Research Staff

Aala Abdulaziz Abulfaraj

Visiting Researcher

Ahmed Mohamed Kazlak

Bioinformatician

Research Interests: bioinformatics, genome editing, genome engineering, synthetic biology

Aparna Balakrishna

Research Specialist

Research Interests: carotenoids, carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase, apocarotenoids ccd, gene expression, enzymatic activity

Ashley Bryce Pursglove

Research Specialist

Bhagya Lakshmi Girjia

Lab Support Technician

Research Interests: women's health, cardiovascular & neuro physiology

Catherine Helen Gardener

Research Specialist

Chad Woodward Vietti

CEA Technician

Chakravarthy Rajan

Research Specialist

Research Interests: plant molecular biology, plant secondary metabolites, cell culture and tissue culture, plant transformation studies

Daniela Strnadova

Lab Assistant

Danni Zou

Greenhouse Technician

Durga Devi Prabhu

Lab Technician

Elisabet Poquet Faig

Greenhouse Technician

Gabrielle Michaux

Lab/Greenhouse Technician

Gowthami Ravichandran

Laboratory Technician

Hanna Mohsen Alhoraibi

Visiting Researcher

Heli Yang

Lab Technician

Jisun Min

Lab Technician

Junyue Yao

Lab Technician

Kit Xi Liew

Research Specialist

Krishnaveni Sanikommu

Lab Technician

Kymbat Zhakupova

Research Specialist

Lamis Berqdar

Research Assistant

Research Interests: plant science, molecular biology, data analysis

Lina Maria Caceres Leal

Greenhouse Technician

Mahmoud Baker

CEA Technician

Mara Miculan

Research Specialist

Research Interests: plant genomics, transposable elements, quantitative genetics, evolutionary biology, population genomics

Mirko Celii

Research Specialist

Muntjeeb M. Syed

Visiting Researcher

Nataliya Kovalchuk

Research Specialist

Noha Omar Saber

Research Specialist

Research Interests: molecular biology, salinity tolerance

Norhan Hassan

Research Specialist

Nouf Owdah Alshareef

Visiting Researcher

Oliver R. Powell

Visiting Researcher

Priyanka Kalambettu

Research Specialist

Qurbat Zahra

Lab Technician

Research Interests: networking, IT, human computer interface

Rebekah Elizabeth Waller

Agricultural Specialist

Rewaa Sauod Jalal

Visiting Researcher

Saad Hammad

Greenhouse Assistant

Shuming Yan

Lab Technician

Trang Dinh

Lab Support

Vijayalakshmi Ponnakanti

Greenhouse Assistant

Wesley Hopwood

Civil and Agricultural Engineer

Research Interests: sustainable desert greenhouses

Xinjing Xu

Lab Technician

Yao Wu

Lab Support