Current Lab Members
Wenbin Zhou, Ph.D. (Will begin postdoc in comparative genomics at UNC Chapel Hill)
Jonathan Falso (Research Assistant)
Rageeni Sah (Research Assistant)
Some Former Lab Members and Visitors
Kira Lindelof (Ph.D. Student)
Frank Papa (undergraduate student, genetics major)
Conducted independent research on molecular evolution of the eastern Asian-eastern North American disjunct taxa
Viante Dile-Basnight
Xiang Liu (moved to Syngenta)
Plant genetic transformation, gene edition and functional characterization
Zhiyuan Du (Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, returned to Wuhan Botanical Garden)
Jin Cheng (Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, returned to Beijing Forestry University)
John T. Nix (Graduated with B.S. degree in Horticulture Sciences)
Andrew Pais, Ph.D. (Currently Database and Plant Records Coordinator at NCSU)
Julieta Lindo (Ph.D. Student)
Sarah Yim (Department of Crop and Soil Science)
Na Li (Research Assistant)
Jianhua Li (Visiting Scholar from Hope University)
Qiaoping Xiang (Visiting Scholar from Institute of Botany in Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Yibo Dong (Postdoc; currently in Noble Foundation in OK)
Lu Li (Ph.D. Visiting Scholar)
Qing Ma (Visiting Ph.D. Student from Zhejiang University)
Yan Yu (Visiting Scientist from Sichuan University; co-hosted with Duke University)
Ashley Yow (Undergraduate student in Plant Biology)
Genome size evolution in Cornus L.
Xingmin Geng (Visiting Scientist from Nanjing Forestry University)
Shihori Obata (Undergraduate Student in Biology)
Enxiang Li (Visiting Scholar from Nanchang University)
Phylogenetics and polyploidy in the dwarf dogwoods group (Cornus subg. Actocrania)
Rupa Bhattarai (Undergraduate Student in Biochemistry)
Yin Lu (Visiting Scholar from Shuren University in Hangzhou, China)
Kimberly Shearer (Undergraduate student in Horticutural Sciences and Plant Biology Student; current graduate student at Oregon State University)
Yanxia Sun (Visiting Ph.D. Student from Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences; current faculty at WBG, CAS)
Yousef Abuahmad ( Undergraduate student in Biology and Plant Biology)
Sarah Vang (Undergraduate Student in Statistics)
Andres Qi (Visiting Ph.D. Student from Zhejiang University; current faculty at Zhejiang University of Technology and Sciences)
Chalanda Reid (Human Biology Student)
Charlotte Rastas (Undergraduate student in Biology, Current Graduate Student at UNC and Oxford University)
Baohua Song (Visiting scholar, currently Assistant Professor at UNC, Charlotte)
Norman Douglas (Post Doc.,currently at Oberlin University, Ohio)
Wade Roberts (REU Student; current graduate student at Washington State University)
Jian Zhang (Post Doc., current research scientist at Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)
Wade Wall (visiting Ph.D. student)
Juan Liu (Visiting Ph.D. student from Zhejiang University; current research scientist at Institute of Genetics and Development, CAS)
Yi Yu (Visiting Ph.D. student from Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University)
Amanda Saville (MS student co-advised with Dr. Krings)
Wenheng Zhang (Ph.D student; current Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University)
AJ Harris (M.S. student, current Ph.D. student at Oklahoma State University)
Chuanzhu Fan (Ph.D., current Assistant Professor at Wayne State University)
Yuelong Guo (M.S. student; 2014 Ph.D.in Functional Genomics at NCSU)
Ashley Brooks MS
Phylogeography and species distribution modeling of Cornus florida L.
Chunmiao Feng (Ph.D.; current Post-Doc. at Duke University)
Alexander Krings (Ph.D student co-advised with Dr. Jon Stucky; current Assistant Professor in PMB and Director of the Herbarium at NCSU)
David Thomas (Research Specialist; current Science Teacher at Precollege Academy of Science)
Dr. Yuguo Wang (Visiting Scientist, Fudan University, Shanghai, China), Dr. Qiaoping Xiang Visiting Scientist, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing), Shih-Chung Hsu Visiting scholar, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Chris Trlica (Undergraduate Student)
Melinda Peters (M.S. student, current Collections Management at Smithsonian Institution)
Chanel Wilson (REU student from NC Central University)
Jennifer Modliszewski (M.S. ; Ph.D. from Duke University, current postdoc at UNC)
Dr. Junli Zhang (Visiting Scientist, Prof. from Zhongshan University Guangzhou, China)
Kemei Ding (Research assistant 2006-2007; current, NC State Health Department)
Xiaoli Du (Research assistant 2003-2004)