Current Members
Michael Guzmán
PhD Student in Plant Biology (2019- …)
KAI2 ligand biosynthesis and karrikin metabolism
Annalise Kane
PhD Student in Plant Biology (2021- …)
Engineering strigolactone biosynthesis in crops
Claudia Sepulveda
PhD Student in Plant Biology (2024- …)
KAI2 ligand metabolism and integration with nutrient status
Dave Nelson
Principal Investigator
Writing and meetings
Former Postdocs, Graduate Students, Technicians
Alex White
PhD student in Plant Biology (2019-2024)
Sunhyun Chang
Postdoctoral researcher Shabek Lab, UC Davis
PhD student in Plant Biology (2019-2024)
Satoshi Ogawa
Assistant Professor Kyoto University, Japan
Visiting Scholar &
JSPS Fellow (2022-2024)
Qingtian Li
Group Leader
Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory, China
Postdoctoral researcher
(2017-2023)
Aashima Khosla
Funding and Awards Specialist
St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
Postdoctoral researcher
(2016-2020)
Jiameng Zheng
Senior Scientist
Wuxi Biologics, China
Postdoctoral researcher
(2016-2018)
Nick Morffy
Postdoctoral researcher
Strader Lab, Duke University
PhD student in Genetics
(2014-2018)
Caitlin Conn
Assistant Professor
Berry College
PhD student in Genetics
(2013-2017)
John Stanga
Assistant Professor
Mercer University
Postdoctoral researcher
(2012-2015)
Lionel Faure
Assistant Clinical Professor
Texas Woman’s University
Postdoctoral researcher
(2014-2015)
Former Undergraduates
Ali Alkhuder (2023)
Lauren Cao (2022–2023)
Andrew Duong (2023–2024)
Ethan Hsiao (2022–2023)
Xitlalli Zavala (2021–2023)
Michael Vitarella (2023)
Vivian Onwudiwe (2023)
Jasmine Hakimian (2021–2022)
Mira Samarneh (2021–2022)
Loi Le (2020)
Austin Newberg (2020)
Veronica Botros (2019–2020)
Jasnoor Malhotra (2019–2020)
Stephanie Martinez (2018–2020)
Dionne Martin (2018–2020)
Nwojo Abba (2018)
Elise Landsbergen (2018)
Robert Andalon (2018)
Jose Mendez (2017-2020)
Mei Cai (2017–2020)
Richmond Fandino (2017)
Asiah Lane (2016)
Jie Xu (2016)
Suraj Kapoor (2014–2016)
Laura Voges (2015–2016)
Miya Oliver (2015)
Caleb Ingram (2015)
Kiara Reid (2014)
Airie Sahakul (2014)
Piyush Joshi (2013–2014)
Luben Raytchev (2013–2014)
Michell Santiago (2022–2024)
Ish Soundappan (2012–2014)
Nikhil Kamath (2012–2014)
Chris Benson (2012–2013)
Amena Abbas (2012–2013)
Drexel Neumann (2011–2013)
Rakia Nasir (2011)
Dwight Stewart (2011)