{"id":1091,"date":"2021-07-21T20:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh-new\/?page_id=1091"},"modified":"2026-03-22T21:49:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T04:49:51","slug":"lab-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/lab-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1091\" class=\"elementor elementor-1091\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-365e2ec7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"365e2ec7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28085672\" data-id=\"28085672\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b67bdbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"4b67bdbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tLab Members  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34124633 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"34124633\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d94515 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61d94515\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Graduate Students (in alphabetical order by last names)<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a58614f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a58614f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd52793\" data-id=\"fd52793\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4b7d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d4b7d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Ben-Arbaugh.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1209\" alt=\"Ben Arbaugh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Ben-Arbaugh.jpg 683w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Ben-Arbaugh-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4cb0c82\" data-id=\"4cb0c82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25abab7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25abab7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Ben Arbaugh, Ph. D. Candidate<\/strong><\/p><p>Ben is studying the genetic bases for long term shelf stability of plant beneficial bacteria microencapsulated in cross-linked alginate microcapsules (CLAMs) using the UC Davis\u00a0<a title=\"SD technology NCD\" href=\"http:\/\/techtransfer.universityofcalifornia.edu\/NCD\/20956.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">patented spray-dry cross-linked alginate encapsulation technology<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-22c6fac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22c6fac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f84412\" data-id=\"0f84412\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d56cbbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d56cbbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"929\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Kayla-Hearn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1211\" alt=\"Kayla Hearn\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Kayla-Hearn.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Kayla-Hearn-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c2b7583\" data-id=\"c2b7583\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a61e5d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a61e5d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Kayla Hearn, Ph. D. Candidate<\/strong><\/p><p>Kayla is the newest member of the lab, with interest in studying cellulose-hydrophobin interactions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d368d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d368d7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f16395c\" data-id=\"f16395c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ad2ba8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ad2ba8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Alex-Hitomi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1210\" alt=\"Alex Hitomi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Alex-Hitomi.jpg 683w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Alex-Hitomi-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7e4e02\" data-id=\"a7e4e02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8fde3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8fde3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Alex Hitomi, Ph. D. Candidate<\/strong><\/p><p>Alex is applying nanoscale advanced imaging analyses to study surface properties of cellulose that impact productive cellulase binding.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e93066 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e93066\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1bcd338\" data-id=\"1bcd338\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbfb3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afbfb3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Lucy-Knowles.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1212\" alt=\"Lucy Knowles\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Lucy-Knowles.jpg 683w, https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jeoh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2026\/03\/Lucy-Knowles-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6745d1a\" data-id=\"6745d1a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d8f56a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d8f56a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Lucy Knowles, Ph.D. Student<\/strong><\/p><p>Lucy is a Ph.D student studying how cellulases and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase (LPMO)s synergize during hydrolysis of cellulose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-daaa4a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"daaa4a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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Candidate<\/strong><\/p><p>Lauren is a USDA scientist investigating enzyme-mediated production of nanocellulose for use in sustainable, renewable bioproducts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lab Members Graduate Students (in alphabetical order by last names) Ben Arbaugh, Ph. 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