Former Post-Docs
Raul Zavaliev, PhD.
Current employment: Assistant Scientist, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
website: Brookhaven National Laboratory
Email: Raul
Jinlong Wang, PhD.
Current employment: Associate Professor, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
website: Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science
Email: Jinlong
Musoki Mwimba, PhD.
Current employment: Scientist I
website: Cambrex
Email: Musoki
Paul Zwack, PhD.
Current employment: Senior Scientist I Protein Biochemist
website: Syngenta
Zwack Scholar Profile
Email: Paul
John Withers, PhD.
Current employment: Protein Scientist
website: BASF
Withers Scholar Profile
Email: John
Heejin Yoo, PhD.
Current employment: Assistant Professor The University of Utah; School of Biological Science
website: Yoo Laboratory
website: The University of Utah; School of Biological Science Faculty
Email: Heejin
Guoyong Xu, PhD.
Current employment: Professor Wuhan University
website: Wuhan University
Email: Guoyong
Lijing Liu, PhD.
Current employment: Professor Shandong University
website: Shandong University
Email: Lijing
Yangnan Gu, PhD.
Current employment: Assistant Professor University of California – Berkeley
website: University of California – Berkeley
Email: Yangnan
Jorge Marques, PhD.
Current employment: Senior Director Laboratory, Azzur Labs, LLC
website: Azzur Labs, LLC
Email: Jorge
Abdelaty Saleh, PhD.
Current employment:
website:
Email: Abdelaty
Rajinikanth Mohan, PhD.
Current employment: Assistant Professor of Biology at Mercyhurst University
website: Mercyhurst Faculty Page
Email: Raj
Wei Wang, PhD.
Current employment: Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
website: School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Email: Wei
Shunping Yan, PhD.
Current employment: Professor Hauzhong Agricultural University
website: HZAU Home Page
Email: Shunping
Zhengqing Fu, PhD.
Current employment: Associate Professor University of South Carolina
website: Fu Lab Website at USC
Email: Zhengqing
Jose Pedro Fonseca, PhD.
Current employment: Postdoctural Fellow at Nobel Research Institute
website: Nobel Research Institute
Shui Wang, PhD.
Shui is interested in the role of endoreduplication of plant cells in plant defense response and trichome development.
Current employment: Professor at Shanghai Normal University
website: Shanghai Normal University
Email: Shui
Junqi Song, PhD.
Current employment: Assistant Professor
Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas
affiliated with the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at the Texas A&M University in College Station
websites: Texas A&M AgriLife Research Center at Dallas and Texas A&M University in College Station
Email: Junqi
Karolina Pajerowska-Mukhtar, PhD.
Karolina’s laboratory is studying the role of secretory pathway in plant defense responses.
Current employment: Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham Biology Department
website: UAB Faculty Page
Email: Karolina
Yasuomi Tada, PhD.
Current employment: Professor
Nagoya University
Plant Molecular Signaling
website: Nagoya Laboratory of Gene Analysis Home Page
Email: Yasuomi
Daniela Caldelari-Guex, PhD.
Current employment: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
website: Daniela Caldelari-Geux Page
Email: Daniela
Wendy Durrant, PhD.
Current employment:
website:
Email: Wendy
Meenu Kesarwani, PhD.
Meenu is currently working on Leukemia (CML).
Current employment: Research Associate Cincinnati Childrens Hospital and Medical Center
Email: Meenu
Zhonglin Mou, PhD.
Zhonglin’s laboratory is studying The Signal Transduction Pathways in Plant Immunity.
Current employment: Professor
University of Florida Microbiology and Cell Science Dept.
website: Faculty page at University of Florida
Email: Zhonglin
Mark Kinkema, PhD.
Current employment: Vice President of Production,
AgBiTech
website: AgBiTech
Xin Li, PhD.
Current employment: Professor
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
website: UBC Faculty Page
Email: Xin
Yuelin Zhang, PhD.
Current employment: Associate Professor
University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, Canada
website:Zhang Faculty Page
Email: Yuelin
Yan Li, PhD.
Current employment:
website:
Former Graduate Students
Jordan Powers, PhD.
Current employment: PostDoc
website: Dong Lab
Email: Jordan
Yezi Xiang, PhD.
Current employment: PostDoc
website: Dong Lab
Email: Yezi
Musoki Mwimba, PhD.
Current employment: Scientist I
website: Cambrex
Email: Musoki
George Greene, PhD.
Current employment: Chief Scientific Officer, Upstream Biotechnology, Inc
website: Upstream Biotechnology, Inc
Email: George
Jonathan Motley, PhD.
Current employment: The NCI Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office
website: The NCI Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/research/technology-transfer-and-intellectual-property-office
Email: Jonathan
Sophia (Sophie) Zebell, PhD.
Current employment: Lippman Lab, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
website: Lippman Lab CSHL
Email: Sophie
Mian Zhou, PhD.
Current employment: Professor, Capital Normal University
website: Capital Normal University
Email: Mian
Xiaoyu Zheng, PhD.
Current employment: Senior Bioinformatic Engineer for GDIT | CDC
website: GDIT
Email: Xiaoyu
Wei Wang, PhD.
Current employment: Investigator, School of Life Sciences, Peking University
website: School of Life Sciences, Peking University
Email: Wei
Natalie Spivey, PhD.
Current employment: Associate Professor
Wofford College, Department of Biology
website: Natalie Spivey’s HomePage
Email: Natalie
Steven Spoel, PhD.
Steven is interested in the mechanisms by which eukaryotes reprogram gene transcription in response to their environment.
Current employment: Professor and Prinipal Investigator
Chair of Cell Signaling & Proteostasis
Head of Molecular Plant Sciences at University of Edinburgh, UK
website: Spoel Lab Web Page and Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Email: Steven
Jinyoung Yang Barnaby, PhD.
Jin is focusing on exploring rice genetic resources for use in adapting to climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
Current employment: Research Plant Physiologist USDA/ARS Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center Stuttgart, AR
Email: Jinyoung
Lisa Anderson, PhD.
Jungmin Yoo
Current employment:
website:
Email: Jungmin
Dong Wang, PhD.
Dong Wang, PhD.Dong’s foctus is mechanisms of intracellular symbiosis between eukaryotic legume hosts and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
Current employment: Associate Professor University of Massachusetts – Amherst
website: Wang Lab Page
Email: Dong
Rebecca Mosher, PhD.
Rebecca studies the synthesis and action of small RNA molecules with particular emphasis on epigenetic modifications driven by small RNAs and RNA Polymerase IV.
Current employment: Associate Professor and Principal Investigator, Associate Director of SPLS University at Arizona
website: Mosher Lab Page
Email: Rebecca
Weihua Fan, PhD.
Weihua’s years in the Dong lab taught him the principles of scientific thinking, and provided him the great joy of intellectual pursuit. He said he will forever cherish that memory.
Current employment: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Email: Weihua
Andrew Heidel, PhD.
Current employment: Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf
website: : CEPLAS
Email: Andrew
Joe Clarke, PhD.
Current employment: Syngenta Biotechnology Inc.
Scientist III
website: Syngenta
Email: Joe
Scott Bowling, PhD.
Current employment: Auburn University
Majors General Biology Coordinator
website: Bowling Home Page
Email: Scott
Hui Cao, PhD.
Current employment:
Email: Hui
