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Northen Lab Group

The Northen Lab is a multidisciplinary team of researchers based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science supported lab, managed by the University of California, Berkeley. Our team supports various divisions of LBNL, including Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology (focused on understanding ecosystem dynamics), the Joint Genome Institute (a DOE Office of Science User Facility), and the Joint BioEnergy Institute (a research partnership dedicated to developing advanced biofuels).

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Trent Northen
Trent Northen
Principal Investigator
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Ben Bowen
Ben Bowen
Principal Investigator
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Peter Andeer
Peter Andeer
Staff
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Markus de Raad
Markus de Raad
Staff
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Yezhang Ding
Yezhang Ding
Staff
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Suzanne Kosina
Suzanne Kosina
Staff
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Jon Lin
Jon Lin
Staff
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Katherine Louie
Katherine Louie
Staff
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Vlastamil Novak
Vlastamil Novak
Staff
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Kateryna Zhalnina
Kateryna Zhalnina
Staff
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Kshitz Gupta
Kshitz Gupta
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Albina Khasanova
Albina Khasanova
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Edi Wipf
Edi Wipf
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Ying Wang
Ying Wang
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Margaret Lozano
Margaret Lozano
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Meghana Faltane
Meghana Faltane
Research Associate
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Amber Golini
Amber Golini
Research Associate
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Thomas Harwood
Thomas Harwood
Research Associate
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Chelsea Hernandez
Chelsea Hernandez
Research Associate
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Mimi Lynde
Mimi Lynde
Research Associate
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Anthony Meza
Anthony Meza
Research Associate
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Ozioma Anyanwu
Ozioma Anyanwu
Student Assistant
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Marco Duenas
Marco Duenas
Student Assistant
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Katherine Lyubchenko
Katherine Lyubchenko
Student Assistant
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Vanessa Brisson
Vanessa Brisson
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Kai Deng
Kai Deng
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Cathelijne Lamboo
Cathelijne Lamboo
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Jenny Onely
Jenny Onely
Research Affiliate
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Catriona Thompson
Catriona Thompson
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Zoila Aponte
Zoila Aponte
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Richard Baran
Richard Baran
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Bailey Bonet
Bailey Bonet
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Sarah Brecht
Sarah Brecht
Student Assistant
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Xiaoliang Cheng
Xiaoliang Cheng
Postdoc
Matthew Chu
Matthew Chu
Student Assistant
Jason Cole
Jason Cole
Student Assistant
Estelle Couradeau
Estelle Couradeau
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Spencer Diamond
Spencer Diamond
Research Affiliate
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Megan Danielewicz
Megan Danielewicz
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David Deng
David Deng
Student Assistant
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Tristan de Rond
Tristan de Rond
Affiliate Graduate Student
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Todd Duncombe
Todd Duncombe
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Onur Erbilgin
Onur Erbilgin
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Oséias Rodrigues Feitosa Junior
Oséias Rodrigues Feitosa Junior
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Curt Fischer
Curt Fischer
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Jian Gao
Jian Gao
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Kristen Geibel
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Noel Ha
Noel Ha
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La Zhen Han
La Zhen Han
Research Associate
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Joshua Heinemann
Joshua Heinemann
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Yuntao Hu
Yuntao Hu
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Nicole Ing
Nicole Ing
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Lauren Jabusch
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Stefan Jenkins
Stefan Jenkins
Staff
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Mia Jones
Mia Jones
Student Assistant
Jacob Jordan
Jacob Jordan
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Ashley Kang
Ashley Kang
Ulas Karaoz
Ulas Karaoz
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Andrea Kuftin
Andrea Kuftin

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Rebecca Lau
Rebecca Lau
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Johan Leveau
Johan Leveau
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Hanneke Leegwater
Hanneke Leegwater
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Carolina Leguina
Carolina Leguina
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Kyle Lewald
Kyle Lewald
Student Assistant
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Andrea Lubbe
Andrea Lubbe
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Connie Ly
Connie Ly
Administrative Support
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Maximino Manzanera
Maximino Manzanera
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Ritesh Mewalal
Ritesh Mewalal
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Kate Miller
Kate Miller
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Margarita Ros Munoz
Margarita Ros Munoz
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Andrew Osborn
Andrew Osborn

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Manuel Porcar
Manuel Porcar
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Nicholas Saicheck
Nicholas Saicheck
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Yasmeen Sawyer
Yasmeen Sawyer
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Joelle Schlapfer
Joelle Schlapfer
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Sarah Shehata
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Leslie Silva
Leslie Silva
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Anita Silver
Anita Silver
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Tami Swenson
Tami Swenson
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Jane Tanamachi
Jane Tanamachi
Administrative Assistant
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Connor Tomaka
Connor Tomaka
Research Associate
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Daniel Treen
Daniel Treen
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Marc Van Goethem
Marc Van Goethem

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Tim Veth
Tim Veth
Student Assistant
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Hayden Veytia
Hayden Veytia
Student Assistant
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Forrest Vogel
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Michael Vu
Michael Vu
LinLin Wang
LinLin Wang
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Katherine Whiting
Katherine Whiting
Student Assistant
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Jordan Wilson
Jordan Wilson
Undergraduate Student Assistant
Jinshao Ye
Jinshao Ye
Visiting Professor
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Qing Zheng
Qing Zheng
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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