Current Members

Members	Education Background	Research Interests
Professor	Liangcheng Du PhD, Royal Vet and Ag University, Copenhagen, Denmark Postdoc, University of California, Davis	Research in the Du group is at the interface of chemistry and biology. Specifically, we are studying the molecular mechanisms by which organisms (bacteria, fungi and plants) make structurally complex, biologically active natural products. Our goal is to use this knowledge to produce new bioactive products through genetic engineering. The studies involve tools and knowledge from biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and chemistry.
PhD Student	Nike Idowu Osun State University	Molecular mechanisms for transport and biosynthesis of bioactive natural products.
PhD Student	Pinky Chowdhury BS, University of Chittagong; MS, Konkuk University	Synthetic biology in Lysobacter to activate silent gene clusters to produce new natural products.
PhD Student	Shankar Ganesh BS, MS, Amrita University	Metabolic engineering of biosynthetic gene clusters for new antibiotics and pathogenicty-related natural products.
PhD Student	Ruth Sesi BS, University of Cape Coast	Genome mining for new bioactive natural products.
PhD Student	Chisheng Zhu MS, Chinese Academy of Sciences BS, Ocean University of China	Biological functions of new bioactive natural products.
Undergraduate Student	Oscar Vlcek University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Synergistic chemical interactions between multiple Lysobacter strains in a co-culture environment.
Undergraduate Student	Shijin Hao University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Lysobacter Phenazines as Emerging Biocontrol Agents of Plant Diseases.