Current Lab Members

Venkatesan Sundaresan, PhD

Principal Investigator​

Debra Skinner, PhD

Project Scientist

Project:
Patterning of the Arabidopsis Embryo Sac

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Tushar Garg, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Esteban Veliz, BS

PhD Candidate

Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Hui Ren, BS

PhD Candidate

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Aaron R. Milanese, MS

PhD Candidate

Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Devin Romines; BS, BA

PhD Candidate

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Ashley Chrisman, BS

PhD Student

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Tinghao "Tim" Ruan, MS

PhD Student
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Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Hannah Peha, BS

PhD Student
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Emma Haines

Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Winnie Hsiao, BS

Intern
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis; The Rice Microbiome

Jackie Fenner, BS

Junior Specialist​

​Project:
​The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Hoang-An Huynh

Intern
​
Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Former Lab Members

Haoyang Fan

Undergraduate Volunteer
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Project:
​The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Aaditi Gaikwad, BS

Junior Specialist
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Tessa Reid, PhD

Visiting Scholar
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Project:
The Rice Microbiome
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Dawn Lahey

Undergraduate Volunteer
​
Project:
​The Rice Microbiome

Junda "David" Huang, BS

Intern
​
Project:
​The Rice Microbiome

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Kyle Shankle​

Graduate Student

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Connor Tumelty

Rotating Graduate Student
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Elise Gin

Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Michael "Mikey" Talty

Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Project:
​The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Samantha "Sam" Tang

Undergraduate Volunteer
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Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Molly Smith

Undergraduate Volunteer
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Project:
​The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Christina Gumenyuk

Undergraduate Volunteer
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Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Siqi Wang

Undergraduate Student Assistant
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Project:
The Rice Microbiome
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Kashaf Zafar

Visiting Scholar
​
Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Adrian Garcia

Junior Specialist

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Nathan Tran

Undergraduate Volunteer

Project:
Rice Microbiome

Michelle Mallari

Undergraduate Volunteer

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Zachary "Zach" Liechty

Graduate Student, Postdoctoral Researcher

Project:
The Rice Microbiome
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Chenxin Li

Graduate Student

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis
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Imtiyaz Khanday

Project Scientist

Project:
​The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

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Lais Moretti

Visiting Scholar

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Lynne Hagelthorn

Junior Specialist

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Ryan Melnyk

Postdoctoral Researcher

Project:
The Rice Microbiome

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Binyu "Michelle" Cui

Undergraduate Researcher

Project:
The Zygotic Transition & Synthetic Apomixis

Christian Santos-Medellín

Graduate Student

Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Joseph Edwards

Graduate Student

Project:
The Rice Microbiome

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Bao Nguyen

Graduate Student
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Project:
The Rice Microbiome

Alana Firl

Monica Alandete

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Sarah Anderson

Jodiemae Bernardino

Graduated

Chris Bogstad

Undergraduate Student

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Asuman Buzkan

Postgraduate Researcher
She misses rice planting

Hernando Cadet

Internship NSF Maize and Rice
Small RNAs

Arnaud Capron

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Santhosh Kumar Chellian

Postdoctoral Researcher

Edwin Chuck

Undergraduate Student

Liza Conrad

Assistant Professor at Eckerd College

Kimberly Cope

Honors Project Student

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Amy Doan

Junior Specialist

Kelsey Galimba

Junior Specialist

Rachel Giffin

Undergraduate Student

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Pat Hogan

Lab Manager

Shao Hong Qu

Postdoctoral Researcher

Brian Howard

Visiting Undergraduate

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Fahmy Mamuya

Visiting Undergraduate

Thomas Irvine

John Jaeger

Junior Specialist

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Cameron Johnson

Assistant Project Scientist

Swati Kadam

Undergraduate Student

Yori Leshem

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Cindi Lewis

Visiting Undergraduate

Xiao Lin Yu

Sabbatical Fellow

Zhenning Liu

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Eugene Lurie

Satinder Nagra

Undergraduate Student

Quy Ngo

Graduated PhD

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Bindu Nishal

Graduated PhD

Gabriela Pagnussat

Postdoctoral Researcher

Aneesh Panoli

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Ravi Patel

Now in Grad School

Jong Park

Postdoctoral Researcher

Temetra Parker

Undergraduate Student

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Xiongbo Peng

Anna Persson

Postgraduate Researcher
She misses rice harvest

Resmi Radhamony

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Cassandra Ramos

Junior Specialist

Xiaoya Song

Graduate Student

Natraj Podishetty

Postdoctoral Researcher

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Greg Wall

Graduate Student

Fahm Saeteurn

Graduated

Sherry Saeteurn

Undergraduate Student

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Maryanne Yu

Undergraduate Student

Anandkumar Surendrarao

Post Graduate Researcher
Now Grad Student

Kristin Tennessen

Graduate Student

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Li Yuan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Eva Yang

Graduated

Hee-Ju Yu

Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

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