The Crop Evolution, Domestication, and Biodiversity Lab
August 1, 2007
- Paul Gepts, PhD, PI
- James Kami, postgraduate researcher, PhD
- Myounghai Kwak, South Korea, graduate student, PhD Genetics
- Matthew Hufford, USA, graduate student, MS International Agricultural Development and PhD Ecology
- Marilia Lobo Burle, Brazil, graduate student, PhD Ecology
- Sarah Barber, USA, graduate student, MS International Agricultural Development
- Kraig Kraft, USA, graduate student, MS International Agricultural Development and PhD Ecology
- Shelby Repinski, USA, graduate student, Genetics
- Juliano Lino Ferreira, visiting student, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG, Brasil
- Patricia Colunga GarcíaMarín, visiting scientist, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de Yucatán, Mérida, México
- Daniel Zizumbo Villarreal, visiting scientist, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas de Yucatán, Mérida, México
Gone but not forgotten ...
Former members and visitors of the Gepts lab with their occupation in the lab (student, postdoc, visiting scientist, ... ) and their current position when known:- Viviana Becerra, MS Agronomy, now at INIA Quilamapu, Laboratorio de Análisis Genético y Propagación de Plantas, Chillán, Chile
- Candace Brooks, undergraduate student, Biotechnology
- Maria Cigales Rivero, visiting scientist, Universidad de Colima, Mexico
- Patricia Colunga-GarciaMarín, PhD, visiting scientist, CICY, Merida, Yucatán, Mexico
- Sylvaine Coulibaly, PhD, now with Del Monte Food Company, Stockton, CA
- Diaga Diouf, PhD, visiting scientist, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
- Fouzia Fazel, undergraduate student, Biotechnology
- Yonas Feleke, Ethiopia, visiting graduate student, PhD University of Nairobi
- Juan Jose Ferreira, PhD, visiting scientist, Banco de Semillas del Principado de Asturias, SERIDA, Spain
- Rosanna Freyre, postdoctoral; then, Adjunct Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of New Hampshire; now Research Scientist, Dept. of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Belén Garrido, MS Agronomy, now Berkeley, CA, school district
- Valérie Geffroy, postdoctoral, now at Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Paris-Sud, LPPM, 91405 Orsay, France
- Alonso Gonzalez Mejía, postdoctoral; now Head Fruit Tree Program, CIAT, Cali, Colombia
- Angela Holbrook, USA, graduate student, MS Genetics
- William Johnson, PhD Genetics, Cucumber and squash breeder, Seminis Vegetable Seeds , Woodland, CA
- Jim Kelly, sabbatical, Professor at Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State Univ.; president, Bean Improvement Cooperative
- Rose Koenig, student, MS International Agricultural Development, then PhD Plant Pathology, University of Florida; now, organic grower, Gainesville, FL and Co-director, Center for Organic Agriculture and Courtesy Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
- Epimaki Koinange, PhD Genetics, Tanzania: †
- Gabriela Lama, undergraduate student, Biotechnology
- Hanh Le, undergraduate student, Biotechnology
- José de Jesus Luna Ruíz, visiting scientist, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes, Mexico
- Joyce Leveque, undergraduate student, Biotechnology
- Víctor Llaca, PhD Genetics, now at Analytical and Genomic Technologies, Crop Genetics R&D, DuPont Agriculture & Nutrition, Wilmington, DE 19880, USA.
- Rajendra Malhotra, India, visiting scientist from ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria
- Cristina Mapes, visiting postdoctoral fellow, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
- Margarita Mauro Herrera, PhD Genetics, USDA-ARS, Miami, FL
- Cristina Menéndez, University of Pamplona, Spain
- Lee Panella, PhD student, Genetics; now Research Leader, Sugar Beet Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fort Collins, CO
- Rubens Nodari, PhD Genetics, Professor, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Centro de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, SC, Brazil; currently, Manage of Genetic Resources, Secretariat of Biodiversity and Forests, Ministry of the Environment, Brasilia, Brasil
- Roberto Papa , visiting scientist, Professor at Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
- Mario Paredes, PhD Genetics, now at INIA Quilamapu, Laboratorio de Análisis Genético y Propagación de Plantas, Chillán, Chile
- Pedro Arraes Pereira, sabbatical; formerly, Director-general of CNPAF , EMBRAPA, Goiania, GO, Brazil; currently, LABEX representatative of EMBRAPA at Beltsville, MA, US
- Remy Pasquet, visiting scientist; currently at ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya
- Giambattista Polignano, visiting scientist, at Istituto di Germplasma, Bari, Italy
- Valérie Poncet, postdoctoral, now at France IRD (Institut de Recherches pour le Developpement), Diversité et Génomes des Plantes Cultivées (DGPC), Montpellier, France
- Pilar Ramírez Fonseca, visiting scientist, Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica
- Maria Rojas, PhD Plant Biology, now in Dept. of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
- Julianno Sambatti, PhD Ecology, now postdoc at Dept. of Botany, University of British Columbia
- Asgar Shirmohamadali, MS Genetics, now at Harris-Moran Seed Co. o Gisela Shonnard, PhD Genetics, Michigan
- Gabriella Sonnante, visiting scientist, now at Istituto di Germplasma, Bari, Italy
- Tammy Stockton, postdoctoral
- Fana Sylla Ba, MS Agronomy, now at Senchim AG, Dakar, Senegal
- Ana Maria Torres Romero, visiting scientist, Centro de Investigación y Formación Agroalimentaria, Córdoba, Spain
- Siu-Mui Tsai , visiting scientist; at CENA , Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
- Dianne Velasco, undergraduate student, Plant Biology; now at USDA Clonal Repository, Davis, CA
- Tim Wills, USA, graduate student, MS Horticulture and Agronomy, now at Tomato Genetics Resource Center, UC Davis
- Benil Zamora, Philippines, graduate student, MS International Agricultural Development, now PhD student, University of Manitoba
- Daniel Zizumbo, PhD, visiting scientist; from CICY , Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico