Professor
Research Specialists, Researchers, and Research Interns
Postdoctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Current Undergraduate Students
- Beth Berger
- Abigail Wu
- Tyra Haugen
- Owen Nation
- Eve Lazarski
- Raymond Tung
- Will Ranger
- Trevor Holten
- Andi Koslowski
- Ariff Dziqri bin Ismadi
- Addison Hanna Berglund
- Victoria Cvetelinova Petrinski
- Aniketh Kancherla
- Damien Zingaro
- Ryan Williams
- Harper Toberman
- Ruiying Wang
- Mingda Wu
- Ivy Raya
- Dylan Thurnbauer
- Maya Pham
- Ava Johnson
- Grace Durand
- Katherine Stanek
- Syed Danish Ammar Syed Azam Fouzi
- Molly O’Neill
- Crystal Chan
Alumni
Former Visiting Scientists and Professors:
Former Postdoctoral Researchers:
Former Graduate Students:
Former Staff Members:
Former Undergraduate Students, High School Students, Visiting Students:
- Paulo Ivan Fernandes Júnior (September 2022 - March 2024), Scientific Researcher at Embrapa Semiárido, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), Brazil
- Oswaldo Valdés-López (September 2022 - December 2022), Professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico
Former Postdoctoral Researchers:
- Burcu Alptekin (June 2020 - September 2025) - Now Assistant Professor at the University of Ohio
- Biswajit Samal (September 2022 - August 2025)
- Rafael Espejel Vanado (July 2022 - July 2025) - Now at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
- Kimberly Gibson (June 2023 - March 2024) - Now Postdoc at Inclusive Innovation for Climate Smart Agriculture
- Nivedita (December 2022 - November 2023) - Now Postdoc at the University of Wisconsin- Madison
- Sanhita Chakraborty (July 2018 – August 2023) - Now Postdoc at Texas A&M University
- Jennifer Wilker (March 2021 - present) - Now Lead Bean Breeder at the Latin America and the Caribbean Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
- Christina Arther (July 2020 - June 2022) - Now Scientist at the US Dairy Forage Research Center of ARS-USDA
- Claire Benezech (September 2021 - March 2022) - Now a postdoctoral researcher in France
- April MacIntyre (August 2020 - January 2022) - Now, Soil Microbiologist at Valent Biosciences
- Thomas Irving (December 2017 - October 2021) - Now, Postdoc at the University of Cambridge, UK
- Vânia C. Silva Pankievicz (March 2018 – March 2021) - Now, at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil
- Devanshi Khokhani (January 2018 – August 2020) - Now, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota
- Lucas Gontijo Silva Maia (January 2018 – February 2020) - Now Postdoc at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Ray Collier (August 2016 – November 2017) – Now Molecular Services Department Research Manager at the Wisconsin Crop Innovation Center
- Kevin Garcia (January 2014 – September 2017) – Now an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University
- Matthew Crook (January 2012 – June 2017) – Now an Assistant Professor at Weber State University
- Angel R. Del Valle-Echevarria (January 2015 – December 2015) – Now, a postdoc at the University of Hawaii.
- Dhileepkumar Jayaraman (August 2013 – December 2014) – Now works at the SAS software company.
- Pierre-Marc Delaux (November 2011 - November 2014) - Now a Senior Researcher (Directeur de Recherches, DR1) at Centre de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France.
- Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran (April 2010 – August 2013) - Now, a Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Platteville.
- Oswaldo Valdés-López (November 2012 - July 2013) Now a Full Professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
- Arijit Mukherjee (January 2008 – July 2012) - Now an Associate Professor at the University of Central Arkansas.
- Désirée Den Os (January 2008 – April 2010) - Now, Lecturer Molecular, Plant, Biology at Hanzehogeschool Groningen / Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, Netherlands.
- Kannan Iyyamperumal (September 2005 – September 2006) - Now working for Applied Biotech Industries Inc.
Former Graduate Students:
- Cristobal Carrera Carriel (Ph.D. completed in August 2024, co-advised with Nancy Keller, Genetics Doctoral Training program, UW-Madison) - Now postdoc at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
- Garrett Larsen (M.S. completed in June 2024, co-advised with Jyostna Mura, Plant Breeding Plant Genetics program, UW-Madison) - Now Soil Conservationist at the WI USDA-NRCS.
- Zachary Keyser (Ph.D. completed in May 2021, Plant Breeding Plant Genetics, UW-Madison) - Now Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Corteva Agriscience.
- Shivangi Vayla (M.S completed in May 2020, Bacteriology, UW-Madison) - Now Molecular Biologist at the Texas Health and Human Services.
- Anthony Bortolazzo (Ph.D. completed in March 2020, Genetics Doctoral Training program, UW-Madison) - Now Senior Research Associate at Joint Genome Institute, CA.
- Tomás Rush (Ph.D. completed in August 2019, Plant Pathology, UW-Madison). Now an Associate Staff Scientist in the Biosciences Division at the DOE Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL)
- Lindsay Chamberlain (M.S. completed in August 2019, Agronomy, co-advised with Shawn Conley, UW-Madison)
- Michelle Keller-Pearson (Ph.D. completed in August 2019, co-advised with Dr. Erin Silva, Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison). Now Life Sciences Instructor at Spokane Falls Community College
- Marian Lund-Bolton (Ph.D. completed in May 2019, Plant Pathology, co-advised with Shawn Conley, UW-Madison). Now Plant Pathologist at Eurofins BioDiagnostics Inc..
- Taylor Wahlig (Ph.D. completed in May 2019 with Dr. Charles Kaspar, Microbiology Doctoral Training Program, UW-Madison). Now a CPEP Clinical Microbiology Fellow at the University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Shane Bernard (M.S. completed in December 2018, Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison). Now a Scientist at PPD.
- Kevin Cope (Ph.D. completed in September 2018, Cellular and Molecular Biology, UW-Madison). Now postdoc at the DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
- David Marburger (Ph.D. completed in February 2016, co-advised with Dr. Shawn Conley, Agronomy, UW-Madison). Now Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University
- Audrey Wiley-Kalil (Ph.D. completed in May 2015) (Plant Pathology, UW-Madison). Now USDA Plant Pathologist at Williston Research Extension Center.
- Kari Forshey (M.S. completed in June 2012, Genetics, UW-Madison). Now Academic Editor at American Journal Experts.
- Dhileepkumar Jayaraman (Ph.D. completed in May 2011) (Plant Breeding Plant Genetics, UW-Madison). Now, at the SAS software company.
- Li Huey Yeun (Ph.D. completed in May 2011) (Plant Breeding Plant Genetics, UW-Madison).
- Branden Furseth (M.S. completed in January 2011, co-advised with Dr. Shawn Conley) (Agronomy, UW-Madison). Now at Dow AgroSciences.
- Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran (Ph.D. completed in March 2010) (Plant Pathology, UW-Madison). Now Professor at the University of Wisconsin – Platteville.
- Géraldine Lougnon (Ph.D. completed in May 2007, University of Paris XI, France). Now project director AMOA at Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
- Elsa Messinese (Ph.D. completed in May 2007, University of Toulouse, France). Now biology teacher at Cours Esquirol Novétude Santé, Toulouse, France.
Former Staff Members:
- Caelin Smith (September 2024 - August 2025)
- Bren Myers (November 2022 - August 2024), now a graduate student at the University of New Hampshire
- Shannon Dohr (January 2024 - August 2024), now a graduate student at Washington University
- Lucas Crawford (January 2023 - February 2024), now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Caitlin McLimans (May 2021 - April 2024)
- Lauren King (June 2023 - December 2023)
- Fletcher Robbins (May 2022 - May 2023), now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Hayley Hirsch (May 2121 - May 2023), now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Bjorn H. Karlsson (January 2021 - December 2022), now retired
- Valentina Infante (February 2019 - September 2021), now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Sophia Ward (August 2021 - August 2022), now a research specialist at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- Isabel Dello (August 2020 - July 2021), now a graduate student at Cornell University
- Sarika Marathe (September 2021 - May 2022), now a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Shivangi Vayla (July 2020 - July 2021), now a molecular biologist at Texas Health and Human Services
- Bailey Kleven (May 2018 - March 2020), now a graduate student at Michigan State University
- Danielle Graham (August 2015 - January 2016), now a Safety and Occupational Health Specialist at USDA
- Shanmugam Rajasekar (July 2013 - October 2016)
- Coralie Barthelemy-Delaux (March 2013 - September 2013)
- Maegen Howes-Podoll (December 2008 - December 2010), now Quality Coordinator at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostics Laboratory
- Michael J. Donath (June 2008- September 2008), now an Engineering Technician at Illumina
- Najia Zaman (February 2006 - May 2007), now a high/middle school biology teacher at the Granada Islamic School, CA
- Nicole J. Burns (November 2004 - December 2005), now Scientist Lab Medicine - Variant Analyst at the Children's Hospital Colorado
Former Undergraduate Students, High School Students, Visiting Students:
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