Karla Cuéllar
PhD Student
Montserrat Cuéllar Pérez is a Ph.D. student in Complex Biosystems at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, specializing in Integrative Plant Biology. Her research focuses on the comparative analysis of eQTLs in maize and sorghum. She has a background in bioinformatics and molecular biology, and her interests include gene regulation, statistical genomics, and plant systems biology.
In the News
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Schnable Lab at Corn Breeding Research Meeting
Harshita Mangal, Waqar Ali, Karla Cuéllar, and Zhongjie Ji presented at the Corn Breeding Research meeting. -
Schnable Lab at NAPPN Conference
Jensina Davis and Karla Cuéllar spoke at the NAPPN conference in East Lansing, Michigan. -
UNL-Bayer Hackathon
Ryleigh Kirby, Harshita Mangal, Sofiya Arora, Jensina Davis, Hadiya Kounsar, Ozgur Altundas, Amany Gomaa, and Karla Cuéllar joined the Bayer Agriculture Data Hackathon, where Sofiya’s team won first place, Hadiya and Ryleigh’s team took second, Jensina’s team placed third, and Ozgur’s team earned the social engagement award. -
New graduate students join in Fall 2025
Welcome to PhD candidates Karla Cuéllar and Ozgur Altundas, and MS student Hadiya Kounsar. Karla is a returning lab member having worked with us twice as a visiting undergraduate. Ozgur is a former student of Caner Yavuz, a former lab member who now works as an assistant professor in Turkey. -
Karla Cuellar visiting intern
We welcomed Karla Cuellar, a visiting intern from the University of Guanajuato in Mexico to our lab. Karla will be helping us to analyze eQTL in large maize and sorghum datasets.