Current Personnel

Ajay Yekkirala

Masters Student - Biology, 2003-Current

Project: Transcriptome comparisons among Chlamydomonas spp. differing in tolerance to low temperature.
Keerthi Sathiraju

Doctoral Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2006-Current

Project: Mechanisms of survival in the cold-adapted alga, Chlamydomonas altera
Fahmida Shireen

Masters Student - Biology, 2006-Current

Project: Comparison of cold acclimation and freezing tolerance in psychrophilic and psychrotrophic algae.
Pratik Lalit

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2006-Current

Project: Effect of varying temperature on the mobility of Chlamydomonas altera.
Leah Swanson

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2007-Current

Project: Role of plant hormones in mediating Hessian fly damage in wheat.


Former Personnel

Ana Simonovic

PhD, 2006, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Project: Effect of Low Temperatures and Light on Glutamine Synthetase Isoforms in Maize Seedlings.
Dilma Silva

Foreign Exchange Scholar, 2001-2002

Project: Identification of sources of respiratory sucrose loss in sugarbeets.
Shobhan Gaddameedhi

Doctoral Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2002-2004

Project: Altered gene expression during acclimation to chilling stress in maize seedlings. Microarray analyses.
Bryant Carlson

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2002-2003

Project: Monitoring the effects of low temperature on light- and dark-grown maize seedlings.
Miranda Hvinden

Research Assistant, 2002-2003

Project: Development of an assay for gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase.
Chandra Bathula

Doctoral Student - Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2004-2005

Project: Susceptibility of the maize intercalary meristem to low temperature stress.
Jordan Sand

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2005

Project: Response of Chlamydomonas altera to varying low temperatures.
Leah Michael

Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2004-2005

Project: Analysis of gultamine synthetase activity in maize exposed to low temperature.


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Dana Paulson - Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2000
Robert Piontek - Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2005