Current Lab Members
Kevin Childs - Assistant Professor-Fixed Term
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, Texas A&M University
M.S., Computer Science, Texas A&M University
B.S., Botany, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Yu Ya Liang - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Plant Breeding, Texas A&M University
M.S., Genetics and Plant Breeding, National Taiwan University
B.S., Agronomy, National Chung Hsing University
Terry Furton - Research Assistant
B.S., Molecular Diagnostics, Ferris State University
A.A.S., Allied Health Science, Ferris University
Former Lab Members
Megan Bowman - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., Plant Biology, Michigan State University
Directory of Research Operations, Ball Horticultural, West Chicago, IL
Aaron Garoutte - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
B.S., Biology, Hope College
Bioinformatic Scientist - Diversigen, Pearland, TX
Jeongwoon Kim - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Plant Biology, Michigan State University
B.S., Applied Biology and Chemistry, Seoul National Universiy
Bioinformatics Scientist - Monsanto, Chesterfield, MO
Tiffany Liu - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Plant Biology, Michigan State University
B.S., Genetics and Plant Biology, University of California- Berkeley
Norma Manrique-Carpintero - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Horticulture, Virginia Tech
M.S. Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Internacional de Andalucia
B.S. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Genetic Resources Scientist, International Potato Center, Lima Province, Peru
Jose Planta - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Rutgers University
M.S., Applied Bioscience, Hokkaido University
B.S., Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of the Philippines
Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Jane Pulman - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Functional and Comparative Genomics, The University of Liverpool
M. Pharm. Sci., University of Hull
Senior Clinical Data Manager, Bayer, Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Jie Wang - Visiting Research Associate
Ph.D., Plant Pathology; Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Behavior, Michigan State University
B.S., Biology, Nanjing Agricultural University
Computational Biologist, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Pleasanton, CA
Jason Cepela - Research Assistant II
B.S., Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
B.S., Mathematics, Michigan State University
Computational Biologist, PepsiCo, Hawthorne, NY
Kaitlyn Heslip - Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B.S., Food Science, Michigan State University
Diagnostic Quality Control FSQA Compliance Manager, Kowalski Co., Howell, MI
Emily Hilliker - Undergraduate Lab Assitant
B.S., Clinical Laboratory Science, Michigan State University
Clinical Lab Science Intern at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Julie Chow - Undergraduate Summer Intern
B.S., Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Integrative Genetics and Genomics, UC Davis
Scientist, ArsenalBio, South San Francisco, CA
Julia Portocarrero - Undergraduate Summer Intern
B.S., Biological Sciences, Smith College
Research Specialist, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, NC
Selvedina Velic - Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B.S. Human Biology, Michigan State University
Executive Director, ImmiGreatness, Grand Rapids, MI