Meet Our Team

Cheng Li

Assistant Professor

As an environmental engineer, I study electroactive microorganisms that can interact with electricity. Yes, some of them are conductive — how cool are they!

Jenna Porter

PhD Student

I am a PhD student in the Biological and Ecological Engineering department at Oregon State University, working with marine microbial fuel cells. Specifically, I focus on culturing the bacterial electrogens involved using novel methods. I am hoping to generate isolated cultures to study interactions within defined microbial communities. I graduated with my BS in Microbiology (2023) and a MS in Food Science and Technology (2025) at Oregon State University.

Keira Wilson

Undergraduate Research Assistant

I am a sophomore undergraduate majoring in microbiology with a minor in chemistry. Currently, my focus is on maintaining, isolating, and analyzing cultures of cable bacteria from local sediments. I am also assisting with the maintenance and construction of marine microbial fuel cells.