
2025 Plant Center Retreat



2025 Plant Center Retreat
Tsai Lab Members

Cassie Armstrong
Research Technician
B.S. University of Georgia

McKenna Coile
Research Technician
B.S. University of North Georgia

Rakesh Loya
Research Professional
B.T. Bharath University, India

Saurabh Pandey
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, India

Samantha Surber
PhD candidate, Plant Biology
B.S. University of Nebraska

Audrey Widmier
PhD candidate, Plant Biology
B.S. Mercer University

Félix Barbut
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. SLU, Umea, Sweden

Scott Harding
Senior Research Scientist
Ph.D. Kansas State University

Kimberly McInnes
Research Technician
B.S. Georgia Southern University

Dipika Parajulee
Research Technician
M.S. Fort Valley State University

Alisa Tannirat
Research Professional
B.S. (Biology) University of New Mexico

Dawei Xu
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Margot Chen
Research Professional I
B.S. Taiwan University, Taiwan

Chen Hsieh
PhD candidate, Bioinformatics
M.S. Taiwan University, Taiwan

Aitebiremen "Gift" Omokhua-Uyi
Research Professional, PML
Ph.D. Univ of Pretoria, South Africa

Ivey Patrick
Research Technician
B.S. University of Georgia

Chun-Jui Tsai
Professor and Eminent Scholar
Ph.D. Michigan Technological University

Ran Zhou
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. West Virginia University
Undergraduate assistants

Heriberto Acosta

Bohden Huwe

Angela Liu

Genevieve Putegnat

River Bell

Carl Jones

Ja'Nesia Myers

Suhani Sharma

Ally Cary

Fafa Kwashie

Nicole Nicolescu
Alumni
Elizabeth Grow
Mercer University
Holly McInnes
Graduate student, NC State University
Joe Gauthreaux
MaKenzie Drowns
Graduate student, Purdue University
Brent Lieb
Graduate student, Michigan State University
Michihito Deguchi
Postdoc, Delaware State University
Mahdi Morad Pour
AgriPlex Genomics
Antt Htet Wai
Postdoc, University of Florida
Gaurav Srivastava
Postdoc, France
Kangquan Yin
Postdoc, Japan
Dani Weber
Chile
Trevor Tuma
Postdoctoral Research Associate, UGA
Bindu Simon
Instructor, Kennesaw State University
Sakshi Seth
Software Engineer, ADP, GA
Maria Ortega
Research Scientist, Inari Agriscience, Belgium
Xi Gu
Senior Bioinformatics Scientist, Bayer CropScience
Yen-Ho Chen
Postdoctoral Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA
Ing-Gin Chen
Research Scientist, Ayana Bio, Boston, MA
W. Patrick Bewg
Australia Government
