Lab Alumni
- Postdocs and Visiting Scientists
- PhD Students
- Masters Students
- Bachelors Students
- High School Students
- All Others
Postdocs and Visiting Scientists
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation | |
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Khang Hoang | Visiting Scientist | 2024 | |
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Hongyu Jin | Postdoctoral | 2024 | |
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Lina Corona-López | Technician | 2022-2023 | Field Crop Research Scientist at USDA (Raleigh) |
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Ravi Mural 0000-0002-5489-9918 |
Research Assistant Professor Center for Plant Science Innovation |
2019-2023 | Assistant Professor at South Dakota State University |
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Marcin Grzybowski 0000-0002-6303-5433 |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019-2022 | Assistant Professor, University of Warsaw |
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Deniz Istipliler 0000-0002-0887-1121 |
Visiting Scholar | 2022-2023 | Assistant Professor Ege University |
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Guangchao Sun 0000-0003-3942-6175 |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2018-2021 | Bioinformatician Mayo Clinic |
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Xiaoxi “Peggy” Meng 0000-0001-7217-2037 |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2018-2020 | Computational Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Hospital |
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Ranjita Thapa | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019-2020 | Research Scientist, Inari Agriculture |
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Sunil KK Raju |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2017-2018 | Postdoc at New York University |
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Lang Yan |
Visiting Scholar | 2016-2017 | Deputy Director, Potato Functional Genomics, XiChang College |
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Jinliang Yang |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2016-2017 | Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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Yang Zhang |
Postdoctoral Scholar | 2014-2017 | Research Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital |
PhD Students
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation |
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Fangyi Li | PhD Student (co-advised) |
2024 | |
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Michael Tross | PhD Student | 2024 | |
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Henrique Moura Dias | Visiting PhD Student | ||
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Nate Korth | PhD Student/FFAR Fellow | 2017-2022 | Postdoc, North Carolina State |
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Santos Yenandy Barrera Lemus |
PhD Student (co-advised) |
2021 | Research Scientist, World Coffee Research |
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Chenyong Miao 0000-0002-0904-3707 |
PhD Student | 2016-2020 | Phenomics Data Scientist, Bayer Crop Science |
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Xiuru Dai 0000-0002-2516-1068 |
Visiting PhD Student Shandong Agricultural University |
2018-2019 | Assistant Professor, Shandong Agricultural University |
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Daniel Carvalho |
PhD Student, CV | 2015-2019 | Postdoc, Federal University of Minas Gerais |
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Zhikai Liang 0000-0002-9963-8631 |
PhD Student CV |
2015-2019 | Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University |
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Xianjun Lai |
CSC PhD Student | 2015-2017 | Associate Professor, XiChang College |
Masters Students
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation | |
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Ramesh Kanna Mathivanan | MS Student | 2022-2024 | |
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Kahheetah Barnoskie | MS Student | 2021-2022 | |
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Kyle Linders | MS Student | 2020-2022 | Research Technologist, UNL |
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Mackenzie Zwiener |
MS Student Technician |
2019-2021 | Statistician, US Dept. of Homeland Security |
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Preston Hurst | MS Student | 2017-2019 | Research Scientist, Syngenta |
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Bhushit Agarwal | Comp. Sci. MS Student (co-advised) |
2015-2016 | Software Engineer, MyVest |
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Srinidhi Bashyam | Comp. Sci. MS Student (co-advised) |
2015-2016 | Systems Software Developer, University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
Bachelors Students
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation | ||
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Karla M. Cuellar Perez | Bachelors student | Fall 2024 | Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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Daniel Ngu | Bachelors Student | 2014-2017 | ||
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Thomas Hoban 0000-0001-7607-1903 |
Bachelors Student | 2015-2020 | ||
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Logan Olson | Bachelors Student | 2016-2017 | ||
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Xiaoyang (Chloe) Ye | Bachelors Student | 2016-2017 | ||
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Holly Podliska | UCARE Bachelors Student | 2016-2017 | Student Teacher | |
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Connor Pedersen |
Research Assistant | 2017-2018 | PostBac Student at Los Alamos National Lab | |
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Kyle Johnson | REU Student | Summer 2016 | Phd Student; Biomedical Engineering; Georgia Tech | |
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Taylor Horn | REU Student | Summer 2016 | ||
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Christian Butera | REU Student | Summer 2018 | Clinical Scientist at PerkinElmer Genomics | |
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Ashley Foltz | REU Student | Summer 2018 | Graduate Student in the School of Biological Sciences at UNL | |
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Alex Enersen | Bachelors Student | 2017-2019 | ||
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Alejandro Pages | UCARE Bachelors Student | 2018-2019 | ||
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Alexandra Bradley | Bachelors Student, Summer Field Tech | 2017-2019 | Microbiology Technician at Microconsult | |
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Alex Molnar | Bachelors Student | Summer 2019 | ||
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Nate Andreasen | Bachelors Student | Summer 2019 | ||
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Natalie Belz | REU Student | Summer 2019 | ||
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Bryce Askey | REU Student | Summer 2019 | ||
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Seth Snell | Bachelors Student | Summer 2019 | ||
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Xiangdong “Brian” Liu | Bachelors Student Sigmon Group |
2018-2019 | ||
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Nate Pester |
Bachelors Student Sigmon Group |
2018-2020 | Med School, UNMC | |
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Leighton Wheeler | Bachelors Student | 2019-2020 | Med School | |
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Sierra Conway | Bachelors Student | 2019-2020 | ||
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Madison Tunnell | REU Student | 2020 | ||
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Lou Townsend | Bachelors Student | 2019-2020 | ||
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Elijah Frost | Bachelors Student | 2020 | ||
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Logan Duryee |
Bachelors Student | 2020 | ||
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Luke Micek | Bachelors Student | 2020-2021 | ||
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Aldi Airori | Bachelors Student | 2020-2021 | ||
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Isaac Stevens | Bachelors Student | 2019-2021 | Technician, Evonik | |
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Olivier N Mizero | CUSP Bachelors Student | 2020-2021 | ||
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Rongqing Zhang | Bachelors Student | Spring 2021 | ||
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Sam Rangira | Bachelors Student | 2021 | ||
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Mohamed Al Hussaini] | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021 | ||
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Aleah Miller | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021 | ||
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Henry “Hank” Medlock | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021 | ||
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Prince Ngiruwonsanga | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021 | ||
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Alexis Finch | Bachelors Student | 2020-2021 | ||
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Jocelyne Horanituze | Bachelors Student | 2020-2021 | ||
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Grace Carey | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021 | ||
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Remy Hirwa | Bachelors Student | Summer 2021-Fall 2021 | ||
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Brooke Bouwens | REEEU Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Lionel Kagaba | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Marthe Niyingenera | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Carine Mushimiyimana | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Alexa Nolan | REEEU Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Han Tran | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Alice Guo | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Abaigeal Aydt | Bachelors Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Alliance Igiraneza | Bachelors Student | 2021-2023 | ||
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Daniella Norah Tumusiine | Bachelors Student | 2021-2023 | ||
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Isabel Sigmon | HS Student and Bachelors Student |
2018-2023 | ||
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Maddy Faber | Bachelors Student | 2023 | ||
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Kashish Syed | Bachelors Student | 2023 | ||
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Karla Montserrat Cuéllar Pérez | Visiting Bachelor Student | Summer 2022 | ||
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Luyang Zhang | REU Intern | |||
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Matthew Lowry | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023 | ||
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Chessie Ruester | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2022-2023 | ||
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Aime Nishimwe | CUSP Bachelors Student 0000-0003-0074-9364 |
2018-2022 | ||
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Natasha Nguyen | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 | ||
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Sofia Grace | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 | ||
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Kelsey Shotkoski | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 | ||
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Annaliese Kohrell | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 | ||
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Shurouk Hamad | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 | ||
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Oddine Kyavuma | Undergraduate Research Assistant | 2023-2024 |
High School Students
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation | |
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Nicole Hollander | YNS High School Intern | Summer 2017 | |
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Ryleigh Grove | YNS Student | Summer 2021 | UNL class of 2026 |
All Others
| Name | Title | Tenure | Current Affiliation |
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Niranjan Pokhrel | Rotating PhD Student Complex Biosystems |
Fall 2024 | PhD Student UNL | |
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Lei Tian | Visiting PhD Student Henan Agricultural University |
Summer 2014 | PhD Student | |
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Sarah Johnson | Rotating PhD Student Complex Biosystems |
Spring 2017 | Graduate Student, Clemente & Hyten Labs | |
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Taity Changa | Volunteer | 2019 | Postdoc University of Florida | |
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Michael Richter 0000-0001-9702-4292 |
PhD Student (rotating) |
Spring 2020 | PhD Student, Wilson Lab | |
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Xiangjun Li | Research Associate | 2020 | Lab Manager, Hyten Lab, UNL | |
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Shuying Zhang | Technician | 2019-2020 | Technician, UNL Biomedical and Obesity Research Core | |
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Clay Christenson | Tech | 2019-2022 | ||
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Christine Smith | Technician | 2018-2022 | ||
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Olivier Mizero 0000-0003-0675-6936 |
Post-Bac Student | 2022-2023 |