CABBI Personnel
Andrew Leakey: CABBI Director
Leakey, a Professor and Department Head of Plant Biology and Professor of Crop Sciences at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is an expert in plant water use efficiency, photosynthesis, respiration and water relations; plant responses in natural and agricultural ecosystems to global environmental change; and adaptation of food and fuel crops to global environmental change, especially drought. His research helps enhance understanding of how the environment impacts ecosystem goods and services and advances efforts to improve and protect crop production and water cycling. His lab performs vertically integrated phenotyping of plant carbon and water relations by combining genetic, molecular, biochemical, physiological and ecological tools to assess plant performance in manipulative field experiments and controlled environment conditions. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield.
Vijay Singh: Deputy Director for Science & Technology
Singh, a Distinguished Professor of Agricultural and Biological Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is the Director of the Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory (IBRL). He will lead CABBI commercialization efforts. Singh has years of experience directing federally-funded research projects and has collaborated with dozens of industry partners in his internationally renowned research to develop bioprocessing technologies for food, advanced biofuels, and industrial products. Singh holds 11 patents — five of which are licensed to major industrial biotech and engineering companies. He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering in 1998 from Illinois.
Donald Ort: Deputy Director for Research & Development
Ort is the Robert Emerson Professor of Plant Biology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Interim Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology. An expert in photosynthesis and photosynthetic energy transduction, Ort researches improving photosynthetic efficiency, the molecular and biochemical basis of environmental interactions with crop plants, and ecological genomics. He has developed high-throughput imaging chlorophyll fluorescence systems for rapid non-destructive identification of cross progeny and transformants with improved photosynthetic efficiency. He received his Ph.D. in Plant Biochemistry in 1974 from Michigan State University.
CABBI Leadership Chart
The Lead Scientists
An alphabetical listing of all Primary Investigators and co-PIs. For the full team listing by theme, and more about the theme leaders, please visit the Feedstock Production, Conversion, and Sustainability pages. Or click on the icons next to the scientists names:
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Lisa Ainsworth, USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research, Urbana, IL
Fredy Altpeter, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Florida
Brian Baldwin, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
Carl Bernacchi, USDA ARS Global Change and Photosynthesis Research, Urbana, IL
Elizabeth Boughton, Research Director and Biologist, Archbold Biological Station
Edward Brzostek, Asst. Professor of Forest Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling, West Virginia University
Edgar Cahoon, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Ximing Cai, Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Li-Qing Chen, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thomas Clemente, Professor of Biotechnology, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Evan H. DeLucia, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bruce Dien, Research Chemical Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL
Adrien Finzi, Professor of Biology, Boston University
David Flaherty, Asst. Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Kaiyu Guan, Asst. Prof. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Jeremy Guest, Asst. Prof. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anna Hale, Research Geneticist, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Houma, LA
Emily Heaton, Associate Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State U. (Feedstock Production Theme Leader)
Adina Howe, Asst. Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University
George Huber, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Tara Hudiburg, Assistant Professor of Forest, Rangeland & Fire Sciences, University of Idaho
Matthew Hudson, Prof. of Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Deputy Theme Leader)
Yong-Su Jin, Assoc. Prof. of Food Microbiology, Asst. Prof. of Bioeng., University of Ill. at Urbana-C.
Angela Kent, Prof. of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Madhu Khanna, Prof. of Ag. and Consumer Econ., University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)
Andrew Leakey, Professor of Plant Biology and Crop Sciences, U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
D.K. Lee, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chang-Jun Liu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Stephen P. Long, Professor of Crop Sciences and Plant Biology, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ting Lu, Assoc. Prof. of Bioeng., Asst. Prof. of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yi Lu, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Costas Maranas, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
Amy Marshall-Colón, Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sergei Maslov, Professor of Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Moose, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jesse Morrison, Research Associate of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
Donald Ort, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
William Parton, Senior Research Scientist, Colorado State University
Jian Peng, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Group Leader of Environmental Isotope Systems, Lawrence Livermore National Lab
Brian Pfleger, Assoc. Prof. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Joshua Rabinowitz, Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University (Deputy Theme Leader)
Christopher Rao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Ill. Urbana-C. (Deputy Theme Leader)
Nancy Reichert, Professor of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
Daniel Rokhsar, Prof. of Genetics, Genomics and Development, University of California at Berkeley
William Rooney, Professor of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University
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Erik Sacks, Associate Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jörg Schwender, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
John Shanklin, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zengyi Shao, Assoc. Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Iowa State University
Vijay Singh, Prof. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Saurabh Sinha, Prof. of Computer Science, Assoc. Prof. of Bioeng., University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Patricia Slininger, Research Chem. Engineer, U.S. Dept. of Ag. Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL
Anthony Studer, Asst. Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kankshita Swaminathan, Faculty Investigator, HudsonAlpha Inst. of Biotech. (Deputy Theme Leader)
Jonathan Sweedler, Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Andy VanLoocke, Assistant Professor of Agronomy, Iowa State University (Deputy Theme Leader)
Thomas Voigt, Professor of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Daniel Voytas, Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota
Martin Wühr, Asst. Prof. of Molecular Bio. / Lewis-Sigler Inst. for Integrative Genomics, Princeton U.
Changcheng Xu, Researcher, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wendy Yang, Asst. Prof. of Plant Biology, University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign (Deputy Theme Leader)
Yasuo Yoshikuni, Biologist/Staff Scientist, Envtl. Genomics and Systems Bio. Div., L. Berkeley Nat’l. Lab.
Chengxiang Zhai, Professor of Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Huimin Zhao, Prof. of Chem. and Biomolecular Eng., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (Theme Leader)
The Research Team
An alphabetical listing of all researchers, postdocs, technicians, and graduate students doing CABBI research. For the full team listing by theme, and more about the theme leaders, please visit the Feedstock Production, Conversion, and Sustainability pages.
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Anjali Arpan, Plant Biology M.S. Candidate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Guler Aslan-Sungur, Postdoc (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Josh Bendorf, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Danielle Berardi, Ecology Ph.D. Candidate (Hudiburg), University of Idaho
Gabriel Beuchat, Ecology & Evolutionary Bio. Ph.D. Candidate (Chen), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Sarang Bhagwat, Civil & Envtl. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Shounak Bhogale, Biophysics Ph.D. Candidate (Sinha), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rebecca Billingsley, Research Associate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Elena Blanc-Betes, Postdoc (DeLucia), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bethany Blakely, Postdoc (Bernacchi), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nic Boersma, Agronomy Research Scientist (Heaton), Iowa State University
Aashutosh Boob, Chem. and Biomol. Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), Univ. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Emma Brace, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Eleanor Brant, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Bryant Brown, Greenhouse Manager (Altpeter), University of Florida
Fengjiao Bu, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mark Burnham, Postdoc (Yang/DeLucia), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yingqi Cai, Postdoc (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sofia Cano, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mingfeng Cao, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. Research Scientist (Zhao), Univ. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Joseph Carrara, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Kher Xing (Cindy) Chan, Visiting Scholar (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Li Chen, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Luoye Chen, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Ming-Hsun Cheng, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Young Cho, Postdoc (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kisurb Choe, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Teresa Clark, Postdoc (Schwender), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Allison Cook, Field Research Scientist (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
William Cordell, Chemical and Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Pfleger), U. of Wisconsin at M.
Yoel Cortes-Peña, Civil and Envtl. Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jennifer DeBellis, Academic Hourly (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Anshu Deewan, Chemical and Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Hannah Demler, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Ainsworth), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Smit Dhakal, Postdoc (Studer), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Payam Dibaeinia, Bioinformatics M.S. Candidate (Sinha), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jia Dong, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Danyang Duan, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences M.S. Candidate (Kent), U.of Illinois U.-C.
Veronika Dubinkina, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (Maslov), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nidhi Dwivedi, Postdoc (Liu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Wyatt Eason, Plant & Soil Sciences M.S. Candidate (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
William Eddy, Visiting Scholar (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Patrick Edmonds, Associate Scientist (Heaton/VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Ayman Eid, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
Kristen Eilts, Lab Research Specialist (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Behnam Enghiad, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jilian Fan, Technical Research Associate (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Zia Fatma, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kelsie Ferin, Agricultural Meteorology Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Jie Fu, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Zhengxiang Ge, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Amandine Germon, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Marc-Andre Giasson, Biogeochemistry Lab Technician (Finzi), Boston University
Christy Gibson, Postdoc (Bernacchi), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kate Glanville, Postdoc (VanLoocke/Heaton), Iowa State University
Jack Goldman, Field Research Specialist (DeLucia/Yang), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nuria Gomez-Casanovas, Visiting Research Scientist (DeLucia), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Meera Gupta, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton University
Wesley Harrison, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. U.-C.
Melannie Hartman, Ecology Programmer/Analyst (Parton), Colorado State University
Theodore Hartman, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Pradeep Hirannaiah, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Dylan Hollowell, Field Technician (Baldwin), Mississippi State University
Ingrid Holstrom, Field Research Specialist (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ping-Hung Hsieh, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Xinchen Hu, Civil & Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Xiaoqiang Huang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yizhi Huang, Computer Science M.S. Candidate (Guan/Peng), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Chuck Hyde, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Bio. Ph.D. Candidate (Yang), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Sujit Jagtap, Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Nikhil Jaikumar, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Brandon James, Postdoc (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Chunhwa Jang, Postdoc (Lee), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Niuniu Ji, Postdoc (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yuyao Jia, Ag. & Biological Eng. M.S. Candidate (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Chongya Jiang, Postdoc (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Guangde Jiang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alexander Johnson, Chemical & Biological Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Wühr), Princeton U.
Ebin Joseph, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. M.S. Candidate (Rao), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Stephanie Juice, Postdoc (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Praveena Kanchupati, Research Specialist (Moose), University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Nam Kyu Kang, Integration Postdoc (Ort/Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Baskaran Kannan, Biological Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida
Jeff Kent, Postdoc (Hudiburg), University of Idaho
Mitchell Kent, Soil and Crop Sciences M.S. Candidate (Rooney), Texas A&M University
Min Soo Kim, Chem. & Bio. Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Huber), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Sang Yeol Kim, Plant Biology Research Scientist (Ort), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Isaac Klimasmith, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Kent), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Hyun Gi Koh, Postdoc (Jin/Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Wentao Kong, Research Scientist (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
George Kontos, Civil & Env. Engineering M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Deepak Kumar, Ag. & Biological Eng. Research Asst. Prof. (Singh), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Sahiti Labhishetty, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Zhai), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Stephan Lane, iBioFAB Manager (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jaejin Lee, Research Scientist (Howe), Iowa State University
Ye-Gi Lee, Postdoc (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Yuan Yao Lee, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Alistair Leverett, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kaiyuan Li, Natural Resources & Envt. Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Ill. U.-C.
Shuai Li, Postdoc (Ainsworth), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yalin Li, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yifei Li, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yongguan Li, Visiting Scientist (Altpeter), University of Florida
Di Liang, Postdoc (Yang/Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hui Liu, Technical Research Associate (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Susan Lutz, Technical/Research Support (Parton), Colorado State University
Jessica Lyons, Project Scientist (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Mingkuan Lyu, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Shraddha Maitra, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fahd Majeed, Agricultural and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Shilpa Manjunatha, Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Teresa Martin, Coordinator of Research Programs (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hiroshi Matsushima, Agric. and Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Scott McCoy, Field Technician (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Bryan Mejia-Sosa, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Danielle Meyer, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Evan Mirts, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Shekhar Mishra, Chemical & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Therese Mitros, Applications Programmer (Rokhsar), University of California at Berkeley
Quanbing Mou, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Himaya Mula-Michel, Postdoc (Hale), U.S. Department of Ag. Agricultural Research Service
Jessica Mulcrone, Plant Biology Field/Lab Technician (Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hans Müller Paul, Informatics Ph.D. Candidate (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tara Nazarenus, Research Technician (Cahoon), University of Nebraska
Natalya Nersesian, Research Technologist (Clemente) University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Viviana Nguyen, Bioengineering Ph.D. Candidate (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michel Nofal, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Matt Nowatzke, Crop Prod. & Physiol., Env’tal Science Ph.D. Candidate (VanLoocke/Heaton), Iowa State U.
Kiyoul Park, Postdoc (Cahoon), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Tom Parkinson, Civil & Environmental Engineering M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Greg Pawel, Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Taylor Pederson, Plant Biology Lab & Field Research Tech. (Bernacchi), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Bryan Petersen, Agronomy M.S. Candidate (VanLoocke), Iowa State University
Vassily Petrov, Software Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ximin Piao, Civil & Environmental Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), University of Illinois U.-C.
Eric Potash, Postdoc (Peng), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Priyanka Priyanka, Postdoc (T. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Moni Qiande, Agronomy Ph.D. Candidate (Altpeter), University of Florida
Truyen Quach, Plant Science Research Professor (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Ryan Quinn, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Finzi), Boston University
Sierra Raglin, Natural Resources and Envt. Sciences M.S. Candidate (Kent), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Maruti Nandan Rai, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Rhodes, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Moose), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joanna Ridgeway, Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Brzostek), West Virginia University
Edward Ross, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Moose), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Coralie Salesse-Smith, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sara Sanchez, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Mia Sands, Lab Technician (Ort), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yusuke Sasaki, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Shirley Sato, Research Manager (Clemente), University of Nebraska
Bijay Sharma, Postdoc (Khanna), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Subarna Sharma, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Reichert), Mississippi State University
Yihui Shen, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Rui Shi, Postdoc (Guest), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sandra Simon, Field Research Technician (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dilkaran Singh, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Marshall-Colón), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Nilmani Singh, Automation Engineer (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ramkrishna Singh, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Thanwalee Sooksa-nguan, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Alex Steiner, Plant Biology Ph.D. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University
Dalton Stewart, Civil & Environmental Eng. M.S. Candidate (Guest), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Jacob Studt, Soil Science M.S. Candidate (Heaton), Iowa State University
Liang Sun, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Wan Sun, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate (Shao), Iowa State University
Patrick Suthers, Postdoc (Maranas), Penn State University
Shayan Tabe Bordbar, Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate (Sinha), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Linrui Tan, Visiting Scholar (Jin), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ipek Tasan, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ramkumar Thakku, Lab Technician (Altpeter), University of Florida
Susan Thomas, Program Manager (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Payman Tohidifar, Postdoc (Rao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Vinh Tran, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Tony Trieu, Research Technician (Swaminathan), HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology
Evan Updike, M.S. Candidate (Cahoon), University of Nebraska
Rachel Emily Van Allen, Plant Biology Field Research Specialist (Yang), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Sebastian Varela, Postdoc (Leakey), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Mothi Viswanathan, Postdoc (Singh), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michael Volk, Chem. & Biomolecular Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Adam Von Haden, Postdoc (DeLucia/Yang), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Rachel Waltermire, Field Research Technician (Kent), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Hanna Walukiewicz, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Sr. Research Scientist (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Bo-Xun Wang, Chemical & Biological Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Huber), U. of Wisconsin at Madison
Jiang Wang, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lin Wang, Postdoc (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Sheng Wang, Postdoc (Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
WeiWei Wang, Ag. & Consumer Economics Researcher (Khanna), U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Xiaoyi Wang, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), University of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Yajie Wang, Postdoc (Zhao), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Yu Wang, Postdoc (Long), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Waugh, Postdoc (Y. Lu), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Stephen Williams, Technician (Parton), Colorado State University
William Woodruff, Chem. & Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Rao), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Genghong Wu, Natural Resources & Envtl. Sci. Ph.D. Candidate (Guan), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Zong-Yen Wu, Postdoc (Yoshikuni), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Liang Xiao, Postdoc (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Tianxia Xiao, Chemistry M.S. Candidate (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Xi Xing, Chemistry Research Scientist (Rabinowitz), Princeton University
Mason Xue, Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Candidate (Zhao), University of Ill. Urbana-C.
Xueyi Xue, Postdoc (Chen), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Qiang Yan, Postdoc (Pfleger), University of Wisconsin at Madison
Jihoon Yang, Postdoc (Howe), Iowa State University
Pan Yang, Postdoc (Cai), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sangdo Yook, Food Science & Human Nutrition Ph.D. Candidate (Jin), U. of Illinois Urbana-C.
Linhui Yu, Postdoc (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Xiaohong Yu, Research Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Danim Yun, Postdoc (Flaherty), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhiyang Zhai, Assistant Scientist (Shanklin), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Bosen Zhang, Postdoc (Moose), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Na Zhang, Agricultural & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. Urbana-C.
Tieling Zhang, Research Technologist (Clemente), University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Zhihai Zhang, Postdoc (Hudson), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Zhongyao Zhang, Chem. and Biomolecular Eng. Ph.D. Candidate (Flaherty), U. of Illinois U.-C.
Kejie Zhao, Computer Science M.S. Candidate (Peng/Guan), University of Illinois Urbana-C.
Qiankun Zhao, Civil Engineering M.S. Candidate (Cai), U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Xuying Zheng, Crop Sciences Ph.D. Candidate (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Jia Zhong, Ag. & Applied Economics Ph.D. Candidate (Khanna), U. of Ill. Urbana-Champaign
Chao Zhou, Postdoc (Xu), Brookhaven National Laboratory
Shuaizhen Zhou, Postdoc (Sweedler), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Joe Zimmerman, Lab Technician (Sacks), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Evelyn Zuniga, Postdoc (Altpeter), University of Florida
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