller | Undergraduate Researcher | 10/2021–05/2023 |  | 
| Aneesa Bhakta | Undergraduate Researcher | 09/2021–05/2023 | NIH | 
| Kate Elston | Graduate Student | 05/2017–08/2022 | Canopy Biosciences | 
| Elizabeth Robinson | Research Assistant | 06/2021–08/2022 | DTU | 
| Joseph Reitman | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2020–05/2022 |  | 
| Braydin McReynolds | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2021–09/2022 |  | 
| Jacob Risch | Undergraduate Researcher | 11/2021–05/2022 | Ginkgo Bioworks | 
| Sarah Bialik | Lab Manager | 03/2019–02/2022 | Research Administrator (Oden Institute) | 
| Julie Perreau | Graduate Student | 05/2017–10/2021 | Berkeley Lights @jmaperreau
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| Dean Parenteau | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2021–09/2021 | Rice University | 
| Eleanor Young | Undergraduate Researcher | 12/2018–05/2021 | Broad Institute | 
| Shireen Shah | Undergraduate Researcher | 07/2019–05/2021 | Museum of Fine Arts Houston | 
| Dr. Peng Geng | Postdoctoral Fellow | 11/2015–01/2021 | Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. | 
| Ginny Mortensen | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2020–12/2020 | Asuragen | 
| Spencer Hamrick | Undergraduate Researcher | 08/2018–08/2020 | Baylor College of Medicine, PhD program | 
| Dr. Sean Leonard | CMB Graduate Student, co-advised by Nancy Moran | 05/2015–05/2020 | Lawrence Livermore National Lab @spleonard1
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| Dr. Gabriel Suarez | CMB graduate student | 12/2012–01/2020 | Sartor Lab, UNC at Chapel Hill |  | 
| Md Hassan un-Zaman | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2019-11/2019 |  | 
| Frances (Grace) Stark | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2014–08/2018 | University of California, Berkeley, PhD program |  | 
| Stratton Georgoulis | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2017–05/2019 | University of California, Davis, PhD program |  | 
| Jenna McGuffey | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2016–05/2019 | Washington University, St. Louis, PhD program |  | 
| Dr. Simon D'Alton | Lab Manager and Research Associate | 09/2015–01/2019 |  | 
| Dr. Dacia Leon | Microbiology Graduate Student | 05/2014–08/2018 | Zymergen @leondacia
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| Dr. Colin Brown | Postdoctoral Fellow | 06/2013–07/2018 | Illumina @colinwalshbrown
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| Dr. Xue Zhang | Postdoctoral Fellow | 01/2016–12/2017 |  | 
| Kyle Dugan | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2016-05/2017 |  | 
| Stella Wang | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 03/2017-05/2017 |  | 
| Simon d'Oelsnitz | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 11/2016-03/2017 |  | 
| David Lipps | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 12/2016-03/2017 |  | 
| Eda Baykal-Caglar | Volunteer Researcher | 01/2016-08/2016 |  | 
| Jacob Blacutt | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 06/2015–09/2015 |  | 
| Nick Xerri | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 06/2015–09/2015 |  | 
| Dr. Brian Renda | CMB Graduate Student (Ph.D.) | 05/2011–07/2016 | Ginkgo Bioworks (Boston) @barenda101
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| Dr. Michael Hammerling | CMB Graduate Student (Ph.D) | 05/2011–07/2016 | Jewett Lab (Northwestern) @mjhammerling
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| Lucy Leblanc | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 02/2015–05/2016 | Jonghwan Kim Lab |  | 
| Jordan Monk | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2013–05/2016 |  | 
| Catherine Mortensen | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2013–12/2015 |  | 
| Xun (Tina) Wang | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 11/2015–02/2016 | Bryan Davies Lab |  | 
| Cindy Chan | Undergraduate Researcher | 10/2013–12/2015 | XBiotech |  | 
| Ian Hamilton | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2015–11/2015 | Rotating |  | 
| Aziz Al'khafaji | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 9/2014–11/2014 | Brock Lab |  | 
| Ben Jack | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2014–11/2014 | Wilke Lab |  | 
| Craig Barnhart | Lab Manager | 01/2011–09/2014 | UT Austin GSAF |  | 
| Alex Boulgakov | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 06/2014-09/2014 | Marcotte Lab |  | 
| Aurko Dasgupta | Research Assistant | 04/2011–06/2014 | Washington University, Ph.D. program |  | 
| Lindsey Wolf | Microbiology Graduate Student (M.A.) | 01/2011–05/2014 | Synthetic Genomics |  | 
| Alvaro Rodriguez | Microbiology Graduate Student (M.A.) | 02/2012–05/2014 | X Startup Intern |  | 
| Ben Slater | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2012–05/2014 | Yale University, Ph.D program |  | 
| Razan Alnahhas | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2012–05/2014 | Rice University, Ph.D program |  | 
| Salma Omar | Undergraduate Researcher | 06/2012–12/2013 |  | 
| Ryan Lannan | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2013–05/2014 | UCSD, Ph.D program |  | 
| Margaret Steele | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2013–11/2013 |  | 
| Rasha Yaghi | Biochemistry Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2013–11/2013 | Iverson Lab |  | 
| Prof. Pyung Cheon Lee | Visiting Scientist | 01/2013–12/2013 | Ajou University |  | 
| Charles Traverse | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2013–11/2013 | Ochman Lab |  | 
| Tyler Fields | Undergraduate Researcher | 09/2012–09/2013 | UT Austin, Computer Science |  | 
| Neil Gottel | Microbiology Graduate Student | 11/2011–09/2013 |  | 
| Vinicio Reynoso | CMB Graduate Student | 02/2012–09/2013 |  | 
| Paul Amador | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 06/2013–09/2013 |  | 
| Austin Meyer | Biochemistry Graduate Student | 05/2011–08/2012 | Wilke Lab / Texas Tech Medical School |  | 
| Pruthali Kulkarni | Undergraduate Researcher | 08/2012–08/2013 |  | 
| Farhana Haque | Undergraduate Researcher | 12/2012–04/2013 |  | 
| Jaimie Kepner | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2011–06/2013 | UT Austin, Microbiology Graduate Program |  | 
| Andrew Porter | Undergraduate Researcher, Honors Thesis | 01/2013–05/2013 |  | 
| Aaron Reba | Programmer | 10/2011–10/2012 |  | 
| Raghuvarun Mutyala | Undergraduate Researcher | 03/2011–09/2012 |  | 
| Jared Carlson-Stevermer | Undergraduate Researcher | 01/2012–06/2012 | Wilke Lab |  | 
| Dillon Edwards | Undergraduate Researcher | 11/2011–07/2012 | Sigma |  | 
| Matt Bourneuf | Undergraduate Researcher | 07/2011–08/2011 |  | 
| Jananie Ramesh | Undergraduate Researcher | 07/2011–09/2011 |  | 
| Alex Hu | Undergraduate Researcher | 06/2011–08/2012 | UW Seattle, Genome Sciences Ph.D. Program |  | 
| Jordan Borges | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2011–08/2011 |  | 
| Sydney Henry | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2011–09/2011 |  | 
| Eric Bryan | Undergraduate Researcher | 05/2011–05/2012 |  | 
| Matt Strand | Programmer | 10/2011–04/2012 |  | 
| Geoff Colburn | Research Scientist Assistant | 05/2011–09/2012 | Austin, TX |  | 
| Steven Sowa | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 02/2012–05/2012 | Contreras-Martin Lab |  | 
| Thomas Wall | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 11/2011–02/2012 | Ellington Lab |  | 
| Adam Hilterbrand | Microbiology Graduate Student (Rotation) | 09/2011–11/2011 | Upton Lab |  | 
| Dakota Derryberry | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 3/2011–5/2011 | Wilke Lab |  | 
| Gabriel Wu | CMB Graduate Student (Rotation) | 03/2011–05/2011 | Marcotte Lab |  | 
 Barrick Lab (April 2013) 

Back row, left to right: Pyung Cheon Lee, Alvaro Rodriguez, Gabriel Suarez, Jeff Barrick, Neil Gottel, Michael Hammerling, Vinicio Reynoso. Front row: Craig Barnhart, Dan Deatherage, Aurko Dasgupta, Jaimie Kepner, Brian Renda, Lindsey Wolf