Christopher Lawson | Assistant Professor
chris.lawson@utoronto.ca
Dr. Lawson’s research focuses on harnessing the metabolic processes of anaerobic microbiomes for sustainable wastewater treatment and the production of renewable bioenergy and bioproducts from waste resources.

Byung-Chul (Roy) Kim
roybc.kim@mail.utoronto.ca
Dr. Kim aims to industrialize resource recovery technologies to develop a sustainable carbon cycle by studying the link between macroscopic bioreactor systems and microscopic biological systems.

Ethan Agena | M.A.Sc. Student
ethan.agena@mail.utoronto.ca
Ethan’s research revolves around engineering microbes and microbial communities to produce valuable compounds from waste streams.

Ian Gois | Ph.D. Student
ian.gois@mail.utoronto.ca
Ian works on engineering non-model anaerobic bacteria to improve medium-chain fatty acids production.

Joel Howard | Ph.D. Student
joel.howard@mail.utoronto.ca
Joel’s research focuses on the data-driven design of synthetic microbiomes that convert lignocellulosic biomass into medium chain fatty acids.

Mara Jezernik | M.A.Sc. Student
mara.jezernik@mail.utoronto.ca
Mara’s research aims to engineer microbial co-cultures to produce medium chain fatty acids from carbon dioxide, in a bioelectrochemical system.

Joy Lu | M.A.Sc. Student
joy.lu@mail.utoronto.ca

Jasmeen Parmar | M.A.Sc. Student
jasmeen.parmar@mail.utoronto.ca

Shane Orgnero | Ph.D. Student
shane.orgnero@mail.utoronto.ca

Hedieh Hashemi | B.Sc. 2022

Joelle Weir