Principal Investigator

Dr. Roger Wise, USDA-ARS-Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit

Technicians

Karin Gobelman-Werner, USDA-ARS-Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit

Greg Fuerst, USDA-ARS-Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit

Post Doctoral Researchers

Dr. Weihui Xu , Plant Pathology

Dr. Yan Meng, Plant Pathology

Dr. Elsa Ballini , Plant Pathology

Graduate Students

Matthew Moscou, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Julie Meyer, Plant Pathology

Undergraduate Research Associates

Charles Warwick, Biology

Kritika Balaji, Microbiology

 

Alumni

 

Postdoctoral Associates

 

Postdoctoral Associates

 

Year

 

Current Position

Rico Caldo , Ph.D.
2002-2006
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO, 63167
Dennis Halterman, Ph.D.
1999-2004
Shaun Morroll, Ph.D.
1996-1998
Research Scientist at The Institute for Animal Health, Compton Lab. Compton, Newbury, Berks. UK
Rich DeScenzo, Ph.D. (ARS Headquarters Postdoctoral)
1992-1996
Senior Research Scientist, E T S Laboratories, St. Helena, CA
Arla Bush, Ph.D. (ARS Headquarters Postdoctoral)
1991-1996
Director, Human DNA Laboratory, Identity Genetics, Brookings, SD

 

Graduate Students

 

Graduate Students

 

Degree

 

Year Graduated

 

Current Position

Brent Kronmiller
Ph.D., Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
2008
Bioinformatics Scientist at Mendel Biotechnology, Hayward, CA
Pingsha Hu
Ph.D., Interdepartmental Genetics
2008
Postdoc at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (starting January 2009)
Liu Xi
M.S., Genetics
2008
Fusheng Wei
Ph.D., Genetics
2001
Pei Deqing
M.S., Genetics
2000
Karin Gobelman-Werner
M.S., Plant Pathology
2000
Wise Laboratory, USDA-ARS
GongXin Yu
Ph.D., Genetics
1999
Assistant Professor, Biology and Computer Science, Boise State University
Carren Dill
M.S., Genetics
1996
Human Genome Project, Iowa
M. Mahadevappa
M.S., Plant Pathology/Genetics
1993
Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA
J. Gregory
M.S., Plant Pathology
1992
Fresh Aire Delivery

 

Visiting Scholars and Research Apprentices

 

Visiting Scholars and Research Apprentices

 

Year

 

Position

Spring 2005-Summer 2006

Visiting scholar from Finland

Sam Hunter
June-August 2006
David Hessel
June-August 2006
Miranda Ceballos
June-August 2005
Jacob Nelson
June-August 2005
Liz Miller
September 1999-September 2002
Research Associate
December 2000-July 2001
Research Associate
Yvonne Shu
June-August 1991
USDA-ARS Research Apprentice (college bound high school senior, prior to enrolling at Grinnell College, IA
Ute Rode
June-September 1990
Visiting research scholar from Germany

 

NSF-RET (Research Experience for Teachers)

 

NSF-RET (Research Experience for Teachers)

 

Year

 

Current Position

Ehren Whigham
June-August 2008
Secondary Science Teacher, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, IA
John Upah
June-August 2008
Secondary Science Teacher, Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA
Jaime Beine
June-August 2008
St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI
Ehren Whigham
June-August 2007
Secondary Science Teacher, Theodore Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, IA
John Upah
June-August 2007
Secondary Science Teacher, Valley High School, West Des Moines, IA
John Jackson
June-August 2006
Dennis Vaughn
June-August 2006
Secondary Science Teacher, Baxter Community School, Baxter, IA
Dennis Vaughn
June-August 2005
Secondary Science Teacher, Baxter Community School, Baxter, IA
Joel Bourque
June-August 2004
7th Grad Science Teacher, Estes Park Middle School, Estes Park, CO

 

Undergraduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Year

Current Position

Jasmine Chen 2007-2008 Psychology Major at Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Nicole Asberry 2006-2007
 
Amy Schwartz 2006-2007 Microbiology Major at Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Adam Welker 2006 English Major at Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Joy Roelfs
2001-2004
Laboratory Technician at Long Island Cancer Center Laboratory, Stony Brook, NY
Anneke Reeder
2001-2004
Tracy Hulsey
2002-2004
Biology
Jennifer Holmes
1999-2000
D.O. program at Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
Courtney Cswerkco
1999-2000
Julie Edwards
1997-1999
UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Shannon Stenejhem
1998-1999
Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, IA
Sophi Franck
1994-1995
D.V.M./ISU
Mark Brown
1993-1994
Edward Allen
1993-1994
Carren Dill
1993-1994
Human Genome Project, Indianapolis, IN
Darren Gruis
1991-1992
Postdoc,Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, IA
Bernadette Hackbart
1992-1993
Shane Heinen
1990-1992
Assistant Scientist, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

 

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