Current and Former Lab Members
Dr. Zhenfeng (Jay) Liu, Computational Staff Scientist
Jay is an integral part of our Moore Foundation microbial eukaryotic transcriptomics program. He brings great microbial metagenomics expertise to the group as a scientist and graduate student mentor.
![Dr. Zhenfeng (Jay) Liu](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Zhenfeng-Jay-Liu.jpg)
Lab Alumni
Johanna Holm, PhD 2015
Johanna studied the relationship between microbes and temperate octocorals found off the coast of Southern California.
Current location: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine
![Johanna Holm](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Johanna-Holm.jpg)
Amy Koid, PhD 2014
Amy used a variety of molecular methods to evaluate environmental microbial eukaryotes (protists).
Current location: Adjunct Professor Mt. St. Mary’s University Los Angeles.
![Amy Koid](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Amy-Koid.jpg)
Nadine Eisenkolb (2008-2010) Masters
![Nadine Eisenkolb](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Nadine-Eisenkolb.jpg)
Chris Suffridge (2010-2011, undergraduate and M.S. research)
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Elizabeth Scott (2010-2011, undergraduate and M.S. research)
![](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Elizabeth-Scott.jpg)
Samantha Write (Coastal Carolina University) and Nicole McNabb (Maryville College) 2012 undergraduate summer fellows
![Samantha Write and Nicole McNabb](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Samantha-Write-and-Nicole-McNabb-.jpg)
Christopher Schvarcz 2007 Summer Undergraduate REU Fellow
![Christopher Schvarcz](https://dornsife.usc.edu/heidelberg/wp-content/uploads/sites/282/2023/12/Christopher-Schvarcz.jpg)