GRADUATE STUDENTS
Tim Jeffers (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2017-22; recipient of Arnon Graduate Fellowship; subsequently Postdoc at NYU)
Simón Alamos (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2015-21, co-advised by Hernan Garcia, MCB; subsequently Postdoc at JBEI)
Daniel Westcott (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2015-20; recipient of Chancellor’s Fellowship, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; subsequently Scientist at Climax Foods)
Cindy Amstutz (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2015-19; recipient of Arnon Graduate Fellowship; subsequently Scientist at Sound Agriculture)
Christopher Gee (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2014-19; recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; subsequently Postdoc at JBEI)
Jeffrey Johnson (Microbiology Ph.D. student 2013-19; recipient of NIH Genetics Training Grant award; subsequently Scientist at Climax Foods)
Benjamin Endelman (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2013-18; recipient of Chancellor’s Fellowship; subsequently Postdoc at UC-Davis; currently Research Scientist at Pairwise)
Erika Erickson (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2010-16; recipient of NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; subsequently Peace Corps Agroforestry Volunteer in Guinea, West Africa, then Postdoc at National Renewable Energy Lab)
Robert Calderon (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2009-15; subsequently NIFA postdoc fellow at USDA Plant Gene Expression Center; currently Postdoc at Umeå University)
Patrick Shih (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2009-13, co-advised by Cheryl Kerfeld; subsequently LSRF/Branco Weiss/NIH K99 Postdoc at JBEI; currently Assistant Professor at UC-Berkeley)
Matthew Brooks (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2008-12; recipient of Grace Kase Fellowship; subsequently NIH Postdoc at NYU; currently Research Molecular Biologist at USDA-ARS Urbana and Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Illinois)
Thuy Truong (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2006-11; recipient of Chancellor’s Opportunity Fellowship; subsequently Lecturer at El Camino College, then Postdoc at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; currently Scientist at Xencor)
Phoi Tran (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2004-11; recipient of Diversity Fellowship and Mentored Research Fellowship; subsequently Postdoc at Joint Genome Institute; currently Research Scientist at California Department of Public Health)
Zhirong Li (Microbiology Ph.D. student 2002-08, co-advised by Jay Keasling; subsequently HHMI Postdoc at UC-Berkeley; currently Research Scientist at California Department of Public Health)
Anchalee Sirikhachornkit (Microbiology Ph.D. student 2002-07; recipient of Thai Government Fellowship; subsequently Assistant Professor at Kasetsart University)
Benjamin Gutman (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2001-07; recipient of ASA-CSSA-SSSA Congressional Science Fellowship; currently at Union of Concerned Scientists)
Heidi Ledford (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 2000-05; recipient of AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship; currently Senior Reporter at Nature, London)
Hou-Sung Jung (Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Ph.D. student 2001-04; subsequently HHMI Postdoc at Salk Institute; currently Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
Jai Shin (Plant Biology M.S. student 2000-02; subsequently D.D.S. student at Johns Hopkins University)
Patricia Müller-Moulé (Plant Biology Ph.D. student 1999-2003; subsequently Emmy Noether Fellow and Independent Junior Research Group Leader at University of Düsseldorf)
Miehie Han (Ph.D. student 1998-2000 at Seoul National University; subsequently Postdoc at Seoul National University)
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Olga Gaidarenko (HHMI Postdoc 2019-22; subsequently Scientist at Living Carbon)
Vincent Boudreau (Postdoc 2019-22, co-advised by Wallace Marshall, UCSF; subsequently Director of Scientific Research at CarbonDrop)
Chris Baker (LSRF Postdoc 2013-22; subsequently Scientist at Amyris, Inc.)
Adrien Burlacot (HHMI Postdoc 2021; subsequently Staff Associate at Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA)
Oliver Dautermann (DFG Postdoc 2019-20; subsequently Lab Team Leader at BASF, Germany)
Johan Andersen-Ranberg (Danish Council for Independent Research Postdoc 2015-18; subsequently Postdoc at University of Copenhagen; currently Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen)
José Garcia-Cerdán (HHMI Postdoc 2012-18; subsequently Research Associate at University of Colorado)
Stéphane Gabilly (Postdoc 2012-18; subsequently Research Scientist at Calixar, Lyon, France)
Dagmar Lyska (LBNL Postdoc 2012-18; subsequently Research Associate at Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany)
Masakazu Iwai (LBNL Postdoc 2015-18; subsequently Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Alizée Malnoë (LBNL Postdoc 2012-17; subsequently Assistant Professor at Umeå University, Sweden)
Melissa Roth (NIFA Postdoc 2010-15; subsequently Assistant Researcher at UC-Berkeley)
Yong Bai (HHMI Postdoc 2011-16; subsequently Biosafety Officer at UCSF; currently Research Scientist at California Department of Public Health)
Zhirong Li (HHMI Postdoc 2008-16; subsequently Research Scientist and Supervisor at California Department of Public Health)
Ute Armbruster (DFG Postdoc 2013-15; subsequently Research Group Leader at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany)
Alex Hertle (LBNL Postdoc 2012-15; subsequently Microscopy Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Köln, Germany; currently Postdoc at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany)
Lauriebeth Leonelli (Postdoc 2012-14; subsequently Postdoc at NYU; currently Assistant Professor at University of Illinois)
Setsuko Wakao (Postdoc 2005-10; subsequently Specialist at UC-Berkeley; currently Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
Graham Peers (Postdoc 2006-09; subsequently Scientist at Synthetic Genomics; currently Associate Professor at Colorado State University)
Beat Fischer (Postdoc 2006-08; subsequently Group Leader at Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology)
Tom Avenson (USDA Postdoc 2005-07, co-advised by Graham Fleming; subsequently Scientist at LI-COR; currently Scientist at Vindara)
Talila Golan (Postdoc 2000-06)
Mohammad Anwaruzzaman (Postdoc 2000-04; subsequently Scientist at Bayer)
Rachel Dent (Postdoc 1999-2011; subsequently M.P.H. student at UC-Berkeley School of Public Health)
Irene Baroli (Postdoc 1999-2003; subsequently Postdoc at Australian National University; currently Assistant Professor at University of Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Xiao-Ping Li (Postdoc 1998-2004; currently Research Professor at Rutgers University)
LAB STAFF
Megan Ogburn (2021-22)
Jay Yung (2020-21; subsequently Ph.D. student at UC-Davis)
Yuju Shin (2020-21; subsequently Embryologist at Zouves Fertility Center)
Valerie Lam (2020)
Ryan McCombs (2018-20)
Gauri Kapse (2019-20)
Mimi Broderson (2017-20)
Joshua Ye (2017-19; subsequently M.D. student at Ohio State University)
Ron Cook (2016-17; subsequently Ph.D. student at Michigan State University)
Winnie Wong (2016; subsequently Technician at Saitama University)
Katharine Guan (2012-16; subsequently M.L.A. student at Cornell University)
Robert Shih (2012-14)
Bill Inwood (2010-11; retired)
Marina Sharifi (2005-08; subsequently M.D./Ph.D. student at University of Chicago)
Cat Haglund (2003-05; subsequently Ph.D. student at UC-Berkeley)
Brian Chin (2001-04; subsequently Ph.D. student at MIT)
Sarah McCarthy (2002-04)
Alba Phippard (1999-2001)
An Do (1998-2000)