Dr. Heba M. Y. Abdelgaffar

Laboratory Manager

Dr. Juan Ferre Manzanero

Visiting Professor (2007)
University of Valencia

Jonathan D. Willis

MS (2007-2009)
Now: PhD student (UT)

Angeles Cancino Rodezno

PhD student (UNAM)
(2007-2009)

Angelina Billinger

Undergrad Lab Assistant
(2008)

Dr. Weibing Shi

CSC Visiting Professor (08-09)
Now at: Roche

Chuck Gouffon

Resarch Assistant
(2008-2009)

Dr. Leo Poorvin

Postdoc (2010-2011)
Now at: Arch Chemicals Inc.

Munawar Saleem Ahmad

HEC Visiting PhD student (2010-11) University of the Punjab

Cristina Crava

Visiting PhD student (2011) University of Valencia

Derek Shirley

MS (2009-2011)

Anais S. Castagnola

PhD (2007-2011) Now Postdoc at University of Arizona

Siva R. K. Jakka

PhD (2009-2013) Now Postdoc at Iowa State University

now at Valent

Dr. Lanzhi Han

CSC visiting scholar (2012-2013)
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Victoria Knight

Undergrad Lab Assistant (2011-2014)

Diego Villanueva Mejia

PhD visiting student 2014
EAFIT and Universidad Nacional (Colombia)

Can Zhao

PhD visiting student
(2013-2015)
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Jilin University (China)

Nilson Rodrigues Da Silva

CAPES PhD visiting student
(2014-2015)
University of Vicosa (Brazil)

Jerreme Jackson

PhD (2008-2015) Now Assistant Professor at University of Northern Iowa

Dr. Likun Long

CSC Visiting Scholar (2014-2015)
Jilin Academy of Agricultural Science (China)

Dr. Tamer A. Mashtoly

Visiting Scholar (2015)
Ain Shams University (Egypt)

Dr. Ping Song

CSC Visiting Scholar (2015-2016)
Agricultural University of Hebei (China)

Philip Moore

Research Associate (2015-2016) now at Eurofins Agrosciences Services

Camila Soares Figueiredo

CAPES PhD visiting student (2016)

Universidade Estadual Paulista Sao Paulo (Brazil)

Rubina Mushtaq

HEC PhD visiting student (2016)

University of the Punjab (Pakistan)

Nicholas Gladstone

Undergrad Lab Assistant

(2014-2016)

Amy Michael

Lab Research Assistant

(2016)

Lin Niu

CSC PhD visiting student (2016-2017)

Huazhong Agricultural University (China)

Dr. Rongmei Liu

Visiting Associate Professor (2016-2017)

Northeast Agricultural University of Harbin (China)

Saxon McDonald

Lab Research Assistant

(2016-2017)

Joaquin Gomis Cebolla

Visiting PhD Student (2017) Universitat de Valencia (Spain)

Dr. Rahul Banerjee

PhD student and postdoctoral Research Associate (2012-2018) now at Corteva

Lucas Hietala

MS Graduate Research
Assistant (2016-2018)

Ahmad Raza

Visiting PhD Student (2017-2018) National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (Pakistan)

Rashini Beragama Arachchi

Visiting PhD Student (2018) Industrial Technology Institute University of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

Dr. Jianfeng Zhong

Visiting Scholar (2017-2018) Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China)

Naymã Dias

Visiting PhD Student (2019) (Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil)

Ratnasri Mallipeddi (Pothula)

EPP PhD Graduate Research
Assistant (2015-2018)

Luciana Belmont

CAPES Visiting PhD Student (2018-2019) (Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil)

Matheus Montefusco de Oliveira

Volunteer Lab Research Assistant (2018-2019)

Giordano Assirati

Volunteer Lab Research Assistant (2019)

Mulundu Mwila

USAID Borlaug Fellow Zambia Agricultural Research Institute (2019)

James (Jim) Dee

Research Associate (2018-2019)

Dylan Parker

Research Assistant (2018-2019)

Dr. Sergio de Bortoli

Visiting Professor
Sao Paulo State University, Brazil (2020)

Dr. Haitao Li

Visiting Scholar
Northeast Agricultural University, China (2019-2020)

Tejas Rao

PhD Graduate Research
Assistant (EPP) now at Mammoth Biosciences

Aria Deluna

MS Graduate Research
Assistant (EPP) now at University of Florida

Dr. Jason Burris

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2020-2021)

Dr. Rafael Ferreira dos Santos

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2019-2022)

Dr. Sawsan Ammar

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022)

Dr. Diego Herman Sauka

Visiting Scholar
INTA Castelar, Argentina (2023)

Dr. Diego Herman Sauka

Postdoctoral Research Associate (2022-2023)

Matheus Moreira Pinto

Visiting Scholar
Sao Paulo State University Brazil (2022-2023)

Selina Brown

Lab Research Assistant
(2020-2023)

Arshita Sharma

Khorana Scholar
(2023)