People



Dr. Bradley C. Bundy


Principal Investigator







Graduate Team



Porter Hunt
Senior Ph.D. Candidate




Mehran Soltani
Ph.D. Candidate




Emily Long Zhao
Ph.D. Candidate







Undergraduate Team



Andrew Nelson
B.S. Chemical Engineering




R. Jordan Barnett
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Hannah Robison
B.S. Chemical Engineering




Geminiano Sarmiento III
B.S. Molecular Biology




Isaac Foutz
B.S. Chemical Engineering




Ryan Tucker
B.S. Chemical Engineering




Meagan Welton
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Heather Mills
B.S. Chemical Engineering & Arabic




Tyler Crop
B.S. Chemical Engineering




Jaden Searle
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Mia Sedgwick
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Landon Ebbert
B.S. Business Management



Spencer Ludlow
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Tyler Free
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Kamea Wheeler
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Hyrum Pech
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Andrew Cohen
B.S. Chemical Engineering



Madison Frei
B.S. Chemical Engineering
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Nathan Taylor
B.S. Chemical Engineering
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Lab Alumni



Prashanta Shrestha
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2012
M.S., Unknown



Thesis:
Streamlined Extract Preparation for E. coli-Based Cell-Free Protein Synthesis and Rapid Site-Specific Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids in Proteins



Jeffrey C. Wu
J.D., Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2014
B.S., California State University, 2002



Thesis:
Enhancing Protein and Enzyme Stability Through Rationally Engineered Site-Specific Immobilization Utilizing Non-Canonical Amino Acids



Mark T. Smith
Post-Doc., Brigham Young University, 2015
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2014



Thesis:
Engineering Cell-Free Systems for Vaccine Development, Self-Assembling Nanoparticles and Codon Reassignment Applications



Andrew Broadbent
M.S., Brigham Young University, 2016
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2013



Thesis:
Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Production for Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation and Preservation of Linear Expression Templates in Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Reactions



Song Min Schinn
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2017
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2013



Thesis:
Cell-Free Synthesis of Proteins with Unnatural Amino Acids: Exploring Fitness Landscapes, Engineering Membrane Proteins and Expanding the Genetic Code



Sayed Mohammad Salehi
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2017
B.S., Unknown



Thesis:
Engineering Cell-free Protein Synthesis Technology for Codon Reassignment, Biotherapeutics Production using Just-add-Water System, and Biosensing Endocrine Disrupting Compounds



Seung-Ook Yang
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2017
M.S., University of Utah, 2013



Thesis:
Enzyme Encapsulation, Biosensing Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, and Bio-therapeutic Expression Platforms Using Cell-Free Protein Synthesis



Kristen M. Wilding
Ph.D., Brigham Young University, 2018
B.S., Brigham Young University, 2014



Thesis:
Engineering Cell-Free Biosystems for On-site Production and Rapid Design of Next-Generation Therapeutics
Curtis Campbell, B.S. 2011
Mark Smith, B.S. 2011
Jon Terry, B.S. 2011
Greg Atkinson, B.S. 2012
Derek Bush, B.S. 2012
Stella Nickerson, B.S. 2012
Kirk Oler, B.S. 2012
Julie Swenson, B.S. 2012
Chad Varner, B.S. 2012
Jordan Winegar, B.S. 2012
Wade Anderson, B.S. 2013
Andrew Broadbent, B.S. 2013
Matthew Burnham, B.S. 2013
Paul Chidsey, B.S. 2013
Anna Katz Hawes, B.S. 2013
Troy Holland, B.S. 2013
Sharyn Inouye, B.S. 2013
Garrison Fredline, B.S. 2014
Tyler Mayberry, B.S. 2014
Mark Matthews, B.S. 2014
Jamie Nickolaisen, B.S. 2014
Chad Pitcher, B.S. 2014
Jay Rainsdon, B.S. 2014
Dan Snyder, B.S. 2014
Christopher Werner, B.S. 2014
Kristen Wilding, B.S. 2014
Paul Wilding, B.S. 2014
Jamon Winegar, B.S. 2014
Dan Barfuss, B.S. 2015
Scott Berkheimer, B.S. 2015
Arthur Castleton, B.S. 2015
Savannah Herdegen, B.S. 2015
Blake Swapp, B.S. 2015
Claire Bradford, B.S. 2016
Justin Crandall, B.S. 2016
Aaron Escamilla, B.S. 2016
Anthony Gillespie, B.S. 2016
Garret Langenour, B.S. 2016
Travis Lefrandt, B.S. 2016
Mark Lindsay, B.S. 2016
Jake Mathews, B.S. 2016
Melinda Tsai, B.S. 2016
Anthony Bennett, B.S. 2016
Steven Stanley, B.S. 2016
Andrew Broadbent, M.S. 2016
Brook Linney, B.S. 2016
Chris Hutchings, B.S. 2016
Sarah Bevan, B.S. 2017
Ashtyn Groesbeck, B.S. 2017
Natalie Matthews, B.S. 2017
Kelly Arrington, B.S. 2018
Lauren Greer, B.S. 2018
Garrett Kraus, B.S. 2018
Brinden Elton, B.S. 2017
Taylor Ellsworth, B.S. 2017
Christina Mulhestein, B.S. 2017
Connor Earl, B.S. 2018
Whitney Bills, B.S. 2019
Hayley Ford, B.S. 2019
Parker Funk, B.S. 2019
An Ho, B.S. 2019
Greg Neilsen, B.S. 2019
Tyrell Hess, B.S. 2019
Matt Jones, B.S. 2019
Joshua Wilkerson, B.S. 2020
Sarah Daines, B.S. 2020
Brady Davis, B.S. 2020
Katelyn Simonson, B.S. 2022