| Haoping Liu | Genetics, Microbiology | | | | |
| Edward K. Wagner | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Alexander McPherson | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Betty H. Olson | Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos | Hydrology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Alan G. Barbour | Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Bert L. Semler | Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Sunny Jiang | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Donald F. Senear | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Shiou-Chuan Tsai | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Ruslan D. Aphasizhev | Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin | Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Markus W. Ribbe | Biochemistry, General Biophysics, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Jennifer B. Martiny | General Biology, Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Diego Rosso | Environmental Engineering, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Oladele Ogunseitan | Epidemiology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Hartmut Luecke | General Biophysics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Christine Sutterlin | General Biology, Cell Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Michael E. Selsted | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | | |
| Luis P. Villarreal | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology, Animal Physiology Biology | | | | |
| Jerry E. Manning | Immunology, Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | | |
| Francis L. Carpenter | Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology, Soil Science Agriculture | | | | |
| Wen-Hwa Lee | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Biology, Genetics | | | | |
| Rolf B. Saager | Optics Physics | Beckman Laser Institute | | | Anthony J. Durkin (post-doc) |
| Dmitry Yudovsky | Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Optics Physics | Beckman Laser Institute | | | Anthony J. Durkin (post-doc) |
| William D. Nunn | | | | | |
| Nancy A. Da Silva | Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology Biology | | | | |
| Adam C. Martiny | Microbiology Biology, Oceanography Biology, Ecology Biology | | | | |
| John E. Cronan | Microbiology Biology | | | 1968 | Daniel L. Wulff (grad student) |
| Stanley Maloy | Microbiology, Genetics, Microbiology Biology | Molecular Biology & Biochemistry | 1977 | 1981 | William D. Nunn (grad student) |
| Arul Jayaraman | Chemical Engineering, Microbiology Biology | Chemical Engineering | | 1998 | Thomas K. Wood (grad student) |
| Pauline P. Lieu | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | 2000 | Edward K. Wagner (grad student) |
| Leila A. Khatib | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology, Public Health | | | 2000 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Andrew J. Berger | Optics Physics, Microbiology Biology | Beckman Laser Institute | 1998 | 2000 | Bruce J. Tromberg (post-doc) |
| Tatiana A. Kerentseva | Genetics, Microbiology | | | 2001 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| Douglas C. Pecota | Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology Biology | | | 2001 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Wannana Panuwatsuk | Chemical Engineering, Molecular Biology | | | 2001 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Ryan H. Dwight | Environmental Sciences, Public Health, General Economics | | | 2001 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Chad W. Saltikov | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology, Toxicology | | | 2001 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Kathryn S. Sciabica | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology, Cell Biology | | | 2001 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Keith A. Gottlieb | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology, Animal Physiology Biology | | | 2001 | Luis P. Villarreal (grad student) |
| Idit Hazan | Genetics, Microbiology | | | 2002 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| Samuel W. Stingley | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | 2002 | Edward K. Wagner (grad student) |
| Robert W. Lucas | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | | | 2002 | Alexander McPherson (grad student) |
| Keith A. Luhrs | Molecular Biology | | | 2002 | Jerry E. Manning (grad student) |
| Won-Kyu Lee | Chemical Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology | | | 2003 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Joan M. Shields | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology, Pathology | | | 2003 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Eric T. Vogler | Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Acoustics Physics | | | 2003 | Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos (grad student) |
| Maritza Jauregui | Public Health, Ethnic and Racial Studies | | | 2003 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Jean-Philippe Cartailler | General Biophysics, Molecular Biology | | | 2003 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Glen L. Prosise | Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, General Biophysics | | | 2003 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Brandon L. Walter | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2003 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Christopher T. Cornell | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology, Pathology | | | 2003 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Seh H. Jang | Chemical Engineering | | | 2004 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Robin K. Oshiro | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology, Environmental Engineering | | | 2004 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| I-Hsiung B. Chen | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2004 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Jo E. Brunner | Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology, Biochemistry | | | 2004 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Jenny L. Hardison | Immunology, Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2004 | Jerry E. Manning (grad student) |
| Song Chou | Genetics, Microbiology | | | 2005 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| Debora L. Makino | General Biophysics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Alexander McPherson (grad student) |
| Soo-Jin Lee | Chemical Engineering | | | 2005 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Veronica C. Ardi | Microbiology Biology | | | 2005 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Simon Dagenais | Environmental Sciences, Public Health, Pharmacology | | | 2005 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Lutz Vogeley | Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Adrienne D. Driver | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Kristin M. Bedard | Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Gwendolyn M. Jang | Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Claudia G. Ching | Chemical Engineering, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | | | 2005 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Robert Anders | Hydrology, Microbiology Biology | | | 2006 | Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos (grad student) |
| Ting-Wan Lin | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | | | 2006 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Lisa S. Sander | Environmental Sciences, Mass Communications | | | 2006 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Dhawal Shah | Chemical Engineering | | | 2007 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Hannah Aoyagi | Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering, Public Administration | | | 2007 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Eunice C. Chern | Environmental Sciences | | | 2007 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Sarah J. Becker | Environmental Sciences, Geography, Remote Sensing | | | 2007 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Toby Warden | General | | | 2007 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Puja Pathuri | Biochemistry | | | 2007 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Jenny Q. Dai-Ju | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2007 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Qiyuan Dai | Microbiology Biology | | | 2007 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Christopher D. Crowder | Microbiology Biology | | | 2007 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Saori Furuta | Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Oncology | | | 2007 | Wen-Hwa Lee (grad student) |
| Allison K. Holt | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Biology | | | 2008 | Donald F. Senear (grad student) |
| Tyler P. Korman | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry | | | 2008 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Kelly A. Pollack | Microbiology Biology, Environmental Sciences, Oceanography Biology | | | 2008 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Polen Sean | Microbiology Biology | | | 2008 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Samuel B. Choi | Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Biology | | | 2008 | Sunny Jiang (grad student) |
| Lily Khidr | Molecular Biology, Genetics | | | 2008 | Wen-Hwa Lee (grad student) |
| Ronald D. Etheridge | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2009 | Ruslan D. Aphasizhev (grad student) |
| Brian D. Ames | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2009 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| James A. Hipp | Public Health, Environmental Sciences | Social Ecology - Ph.D. | | 2009 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Jason R. Stagno | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | | | 2009 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Janice M. Yoshizawa | Biochemistry | | | 2009 | Markus W. Ribbe (grad student) |
| Stuart K. Souki | Virology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2009 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Santos Rojas | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | | | 2009 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Kenneth J. Ertel | Virology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2009 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| William Scott Reeburgh | Biogeochemistry, Microbiology Biology, Environmental Sciences | | | | |
| Allen Wang | Genetics, Microbiology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| A. B. Mochon | Genetics, Microbiology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| Phillip B. Gedalanga | Environmental Sciences, Environmental Health, Environmental Engineering | Environmental Health and Science Policy - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Gene-Errol E. Ringpis | Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Ruslan D. Aphasizhev (grad student) |
| Aaron W. Fay | Biochemistry, General Biophysics, Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Markus W. Ribbe (grad student) |
| Felicia Hernandez | Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Laurimar Escudero-Paunetto | Virology Biology, Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Renee A. Marcsisin | Microbiology Biology, Molecular Biology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Janet M. Rozovics | Virology Biology, Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Riley T. Pratt | Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology, Soil Science Agriculture | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Francis L. Carpenter (grad student) |
| Randy L. Wei | Cell Biology, General Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2010 | Wen-Hwa Lee (grad student) |
| Pitiporn Asvapathanagul | Environmental Engineering, Environmental Health, Microbiology Biology | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Pouya Javidpour | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Mary E. Shillito | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Ming-Yue Lee | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology, Chemical Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Irina C. Irvine | General Biology, Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Jennifer B. Martiny (grad student) |
| Hyeong M. Shin | Environmental Health, Public Health, Environmental Engineering | Social Ecology - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Reza Sobhani | Environmental Engineering, Energy | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Diego Rosso (grad student) |
| Sarah L. Daijogo | Virology Biology, Genetics | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Xuning E. Guo | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology Biology, Genetics | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2011 | Wen-Hwa Lee (grad student) |
| Sam Wei Chan | Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering | Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Ph.D. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student), Szu-Wen Wang (grad student) |
| Michael W. Shen | Chemical Engineering, Microbiology Biology | Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Sneha Srikrishnan | Chemical Engineering, Alternative Energy | Chemical and Biochemical Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Nancy A. Da Silva (grad student) |
| Cheng-Yao Tsai | Environmental Engineering, Microbiology Biology | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| China A. Hanson | Ecology Biology, Microbiology Biology, Oceanography Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Jennifer B. Martiny (grad student) |
| Daniel H. Kang | Environmental Sciences, Environmental Health, Inorganic Chemistry | Environmental Health and Science Policy - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Kirsten A. Johnson | General Biology, Cell Biology, Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Christine Sutterlin (grad student) |
| Gabriel K. Ozorowski | General Biophysics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Luman Jiang | Environmental Engineering, Energy | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Diego Rosso (grad student) |
| Joshua D. Smeraldi | Environmental Engineering, Water Resource Management, Environmental Studies | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Diego Rosso (grad student) |
| Linda Y. Tseng | Environmental Engineering | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Diego Rosso (grad student) |
| Elisabeth Baum | Microbiology Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Shelley A. Campeau | Microbiology Biology, Pathology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Alan G. Barbour (grad student) |
| Kerry D. Fitzgerald | Molecular Biology, Virology Biology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Siqian Huang | Environmental Engineering | Engineering - Ph.D. | | 2012 | Sunny Jiang (grad student) |
| John S. Stevenson | Genetics, Microbiology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2013 | Haoping Liu (grad student) |
| Joel J. Bruegger | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | | 2013 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Grace M. Caldara | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Chemistry | | 2013 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Rupak Datta | Epidemiology, Public Health, Medicine and Surgery, Microbiology Biology | Social Ecology - Ph.D. | | 2013 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Kathleen Hibbert | Public Health, Environmental Studies | Social Ecology - Ph.D. | | 2013 | Oladele Ogunseitan (grad student) |
| Bamboo H. Dong | Molecular Biology, Biochemistry | Biological Sciences | | 2013 | Hartmut Luecke (grad student) |
| Jared A. Wiig | Biochemistry | Biological Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2013 | Markus W. Ribbe (grad student) |
| Richard Virgen-Slane | Virology Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Biomedical Sciences - Ph.D. | | 2013 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Andrea L. Cathcart | Virology Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology Biology | Biomedical Sciences | | 2013 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Amanda J. Chase | Virology Biology | Biomedical Sciences | | 2013 | Bert L. Semler (grad student) |
| Tongzhou Wang | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering | | 2014 | Betty H. Olson (grad student) |
| Chi H. Nguyen | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Pharmacy | Biological Sciences | | 2014 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Mark Ou | Microbiology Biology | Biological Sciences | | 2014 | Rozanne M. Sandri-Goldin (grad student) |
| Cecilia S. Batmalle | Microbiology Biology, Oceanography Biology, Ecology Biology | Biological Sciences | | 2014 | Adam C. Martiny (grad student) |
| Jesus F. Barajas | Biochemistry, Molecular Biology | Biological Sciences | | 2015 | Shiou-Chuan Tsai (grad student) |
| Abinesh Ramakrishnan | Electronics and Electrical Engineering | Electrical and Computer Engineering | | 2015 | Mark Ou (grad student) |
| Yonggun Jun | Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics | | | 2016 | Steven P. Gross (post-doc) |
| Alexander B Chase | microbial ecology; natural product chemistry; biogeography | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 2014 | 2018 | Jennifer B. Martiny (grad student) |