People

Current Laboratory Personnel:

 Da Boss Da Crab
   

Visiting Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows
Zeeshan Hyder (May 2007 - Nov 2007)
Visiting Scinetist from University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Dr. Guangxing Bai (Oct 2005 - Aug 2007)
Senior Scientist from NERP Technologies, Inc.
Graduate Students
  Guangyu Liu
     
Undergrad Students
TJ Clark  
 



Laboratory Alumni:

Visiting Scientists and Postdoctoral Fellows
  Dr. Sanggyu Park  (Jan 2006 - Dec 2006)
Visiting Scinetist from Daegu University, S. Korea
   Saqlan Naqvi (July 2003 - June 2004)
Visiting Scientist from Univ. of Arid Agriculture,
Ralwapindi, Pakistan
Dr. Adel Guirgis

 1. (Oct 1998 - Jan 1999)
2. (July 2003 - Dec 2003)
Visiting Scientist from Menofaya University, Zagazig, Egypt

Dr. Djoko Santoso  (October 2003 ­ November
Visiting Scientist from Center for Estate Crops, Djakarta, Indonesia
Mustapha Zemzami  (Oct 1996 - Nov 1997)
Visiting Scientist from Royal Domains, Morocco
Dr. Mustapha Aitchitt  (Oct 1996 - Nov 1997)
Visiting Scientist from INRA, Morocco
Dr. Sanggyu Park  (Jan 1999 - Jan 2000)
Visiting Scinetist from Taegu University, S. Korea
Dr. Miguel Caviedes  (Aug 1991 - Jan 1993)
Visiting Scientist -University of Seville
Dr. Xiaoyue Li  (July 1989 - Aug 1990)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently project manager in industry
Dr. Indira Singh  (Jan 1989 - Dec1989)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently on staff EnviroBiotech in Reading, PA.
Dr. Ned Klopfenstein  (Mar 1987 - July 1990)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently with the US Forest Service, Lincoln NE.

Graduate Students
Gang Ren PhD in Biochemistry 2007
Thesis title: Starch Metabolism in the nectary of ornamental tobacco
Currently: Postdoctoral fellow at Penn State Univ.
Dr. Chris Kafer PhD in Biochemistry 2002
Thesis title: .Control of yrimidine metabolism in
Arabidopsis thaliana
Currently: Research Scientist at BASF.
Sam Sareini  MS in Biochemistry 2002
Thesis title: .Identification and characterization of the major
seed peroxidase in Setaria faberi
Currently: Ensign on active duty in the US Navy.
Dr. Clay Carter  PhD in Biochemistry 2002
Thesis title: Identification and characterization of paroteins
expressed in the nectar of ornamental tobacco.
Currently: Assistant Professor of Biology at Univ. Minnesota, Duluth.
Dr. Djoko Santoso  MS in Biochemistry 1991
PhD in Biochemistry 1995
Thesis title: 5-Fluoroorotic acid-selected cell lines and regulation of UMP
synthase gene expression in tobacco cells.
Currently: Senior Fellow at Center for Estate Crops, Djakarta, Indonesia.
Dr. Lan Zhou  PhD in Biochemistry 1997
Thesis title: Use of the pyrimidine pathway to produce mutant plants
that fail to respond to wound-induction.
Currently: Research Fellow at Pioneer Hi-bred, Johnston, Iowa.
Richard Graham  MS in Biochemistry 1998
Thesis title: Nectarins, a novel class of proteins that are secreted
into the nectar of plants.
Currently: Gurduate student at University of North Carolina
Tadeusz Kornaga  MS in Biochemistry 1993
Thesis title: Genetic and biochemical characterization of an unstable flower
color phenotype in interspecific crosses of Nicotiana sp.
Currently: Technician at University of Iowa.
Nian-Qing Shi  MS in Plant Pathology 1991
Thesis title: Construction of a UMP synthase gene for use as a negative
selectable marker in plants.
Currently: whereabouts unknown.
Dr. Sanggyu Park  PhD in Biochemistry 1991
Thesis title: Isolation and characterization of a Potato Proteinase Inhibitor II gene whose expression is not wound-inducible. Currently: currently Professor of Biochemistry and Dean of Student Affairs at Taegu University, S. Korea

Undergraduate Students
  Kyle Taylor Currently graduate student at Stanford University
  Dana Frits Currently a middle school science teacher
Juliana Brasil currently a graduate student at Universidáde Federal do Ceará
Rob Stupka In memorium (03/19/84 - 12/1/05)
De Lu (Tyler) Yin Currently a graduate student at the University of Minnesota
Amy Radermacher Currently a graduate student at Stanford University
Jocylene Fiaux currently a postdoctoral fellow at Swiss Fed. Inst. of Tech. (ETH) Zurich
Noel Bettinville currently
Larissa Menezes currently a postdoctoral fellow in North Carolina
Amy Radermacher currently a graduate student at Stanford Univrsity
Steve Whitham Recieved PhD, UC-Berkeley
currently Assistant Professor at ISU
Andi Kernan homemaker and mother of twins
Rose Brannon currently a technician at NIH, Bethesda, MD
Brock Weers currently a technician at University of Iowa
Jeff McDermitt currently a technician at Department of Plant Pathology at ISU
Tom Maier currently a technician at Department of Plant Pathology at ISU
Greg Szoumlas MD University of Iowa
currently in private practice

Technical Personnel
David Allchurch Currently highschool science teacher in St. Louis
Anna Klyne May 2004 - March 2006



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