Lab Members
Rishi Aryal - Molecular mechanism of sex reversal in papaya
Jennifer Han - Evolution of sex chromosomes, functional genomic analysis of sex determination and peduncle length regulation in Carica papaya
Robert Van Buren - Sex determination in papaya, sex chromosome evolution in plants, flowering gene networks, and comparative genomics and molecular genetics of tropical fruit trees
James Walsh - Functional genomic analysis of biomass production/lignin biosynthesis and evolutionary study of sugarcane
Daniel Weber
Fanchang Zeng - Understanding and implementing all aspects of genomics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics to explore molecular basis relating to sex determination and evolution in plants
Jie Arro - Analysis of starch production and domestication of sugarcane
Will Wadlington - Sequencing the sex chromosomes, discovering the genes that cause sexual dimorphism, and characterizing monoecy in spinach.
Jennifer Wai
Mariah Pushko
Setu Chakrabarty - Male sterility in Arabidopsis
Visiting Scientists
Lei-ting Li - Comparative analysis of the papaya genome and functional analysis of X- and Y-specific regions in papaya
Aiqin Wang - Analysis of the cellulase gene family in sugarcane
Undergraduates
Laura Chatham
Chris Deamont
Jamille Dictado
Uttam Singh
Former Members
Andrea Gschwend - Sex determination and evolution of sex chromosomes in Carica papaya
Qiong Zhang - Functional and evolutionary analysis of papaya genome
Felipe Nebo - PhD student in Genetics and Plant Breeding (ESALQ/USP - Brazil). Research Scholar (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Experience with molecular genetics and stress physiology. Main research area is molecular genetics of sugarcane, with emphasis on tolerance to drought stress for breeding
Jisen Zhang - Functional genomic analysis of biomass production/sucrose/cellulose biosynthesis and evolutionary study of sugarcane
Lin Zhu - Functional genomic analysis of sugar transporters and evolutionary study of sugarcane
Haiping Xin - Whole genome wide domestication site identification in grape; Marker associated selection in grape breeding
Brandon James - PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cuixia Chen - Professor, Shandong Agricultural University, China
Jan Murray - Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canada
Jong-Kuk Na - National Academy of Agriculture Science, Korea
Jianping Wang - Assistant Professor, University of Florida
Andrea L. Blas - Post-Doc, Centre de Recerca Agrigenómica, Spain
Chengming Liu - Visiting Scientist, Professor, South China Agriculture University
Meghan R. Jones - Virginia Tech
Rachel L. Skelton - PhD Student, Vanderbilt University
Qingyi Yu - Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
Virginie Lachaise - Visiting Undergraduate student, France
Moriah Eustice - PhD Student, UC San Diego
Olivia J. Veatch - PhD Student, Vanderbilt University
Makandar Ragiba - Associate Professor, University of Hyderabad, India
Joseph W. Charlton - Mexico
Heather M. Pearl - UC Berkely
Christine M. Ackerman - PhD Student, Northwestern University
Raji Srinivasan - Visiting Graduate Student, University of Hawaii
Mark W. Crepeau - UC Davis
Zhiyong Liu - Professor, China Agriculture University
Hao Ma - Research Scientist, University of West Virginia
Minna S. Kim - CIA
Cecila Y. Kato - USDA, ARS
Denise L. Steiger - Hawaii