People

Past Members - We miss you all!!

Visiting Professors

Dr. Adriano Sofo, Dipartimento delle Culture Europee e del Mediterraneo, Universita degli Studi della Basilicata, Matera, Italy
Dr. Olivier Rodrigues, Departement Sciences Vegetales et Agronomie, Ecole d'Ingenieurs de PURPAN, Toulouse, France
Dr. Pedro Soares Vidigal Filho, Departmento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Brazil
Dr. Maria Celeste Goncalves Vidigal, Departmento de Agronomia, Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Brazil
Dr. Claudia Barros Monteiro Vitorello, Departmento de Genetica, ESALQ, Universidade de São Paulo, Piracicaba, Brazil
Dr. Inhwa Yeam, Department of Horticulture and Breeding, College of Natural Sciences, Andong National University, Korea

Research Assistants and Associates

Alice Pierce (Graduate Student, UC Davis)
Joseph (Zeke) Student (Graduate Student, UC Davis)
Dr. Paula Oblessuc (Director of Department of Crop Protection, InnovPlantProtect Collaborative Lab, Elvas, Portugal)
Dr. Nathan Pumplin (Scientist, Joyn Bio, Sacramento, CA)
Anthony Salvucci (Associate Research Scientist, Agrinos, Davis, CA)
Dr. Debanjana Roy (Quality Compliance Manager, Kraft Heinz Foods, Iowa)
Blaine Thompson, M.Sc. (Lecturer in Amarillo, TX)
Lenore Price, M.Sc. (Research Assistant, UNT Health Center, Fort Worth, TX)
Dr. Christina Baker (Post-doctoral fellow, University of Nebraska –Lincoln)
Dr. Sridev Mohapatra (Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India)

Graduate Students

Madeleine MacConnell (Ph.D., Horticulture and Agronomy) -
Gabrielle Rossidivito (Ph.D., Plant Biology) -
Brianna Fochs (Ph.D., Plant Biology) -
Joseph (Zeke) Student (M.Sc., Horticulture and Agronomy) -
Jirachaya (Best) Yeemin (Ph.D., Horticulture and Agronomy) - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Burapha University Sakaeo Campus, Thailand
Logan DeMott (Ph.D., Plant Pathology) - Strain Development Lead at Balletic Foods, Davis, CA
Cristián Jacob (Ph.D., Horticulture and Agronomy) - Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Jeanine Montano (M.Sc., Plant Pathology) - Illumina, San Diego
Debanjana Roy (Ph.D., Biology) - Post-doctoral fellow, UC Davis
Ahmed Shahid (M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, co-advised with Dr. S. Iqbal)
Shweta Panchal (Ph.D., Biology) - Postdoctoral Fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
Nisita Obulareddy (Ph.D., Biology) - Data Scientist at Kolher Co., Kohler, Wisconsin
Reejana Chitrakar (M.Sc. Biology) - Quality Engineer at Swiss-American Products, Inc. Carrollton, TX, USA

Visiting Scholars (PhD Students)