Alumni

Graduate and visiting graduate students:

Chao Zhang, Ph.D

Liang Kong, Post-doc.

Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University

Hsiu-An Chou, MS.

Brendan Mormile, Ph.D.

Postdoc at University of Michigan

Barbara Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Biological Formulation and Technology R&D at Corteva Agriscience

Catherine Danmaigona Clement, Ph.D.

Data Scientist Computational Genomics, at Bayer Crop Science

Dongdong Ge, Ph.D.

Postdoc at Westlake University

Lin Zhou, Ph.D.

Lahong Xu, Ph.D.

  • Pierce Jamieson, Ph.D., Research Associate at ARK Invest.
  • Ana Escocard, Ph.D., Postdoc at TAMU
  • Kevin Babilonia, Ph.D., Scientist at iBio Inc.
  • Chuanchun Yin, Ph.D., Postdoc at Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Yanyan Huang, Ph.D, Associate Professor at Sichuan Agricultural University
  • Chenglong Liu, Ph.D.,
  • Lin Zhang, Ph. D., Postdoc at Huazhong Agricultural University
  • Ping Wang, Ph.D., Associate Professor at China Agricultural University
  • Kevin Cox, Ph.D., Postdoc at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
  • Xiyu Ma, Ph.D., Research Fellow at Harvard University
  • Stéfanie Menezes de Moura, Ph.D., Postdoc at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA)
  • Zhixue Zhao, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Sichuan Agricultural University
  • Yong Yang, Ph.D., Research Assistant in the National navel Orange Engineering Research Center, Gannan Normal University
  • Fuhao Cui, Ph.D., Associate Professor at China Agricultural University
  • Guangyuan Xu, Ph.D., Associate Professor at China Agricultural University
  • Roma Mustafa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University, Parkistan
  • Mustafa Cilkiz, M.S., PhD student at TAMU
  • Zhangjian Hu, Ph.D., Postdoc at Zhejiang University
  • Suzane ariádina Souza, Ph.D., Postdoc at North State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Wenyong Shao, Ph.D., Postdoc at Zhejiang University
  • Luciano Vespoli, Ph.D., PostDoc at Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Brazil
  • Maoying Li, Ph.D., Research Assistant Scientist   Beijing Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences
  • Fangjun Li, Ph.D., Associate Professor at China Agriculture University
  • Fuhao Cui, Ph.D., Associate Professor at China Agriculture University
  • Jinggen Zhou, Ph.D., Associate Professor at Shanghai Normal University
  • Wenwei Lin, Ph.D, Professor at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
  • Shan Jiang, Ph.D, Scientist at Merck company in China
  • Xin Chen, MS
  • Cheng Cheng, Ph.D, Postdoc at University of California, Davis
  • Aline Chaves Introrne, Ph.D., Associate Professor at North State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Marcos Oliveira, Ph.D, Research scientist at University of Wisconsin–Madison
  • Yulan Zhang, MS, Founder of a biotech company in China

Postdoctoral researchers and visiting scientists:

Dr. Jun Liu

Professor at Sun Yat-sen University

Dr. Jiaxing Liu

Postdoc at TAMU

  • Dr. Derui Liu, Professor at Shandong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Dexian Luo, Professor at Shandong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Gretchen Kroh, AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at USDA
  • Dr. Olivier Rodrigues, Associate Professor at University of Toulouse, France
  • Dr. Shuguo Hou,  Associate Professor at Shandong Jianzhu University
  • Dr. Xiangpei Kong, Associate Professor at Shandong University
  • Dr. Peiguo Yuan, Postdoc at TAMU
  • Dr. Baoming Feng, Professor at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
  • Dr. Shijuan Dou, Associate Professor at Hubei Agricultural University
  • Dr. Lizhu Wu, Associate Professor at Hubei Agricultural University
  • Dr. Taotao Wang, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Xiao Yu, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Bo Li, Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Xiangzong Meng, Professor at Shanghai Normal University
  • Dr. Hyung-Gon Mang, Scientist in the Plant Immunity Research Center at Seoul National University
  • Dr. Fanhong Meng, Scientific Editor and Admissions Counselor
  • Dr. Shuqiao Guo, Scientist in Jiansu Agricultural Academy of Sciences
  • Dr. Humberto Henriquec, Assistant Professor at Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
  • Dr. Giselle Mendes,  Assistant Professor at Instituto Federal Goiano – Campus Rio Verde, Brazil
  • Dr. Xiquan Gao, Professor at Nanjing Agricultural University
  • Dr. Dongping Lu, Professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Dr. Shujing Wu, Professor at Shandong Agricultural University
  • Dr. Chuandeng Yi, Professor at Yangzhou University
  • Dr. Jie Zhou, Professor at Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University

Staff:

Dr. Eun-gyu No, Research scientist at TAMU

Ali Nabhani, Graduate student at University of California, lrvine

Addison Frese, Graduate student at TAMU

  • Michael Lynn, Graduate student at TAMU
  • Mallory Wilemon, Associate scientist at Ball Horticulture Company

Undergraduate students

Research Credit
  1. Lauren Kearns
  2. Tengyang Wu
  3. Madison Ellis
  4. Jagger Butler
  5. Reed Rivera
  6. Jesph Gallucci (Fall 2021)
  7. Joel Miguel De Los Santos (Fall 2021)
  8. Michael James Lynn (Fall 2020)
  9. Amir Melek (Fall 2020)
  10. Sarah Mattison Edgar (Fall 2020-Spring 2021)
  11. Taylon Prevost (Fall 2019-Fall 2020)
  12. Gabriel Janish (Fall 2019)
  13. Shawn H Hingorani (Spring 2019)
  14. Cameron Criswell (Spring 2017-Fall 2018, 2017 ASPB SURF summer researcher, 2017 Undergraduate Research Scholar, Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program)
  15. Novin Tayefeh (Fall 2017-Fall 2018)
  16. Samuel Lawrence Hayes (Summer 2018)
  17. Logan Taylor McCurry (Summer 2017-Spring 2018)
  18. Douglas Ross Pechacek (Fall 2017-Spring 2018)
  19. Rajiv Sudarsh Rangan (Summer 2017)
  20. Chandra Lam (Summer 2017)
  21. Mark Donovan Mahnke (Summer 2017)
  22. Prakruti D. Rabadia (Fall 2016-Spring 2017)
  23. Thomas Hsu (Summer 2016-Spring 2017)
  24. Sara Maynard (Fall 2015-Summer 2016, Winner of Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Norman Borlaug Center Prize 2016)
  25. Maricarmen Quiroz (Summer 2016)
  26. Aselin Puthenpurail (Summer 2016)
  27. Teleri Smith (Summer 2016)
  28. Joshua Hirsh (Summer 2016)
  29. Jessica Vahle (Summer 2016)
  30. Michael Hsu (Summer 2016)
  31. Mary Rodriguez (May 2014-Summer 2016)
  32. Gutierrez, Luis Arnoldo (Summer 2015-Fall 2015)
  33. Vincent Provasek (Summer 2013-Fall 2014, recipient of 2014 ASPB SURF Program, 2nd place of 2014 Biochemistry and Biophysics Undergraduate Poster Competition, Selected for oral presentation at Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium at Rice University, 2014).
  34. Alexander James Griffith (Spring 2014-Spring 2015)
  35. Annalisa Isidora Torres (Spring 2014-Spring 2015)
  36. Jasmine Lache Irvin (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)
  37. Okanlawon, Adedayo Olumuyiwa (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)
  38. Yamashita, Stephanie Fay (Fall 2014-Spring 2015)
  39. Tri Tran (Summer 2015)
  40. Irion, Hunter Christian (Spring 2015)
  41. Duyen Tung Vu (Fall 2013-Fall 2014)
  42. Kaira Adriana Church (Spring 2014-Fall 2014)
  43. Taylor Orr (Spring 2012-Fall 2013, 2nd place of 2014 Biochemistry and Biophysics Undergraduate Poster Competition)
  44. Jennifer Schubert (Summer 2013-Spring 2014)
  45. Kathleen Chappel (Summer 2014)
  46. Ana Cardenas (May 2013-May 2014)
  47. Yuan, Eva Ivette (Fall 2013)
  48. Mashroor Jahan (Spring 2013)
  49. Nimran Syed Ali (Spring 2013)
  50. Farhan Hasin Islam (Spring 2013)
  51. Andrew Edward Snodgrass (Spring 2013)
  52. Stephanie Stryker (Summer 2012-Fall 2012)
  53. Elio Male (Fall 2012)
  54. Simone Clarissa Goines (Summer 2012-Fall 2012 )
  55. Alexander Eliseo Vega Gonzalez (Summer 2012-Fall 2012)
  56. Chris Chung On (Spring 2011-Fall 2011)
  57. Sara Elizabeth Powel (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
  58. David Whitmarsh (Fall 2010-Spring 2011)
  59. Brant Skinner (Spring 2010- Summer 2011)
  60. Silas L. Adams (Fall 2009- Spring 2010)
  61. Robert C. Britt (Spring 2010- Fall 2010)
  62. Jae Won Choi (Summer 2009-Fall 2009)
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Awardees:
  • Cameron Criswell, 2017, Project: Understanding Plant Cell Death With “bak to life” Screens
  • Vincent Provasek, 2014, Project: Genetic Dissection of Arabidopsis Genes Governing Immune Gene Expression (Aggie)
NSF-Sponsored Summer REU Students
  • Addison Frese (Biomedical Sciences, 2021)
  • Sara Maynard (Department of Biology, TAMU, 2016)
  • Bradley Schick (Concordia University, Nebraska, 2013)
  • Antoinette Harris (Tuskegee University, 2013)
  • Ali. S Kianinejad (The University of Texas at Brownsville, 2012)
  • Abbey Babinet (University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2011)
  • Laura Anissa Requenez (Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, 2010)
  • Juan Sanchez (University of Texas, Pan America, 2009)
  • Kevin Babilonia Figueroa (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, 2009)
Research Intensive Community for Undergraduates (RICU) Summer Program (2016)
Team1
  • Maricarmen Quiroz (leader, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
  • Prakruti D. Rabadia (Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
  • Aselin Puthenpurail (Department of Nutritional science)
  • Thomas Hsu (Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
Team2
  • Teleri Smith (leader, Bio-environmental Science)
  • Joshua Hirsh (Department of Biology)
  • Jessica Vahle (Bio-environmental Science)
  • Crystal Garcia (International Studies Environmental Track)
Aggie Research Scholars’ (ARS) Program
2014 Fall
  • Vincent Provasek (leader, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics)
  • Mary Rodriguez (Department of Bioenvironmental Science)
  • Oziel Pineda (Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences)
  • Jordyn Michalik (Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences)
2014 Summer
  • Vincent Provasek (leader, Department of Biochemistry &Biophysics)
  • Kathleen Chappel (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science)
  • Briana Lindsley (Department of Bioenvironmental Science)
  • Tiffany Mao (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science)
  • Aman Walla (Department of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science)
2013 Summer
  • Taylor Orr (leader, Department of Biochemistry &Biophysics)
  • Vincent Provasek (Department of Biochemistry &Biophysics)
  • Matyndia C. Cisse (Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences)
  • Danielle L. Young (Department of Soil and Crop Sciences)
Green Immunology Workshop
2016 Summer
Organizers: Kevin Babilonia & Kevin Cox
Attendees:
  • Ashley Jacques, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
  • Stephanie Cantu, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
  • Gloria Thomas, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
  • Rodolfo Singleterry, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley
  • Pedro Ramon, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
  • Joshua Lee, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
  • Riki Amina Karedia, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
  • Michelle McGaha, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
2014 Summer
Organizers: Vincent Provasek, Kevin Cox
Attendees:
  • Aline Trejo, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
  • Gabriel Diaz, Texas A&M University Corpus Christi
  • Merlin Herrera, University of Houston Downtown
  • Leah Mulkey, University of Houston Downtown
  • Mary Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College Station
  • Allen Zhang, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
  • Lu Yu, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University
  • Thomas Hsu, Clements High School, Sugarland, TX
International Intern Students
  • Gabriel Quintanilha Peixoto (Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil, Summer 2016)
  • Lu Yu (Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, China, May 2014-September 2014)
  • Allen Shuai Zhang (Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, China, May 2014-September 2014)
  • Anna Hu (Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, China, October 2013-May 2014)
  • Sunny Liu (Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, China, October 2013-May 2014)
  • Jun Liu (Fujian Agricultural & Forestry University, China, Spring 2012-Summer 2013)
  • Ana Márcia Escocard (Center for Biological Science, State University of North Fluminense, Brazil, June 2012-May 2013)