Zhiguo Han
(Sep. 2006)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Plant Genetics & Breeding)
Nanjing Agricultural University

Research Interests: cotton genome structure, comparative genomics, methylation and gene expression.

Jane Liu
(Feb. 2007)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology)
Penn State University

Research Interests: non-additive gene expression and defense regulation in Arabidopsis allotetraploids.

David Pang
(Jan. 2008)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Plant Molec. & Developmental Biology)
Institute of Botany-Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing)

Research Interests: Cotton fiber development, and novel gene expression regulation during polyploidization in Cotton and Arabidopsis.

Changqing Zhang
(Apr. 2008)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Plant Sciences, Genetics minor)
University of Arizona

Research Interests: Epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in polyploids of arabidopsis and cotton.

Danny Ng
(May 2008)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Biology) Texas A&M University

Research Interests: Genetic and epigenetic regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis polyploids.

Gyoungju (Gina) Nah Park
(May 2008)
Postdoctoral Associate
PhD (Plant Sciences) University of Arizona

Research Interests: Gene expression change in polyploids.

Jinsuk Jenny Lee
(Aug. 2002)
Ph. D. Student
(Plant Biology)

Research Interests: Molecular basis of cotton fiber initiation.

Hobby: tennis

Grace Kim
(Sept. 2004)
Ph. D. Student
(Plant Biology)

Research Interests: Functional genomics of Arabidopsis allopolyploids

Hobby: Travel, photography, and cooking.

Misook Ha
(Jan. 2005)
Ph.D. Student
(CMB)

Research interest: Computational systems biology. Statistical inference on gene expression regulatory network using microarray data & genomic sequences.

Jie Lu
(Mar. 2008)
Ph.D. Student
(CMB)

Research interest: Interspecies variation of miRNA biogenesis and expression.

Vikram Agarwal
(Jan. 2006)
Undergraduate Student

Research Interest: Computational analysis of the role of small RNAs in cotton fiber development.

Hobby: Playing basketball, enjoying life, appreciating science.

Eric Bih
(Nov. 2006)
Undergraduate Student

Hobby: swimming, tv, internet.

Erika Lackey
(Aug 2006)
Lab Technician

Research Interests: I employ sequence analysis and molecular genetics experiments to better understand polyploidy in cotton and arabidopsis.

Craig Dupree
(Apr. 2007)
Computer Systems Specialist

Interests: Computational Sciences, High Performance Computing, Distributed Computing, Operating Systems, Networking, Physics, Mathematics.