Alumni
Postdoctoral Scientists
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher DeFraia (Pelotonia Cancer Research Fellow) | 2010-2013 | Professor of Biological Sciences at Ferris State University |
| Germán Martinez-Arías (Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow) | 2011-2015 | Faculty Lecturer (research position) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden |
| Josquin Daron | 2015-2017 | Researcher at the Institut Pasteur in France |
| Andrea McCue | 2017-2021 | Scientist at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio |
| Saima Shahid (Life Science Research Foundation Fellow) | 2017-2022 | Faculty Lecturer at the University of Sheffield in the UK |
| Kaushik Panda | 2018-2023 | Scientist at Bayer Crop Science |
| Peng Liu | 2019-2024 | Genomics Lead Scientist at Sensient Food Colors |
| Marianne Kramer (NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Biology)(NSF I-CORPS Team Leader) | 2021-2025 | Lecturer at the University of Houston |
Graduate Students
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Saivageethi Nuthikattu (Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics) | 2010-2014 | Postdoc with Amparo Villablanca at UC Davis |
| Andrea McCue (Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics), Presidential Research Fellowship, Center for RNA Biology Fellowship, University Fellowship | 2010-2015 | Postdoc at NIH with Shiv Grewal (2015-2017). Returned as a Postdoc to the Slotkin lab in 2017 |
| Dalen Fultz (Ohio State MCDB Interdisciplinary Graduate Program), Presidential Research Fellowship, Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Sciences (CMBP) Training Grant Fellow | 2012-2017 | Postdoc with Craig Pikaard, University of Indiana/HHMI |
| Kaushik Panda (Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics), Presidential Research Fellowship | 2012-2017 | Postdoc in the Slotkin lab |
| Sarah Choudury (Ohio State MCDB Interdisciplinary Graduate Program), Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Sciences (CMBP) Training Grant Fellow, Center for RNA Biology Fellowship | 2014-2018 | Postdoc in Aman Husbands’ laboratory at Ohio State / University of Pennsylvania |
| Meredith Sigman (Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics), Cellular, Molecular & Biochemical Sciences (CMBP) Training Grant Fellow, Ohio State University Fellowship | 2014-2021 | Research Scientist at Bayer Crop Science |
| Diego Cuerda-Gil (Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics), CONACyT Fellowship from Mexico, William H. Danforth Plant Science Fellow | 2016-2021 | Research Scientist at Bayer Crop Science |
| Seth Edwards (University of Missouri Division of Biological Sciences) | 2020-2025 | Postdoc in the Slotkin Lab |
Undergraduate Students
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Bosse | 2010-2011 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics |
| James Stock | 2011-2012 | Graduated from Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics, Honors College |
| Erica Thomas, ASPB Summer Research Fellowship recipient | 2011-2014 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics. Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis |
| Jeff Kovach, ASPB Summer Research Fellowship recipient | 2014-2015 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics. M.S. in Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology from Michigan State University |
| Eric Roose | 2012-2016 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics. Currently in the M.D. program at Case Western Reserve |
| Alissa Cullen | 2014-2017 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics. Currently in the Molecular Genetics and Genomics Ph.D. program at Washington University |
| Eli Guidry | 2016-2016 | Graduated from Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics, Honors College |
| Elaine Louden | 2016-2017 | Graduated from Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics, Honors College |
| Ben Smith | 2017-2018 | Graduated from Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics, Honors College |
| Phillip Woolley, Danforth Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates program | 2019 | University of Texas-Austin |
| Rachel Kirchner | 2017-2020 | Graduated Honors Research Distinction from the Ohio State Department of Molecular Genetics. Currently in the M.D./Ph.D. program at University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Eric Wang, Danforth Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates program | 2022 | Wake Forest University |
| Harper Lowrey, Danforth Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates program | 2022 | Yale University |
| Tayahna Agtarap, Danforth Center Research Experiences for Undergraduates program | 2023 | California State University at Long Beach |
| Joseph Serio, Danforth Center Research Experience for Undergraduates | 2024 | University of Southern Mississippi |
Lab Staff
| Name | Year | Current position |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Gottesman | 2009 | Project Coordinator at Hydro-Kinetics |
| John Patton | 2009-2010 | Completed his M.D./Ph.D. at Ohio State |
| Sarah Reeder | 2010-2013 | Lab manager in the Dobritsa pollen lab at Ohio State |
| Parker Messerli | 2018-2019 | |
| Kim Maxson-Stein | 2018-2019 | |
| Hayden Payne | 2019-2021 | Graduate student in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona |
| Lauren McLain | 2019-2022 | Researcher at Bayer Crop Science |
| Trey Klaas | 2022-2025 |
Lab pictures from each year
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