Research Scientist: Drought Tolerance Trait Discovery
Gaia Cortinovis
Postdoc: Pangenome Biology
PhD Student: Trait Discovery for Iron Deficiency
Nneka Okereke
PhD Student: Genetics for Public-Private Partnership
Gloria Mensah
PhD Student: Drought tolerance trait discovery
Ted Monyak
PhD Student: AI for Genome-Phenome Mapping
Samuel K.T. Owusu-Ansah
PhD Student:
Complex Trait Genetics
Alyssa Rosenow
Research Associate:
Field Manager
(with Rhodes lab)
Tara Rickman
Research Associate: Bioinformatician
Rica Saludares
Research Associate II: Molecular Breeder
(with Rhodes lab)
Rovel Emman Austria
Research Associate:
Plant Science Technician
Ashton Sturm
Research Coordinator Global partnerships
Co-director: Genomics & Breeding Technology
Professor, Principal investigator
Alex Kena
Postdoc: Open-source Breeding Technology
Currently: Senior Lecturer, KNUST Ghana
John Spiekerman
Postdoc: Molecular Physiology
BMGF Green Evolution
S.M. Abdul-Awal
Research Scientist
Currently: Vice Chancellor, Pabna University, Bangladesh
Theresa Ankamah-Yeboah
Visiting Scholar Lecturer - University of Ghana
Jacob Easley
Research Assistant
Currently: Music Producer
Michelle Peterson
Research Assistant
Currently: Peace Corps
Kristen Johnson
MS Student
Currently: Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senate
Terry Felderhoff
Senior Research Scientist
Currently: Research Assistant Professor - Sorghum molecular breeding KSU
Sandeep Marla
Postdoc
Currently: Senior Research Scientist - KSU Plant Pathology
Jacques Faye
PhD Student
Currently: Research Scientist ISRA-CERAAS (Senegal national program)
Fanna Maina
PhD Student
Currently: Research Scientist INRAN (Niger national program)
Noah Winans
Undergraduate Researcher
Currently: Graduate student, Texas A&M Sorghum breeding
Matt Davis
Assistant Scientist
Currently: Associate Scientist - KSU Sorghum molecular breeding
Sridevi Nakka
Postdoc
Currently: Postdoc Heartland Plant Innovations
Sophie Bouchet
Postdoc Research Associate
Currently: Principal Scientist - Wheat Genomics, INRA-France
Marcus Olatoye
PhD Student
Currently: Research Geneticist - USDA ARS Hops program
Yi Li
Postdoc - Heartland Plant Innovations
Currently: Calyxt
Bassirou Mbacké
Visiting scholar (USDA Borlaug Fellow) - University of Thies
Jianan Wang
Postdoc, Sorghum Genomics Toolkit
Currently: Assistant Professor, Hainan University
Zhenbin Hu
Postdoc, TERRA-REF
Currently: Postdoc, St. Louis University
Shayna Braun
Research Assistant
Currently: Cross Country Genetics
Rich Brown
Research Technologist (UAV)
Currently: General Electric
Ben Coomes
Undergraduate Researcher
Qingling Li
Undergraduate Researcher
Karina Bertolino
Undergraduate Researcher
Austin Ebert
Undergraduate Researcher
Currently: USDA-ARS
Obembe Oladipo
Research Assistant
Sam Knauss
Undergraduate Researcher
Ami Oh
Postdoc - G2P Bridge (FFAR)
Tarik Eluri
Program manager
Currently: Sustainability manager, US Soybean Export Council