{"id":332,"date":"2023-12-12T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heidelberg\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2023-12-12T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T20:37:09","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heidelberg\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"  \n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Current and Former Lab Members\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Dr. Zhenfeng (Jay) Liu, Computational Staff Scientist\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heidelberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/282\/2023\/12\/Zhenfeng-Jay-Liu.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Dr. Zhenfeng (Jay) Liu\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n\n                            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Lab Alumni\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Johanna Holm, PhD 2015\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<p><span class=\"il\">Johanna<\/span> studied the relationship between microbes and temperate octocorals found off the coast of Southern California.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current location<\/strong>: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/heidelberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/282\/2023\/12\/Johanna-Holm.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Johanna Holm\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Amy Koid, PhD 2014\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"html-content\">\n<p>Amy used a variety of molecular methods to evaluate environmental microbial eukaryotes (protists).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current location: <\/strong>Adjunct Professor Mt. 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