PI

Wei Qin
Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
weiqin@illnois.edu

Education:
B.S., Environmental Science, Beijing Normal University, 2010
Ph.D., Environmental Microbiology, University of Washington, 2016
Simons Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, 2017-2020

Research Areas:
Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Physiology and Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Genomics, Nitrogen-cycling Microorganisms.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Hui Shen
Ph.D.
Marine Chemistry
Xiamen University

Zhiguo Zhang
Ph.D.
Environmental Microbiology
Westlake University

Graduate Students

Qing Tao (Ph.D. student)
M.S.
Microbiology
Nanjing Agricultural University

Shuyue Li (Ph.D. student)
Bachelor
Ecology
Xiamen University

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Josh Bell
Microbiology Major

Former Postdocs

Hanyan Li
Ph.D.
Environmental Engineering
University of Utah

Lei Hou
Ph.D.
Marine Microbiology
Xiamen University

Xiangkun Kong
Ph.D.
Microbiology
Nanjing Agricultural University

Michael Wells
Now Assistant Professor at Luisiana Tech University

Former Lab Manager

Xiangpeng Li
Now Staff Scientist at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Former Technician

Long Ngo
Now MD Student at University of Oklahoma Medical School

Former Graduate students

Michael Chlouber
M.S.
Microbiology
University of Oklahoma

Nan Rong (visiting Ph.D. student)
M.S.
Soil Science
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Former Undergraduates

Bella Quan
Microbiology Major
Now MD student at University of Okalhoma Medical School

Zach Perry
Biology Major
Now MD student at Baylor College of Medicine

Karissa Heath
Biology Major

Pierce Harvell Microbiology Major 

William Moffatt
Biochemistry Major

Haley Jackson
Biology Major 

Malia Hixson
Biology Major
Now MD student at University of Oklahoma Medical School

Salma Waheed
Biology Major
Now MD student at University of Oklahoma Medical School 

Dala Korkoyah
Microbiology Major

Anna Giles
Microbiology Major

Caroline Honea
Microbiology Major