Lab Members

The Staff

  • Katrina Gause

    • From: Lake City, South Carolina
    • BS in Biology from College of Charleston, SC
    • MS in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology from Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
    • Genome editing in switchgrass
  • Heath Ghioto

    • From: Madison, GA
    • BS in Biology from GCSU
    • Media preparation and soybean pest resistance

  • Sangita Mohanty

    • From: Bhubaneswar, India
    • BS in Plant Science – OUAT, India
    • Master’s in plant science, Utkal University, India
    • Genome editing in switchgrass
  • Zach Wingate

    Zach Wingate

    • From: Statham, Georgia
    • BS in Biology from Young Harris College
    • Genetic transformation in soybean

Graduate Students

  • Alperen Ozturk

    • From: Mersin, Turkey
    • BS from Nigde Omer Halisdemir University & MS Niigata University
    • Morning glory

  • Skye Remko

    Skye Remko

    • From: Ringgold, GA
    • BS in Ecology from the University of Georgia
    • Genome editing in switchgrass
  • Jake Spittle

    • From: Gaithersburg, MD
    • BS in Genetics from UGA
    • Soybean pest resistance
  • Katie Toomey

    • From: Houston, Texas
    • BS in Bioenvironmental Sciences from Texas A&M University
    • Genetic engineering of muscadine & poplar

The Postdocs…

  • Fiorella Spies

    Fiorella Spies

    • From: Santa Fe, Argentina
    • BS in Biotechnology from Universidad Nacional del Litoral
    • PhD in Biological Sciences from Universidad Nacional del Litoral
    • Genetic engineering of poplar

And, the student workers

  • Sarah Adcock

    • Major: Environmental Health Science
    • From: Dalton, GA
    • Tissue culture of transformed poplar
  • Noah Curnalia

    Noah Curnalia

    • Major: Biology & Psychology
    • From: Coolidge, Georgia
    • Insect resistance in soybean
  • Saly Fentahun

    • Major: Sociology
    • From: Athens, Georgia
    • Tissue culture and transformation with switchgrass

  • Ashton Fuller

    • Major: Environmental Resource Science
    • From: Athens, Georgia
    • Tissue culture with switchgrass
  • Bryce LeCates

    • Major: Landscape Architecture
    • From: Savannah, GA
    • Greenhouse maintenance & Clover Breeding
  • Colleen Murphy

    • Major: Microbiology and Applied Biotechnology
    • From: Dunwoody, GA
    • Molecular and cloning assistant
  • Aditi Patel

    • Major: Biological Engineering
    • From: Suwanee, GA
    • Tissue culture with switchgrass

  • Amani Sheikh 

    • Major: Sociology
    • From: Buford, Georgia
    • Tissue culture with switchgrass
  • Emma Stark

    • Major:  Ecology
    • From: Roswell, GA 
    • Genetic transformation in soybean