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Lauren McDaniel
Laboratory Manager -
Pete LaFayette
Research Scientist
The Staff
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Eudald Illa Berenguer
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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
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Heath Ghioto
- From: Madison, GA
- BS in Biology from GCSU
- Media preparation and soybean pest resistance
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Sangita Mohanty
- From: Bhubaneswar, India
- BS in Plant Science – OUAT, India
- Master’s in plant science, Utkal University, India
- Genome editing in switchgrass
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Zach Wingate
- From: Statham, Georgia
- BS in Biology from Young Harris College
- Genetic transformation in soybean
Graduate Students
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Alperen Ozturk
- From: Mersin, Turkey
- BS from Nigde Omer Halisdemir University & MS Niigata University
- Morning glory
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Skye Remko
- From: Ringgold, GA
- BS in Ecology from the University of Georgia
- Genome editing in switchgrass
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Jake Spittle
- From: Gaithersburg, MD
- BS in Genetics from UGA
- Soybean pest resistance
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Katie Toomey
- From: Houston, Texas
- BS in Bioenvironmental Sciences from Texas A&M University
- Genetic engineering of muscadine & poplar
The Postdocs…
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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
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Sarah Adcock
- Major: Environmental Health Science
- From: Dalton, GA
- Tissue culture of transformed poplar
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Noah Curnalia
- Major: Biology & Psychology
- From: Coolidge, Georgia
- Insect resistance in soybean
- Tall fescue tissue culture
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Saly Fentahun
- Major: Biochemistry
- From: Snellville, Georgia
- Tissue culture and transformation with switchgrass
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Bryce LeCates
- Major: Landscape Architecture
- From: Savannah, GA
- Greenhouse maintenance & Clover Breeding
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Aditi Patel
- Major: Biological Engineering
- From: Suwanee, GA
- Tissue culture with switchgrass
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Marissa Puckett
- From: Newnan, GA
- Degree: biology, plant biology, applied biotechnology
- Tissue culture of transformed poplar and Vitis
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Emma Stark
- Major: Ecology
- From: Roswell, GA
- Genetic transformation in soybean
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Emma Toomey
- From: Marietta, GA
- Degree: Biological Engineering
- Molecular and cloning