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Lab Team

Principal Investigator

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Mary Ann Lila
Mary Ann Lila

Professor, Plants for Human Health Institute – 2008 to Present

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Current Lab Staff

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Joseph Arballo
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Lorie Beale
Lorie Beale

Research Technician-Nonexempt

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Mary Grace
Mary Grace

Research Scholar, Principal

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Renee Strauch
Renee Strauch

Research Scholar, Senior

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Charles Warlick
Charles Warlick

Research Technician-Nonexempt

Alumni Lab Staff

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Gillian Abrams
Gillian Abrams

Summer Intern 2025

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Jose Alvarez-Manilla
Jose Alvarez-Manilla

Summer Intern 2017

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Jannick Barros
Jannick Barros

Summer Intern 2015

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Abby Bennett
Abby Bennett

Graduate Student 2022-2024

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Ivana Buljeta
Ivana Buljeta

Visiting Scholar (Croatia) 2022

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Zoe Cantu-Backhaus
Zoe Cantu-Backhaus

P2EP Intern – 2016

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Kristen Carlisle
Kristen Carlisle

Graduate Student 2021-2022

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Vanesa Ines Castro Alba
Vanesa Ines Castro Alba

Visiting Scholar

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Yu Hsuan (Serena) Chan
Yu Hsuan (Serena) Chan

Visiting Scholar (University of Surrey, UK) 2018-2019

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Thanakorn Dasmud
Thanakorn Dasmud

Visiting Scholar, Thailand, 2013

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Allison DeLange
Allison DeLange

P2EP Intern – 2018

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Joscelin Diaz
Joscelin Diaz

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2018-2020

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Debora Esposito
Debora Esposito

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014-2015

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Jacob Ferrier
Jacob Ferrier

P2EP Intern – 2017, 2018

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Yayoi Funakoshi
Yayoi Funakoshi

Visiting Scholar, Japan, 2010-2011

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Jani Ganesh
Jani Ganesh

Cox Mill Student, Summer Intern 2023

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Jacob Goodnight
Jacob Goodnight

P2EP Intern – 2017

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Mikayla Graham
Mikayla Graham

P2EP Intern – 2017

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Sally Gustafson
Sally Gustafson

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2010-2012

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Ivette Guzman
Ivette Guzman

Postdoctoral Research Associate 2010-2013

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Julian Heyes
Julian Heyes

Visiting Scholar (PFR, Levin, New Zealand) 2017

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Taylor Hodges
Taylor Hodges

Masters Student

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Alan Janbey
Alan Janbey

Visiting Scholar, U Surrey, England

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Ping Jiang
Ping Jiang

Visiting Scholar

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Kristine Kay
Kristine Kay

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2016-2019

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Josh Kellogg
Josh Kellogg

Graduate Student

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Mirela Kopjar
Mirela Kopjar

Visiting Scholar, Osijek, Croatia

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Indira Kosovic
Indira Kosovic

Visiting Scholar – Croatia 2022

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Sun Lee
Sun Lee

Cannon Student, Summer Intern 2023

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Jorge Luis Guerrero Medina
Jorge Luis Guerrero Medina

Visiting Scholar, Mexico, 2012-2013

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Josh Marcus
Josh Marcus

P2EP Intern – 2016

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Madeline McLaughlin
Madeline McLaughlin

P2EP Intern – 2017

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Robert Morrison
Robert Morrison

P2EP Intern – 2018

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Scott Neff
Scott Neff

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2012-2013

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Mani Prasad Nirola
Mani Prasad Nirola

Visiting Scholar, Bhutan, 2012

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Kevin Pan
Kevin Pan

Visiting Scholar, China, 2015

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Ipsy Peddapalli
Ipsy Peddapalli

Cox Mill Student, Summer Intern 2023

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Nathalie Plundrich
Nathalie Plundrich

Graduate Student

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Renetta Roberts
Renetta Roberts

Lab Technician

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Maria Janeth Rodriguez Roque
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Maggie Schneider
Maggie Schneider

Grad Student, PhD

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Jon Shea
Jon Shea

Summer Temp 2011, Temp Employee 2014

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Drew Shelton
Drew Shelton

Summer Intern 2024

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Emily Skates
Emily Skates

Visiting Scholar, U Surrey, England

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Justin Stephenson
Justin Stephenson

P2EP Intern – 2017

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Claire Thetford
Claire Thetford

P2EP Intern – 2016

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Michael Timmers
Michael Timmers

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014-2016

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Franco Van de Velde
Franco Van de Velde

Visiting Scholar, Argentina

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Louis Wojciechowski
Louis Wojciechowski

Lab Technician

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Jia Xiong
Jia Xiong

Visiting Scholar, China, 2013 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2018-2021

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Gad Yousef
Gad Yousef

Senior Research Scholar, 2009-2015

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Mary Youssef
Mary Youssef

Temp Employee, 2022-2023

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Kelsey Zielinski
Kelsey Zielinski

Graduate Student

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Lisa Zuo
Lisa Zuo

Intern