Meet the people behind de Los Reyes Lab


Yi-Chun Lai 

PhD student – Microalgae Harvesting
BS Env. Science, National Tsing Hua University

From: Taoyuan, China
Fun fact: I was on my college badminton team in undergrad.

Savanna Smith

PhD student – Microbial Community Assembly of Anaerobic Systems
BS Civil Engineering, Univ. of Texas at Austin

From: Kealakekua, HI and Rockport, TX
Fun fact: My family used to have a herd of woollies sheep to keep the pasture vegetation in control.

Jenny Ding 

PhD student, Main Adviser: Dr. Doug Call Volatile Fatty Acids from Anaerobic Degradation
BS Env. Engineering, Jiangnan University

From: Chengdu, China
Fun fact: I have synesthesia so I see colors and textures for numbers and words.