Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Researchers

Graduate Students

Aline Rodrigues de Queiroz

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr.Rebecca Roston and Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Nathan Abshire

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Toshihiro Obata

Emmanuel Biney

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Toshihiro Obata

Jeremy Brown

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Rebecca Roston

Nipuna Chamara

Biological Systems Engineering

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Catherine Chan

Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Yuvraj Chopra

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Harkamal Walia and Dr. Scott Sattler (USDA)

Shilu Dahal

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Clemencia Rojas

Jensina Davis

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Talles de Oliveira Santos

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Taiwo Dele-Osibanjo

Ph.D., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Toshihiro Obata

Balpreet Dhatt

Ph.D., Agronomy and Horticulture

Starting Year: 2017

Lab Associations:

Dr. Harkamal Walia

Sabiha Ferdous

M.S. - ABSE

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Tyler Ferris

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Holding

Lexie Foster

M.S., Microbiology

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Daniel Schachtman

Bidhan Ghimire

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Mary Happ

P.h.D, Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Hyten Jr.

Ben Harms

M.S. PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Hyten Jr.

Husein Harun

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Rajnee Hasan

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Toshihiro Obata

Mitchell Hockbein

M.S., Plant Pathology

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Lirong Zeng

Lillian Hoffart

Ph.D., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Md Sabbir Hossain

Plant Single Cell Computational Biology

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Marc Libault

Nohemi Huanca-Nuez

Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Fan Huang

Ph.D in Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Jared Hurst

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Preston Hurst

Ph.D., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Holding

Hongyu Jin

Ph.D., Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Ramesh Kanna

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Evan LaBrant

Ph.D., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr.Rebecca Roston

Tithitra Lakkana

Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Fangyi Li

Ph.D.

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Rebecca Roston and Dr. James Schnable

Kyle Linders

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Sai Subhash Mahamkali Venkata Subramanyam

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Marc Libault

Bailey McNichol

Ph.D., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Tristen Mier

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Sadia Mitu

Biological Systems Engineering

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Jonathan Niyorukundo

Ph.D., PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Holding

Joy Omini

Ph.D., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Toshihiro Obata

Leticia Pasqualino

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jeff Mower

Alexander Piper

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Haolin Qu

M.S., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Chi Zhang

Eric Rodene

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jinliang Yang

Jaspreet Sandhu

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Harkamal Walia

Yu Shi

P.h.D, Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Chi Zhang

Zachery Shomo

Ph.D., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2018

Lab Associations:

Dr. Rebecca Roston

Nikee Shrestha

Complex Biosystems PhD program.

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Sojan Shrestha

Ph.D., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Etsuko N. Moriyama

Cailin Smith

PhD., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Rebecca Roston

Binita Subedi

M.S., Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Heriberto Cerutti

Sutton Tennant

M.S. PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Marc Libault

Kantilanta Thapa

M.S., Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Michael Tross

Ph.D., Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Musa Ulutas

M.S., Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jinliang Yang

Ali Waqar

Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Xiaoxue Wen

M.S., Complex Biosystems

Starting Year: 2017

Lab Associations:

Dr. Heriberto Cerutti

Weilong Yang

M.S., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Chi Zhang

Yuguo Yang

Ph.D., Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2018

Lab Associations:

Dr. Sabrina Russo

Zhikai Yang

M.S., Systems Analysis

Starting Year: 2018

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jinliang Yang

Junxiao Zhang

M.S., Biological Systems Engineering

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Postdoctoral Researchers

Arvind Kumar Dubey

Center for Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Heriberto Cerutti

Ahmed Esmael

Molecular Biology

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Van Etten

Rui Guan

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Hyojin Kim

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Panya Kim

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Asha Kumari

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Huang Li

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2020

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jeff Mower

Mu Li

Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Bin Yu

Thiago Andrade Maia

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2023

Lab Associations:

Dr. Clemencia Rojas

Omar Murad

Biological Sciences

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Yufeng Ge

Anil Kumar Nalini Chandran

Starting Year: 2020

Lab Associations:

Dr. Harkamal Walia

Kiyoul Park

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Edgar Cahoon

Alan Cervantes-Perez

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Marc Libault

Seema Sahay

Plant Science Innovation

Starting Year: 2019

Lab Associations:

Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Jacqui Siqueira

Agronomy & Horticulture

Lab Associations:

Dr. David Hyten Jr.

Jorge Vladimir Torres-Rodriguez

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. James Schnable

Benjamin Turc

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Katarzyna Glowacka

Jithesh Vijayan

Biochemistry

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Rebecca Roston

Chaofeng Wang

Starting Year: 2022

Lab Associations:

Dr. Lirong Zeng

Gen Xu

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2021

Lab Associations:

Dr. Jinliang Yang

Yong Xue

Agronomy & Horticulture

Starting Year: 2018

Lab Associations:

Dr. Bin Yu