Current members (University of Delaware)
Randall Wisser
Ningjing Saponaro
Accrete Genetics and Breeding software
Heather Manching
Maize adaptation; Genetics of response to selection
Teclemariam (Tecle) Weldekidan
Maize breeding and field testing
Philip Saponaro
DeepXScope; Macroscopic microscopy
Co-mentored students
Nicole Choquette
(PhD) Adaptational Genomic Selection
North Carolina State University
Advisor: Jim Holland
Abiskar Gyawali
Former members (University of Delaware)
Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Scholars
Scott Davis
(Research Specialist)
Genomics applications
Zhu Zou
(Post-Doc)
Genetics and genomics pedagogy
Meredith Biedrzycki
Plant microscopy
Megan Patzoldt
Lab manager; Genomics assay development
Ben Isett
Genomics applications
Michael Dumas
Genomics applications; GBS & ReSeq
Juliana Teixeira
Maize adaptation
Graduate Students
Emmalea Ernest
Heat tolerance in lima bean
Wayne Treible
(PhD) Computer & Information Sciences
Co-mentored – Computer vision for plant microscopy
Advisor: Chandra Kambhamettu
Felix Francis
ReSeq bioinformatic tools; Genetic analysis of disease resistance
Matthew Saponaro
Research project – AGB software
Susan Gachara
(MS) Borel Global Fellow
Toehold switches for maize lethal necrosis
John Dougherty
(MS) Bioinformatics
Genome simulator (SAEGUS)
Ningjing Tian
(MS) Computer & Information Sciences
AGB software
Jolie Wax
(MS) Plant & Soil Sciences
Genetics and genomics pedagogy
Chinmay Pednekar
(MS) Computer & Information Sciences
AGB software
Kip Rogers
(MS) Plant & Soil Sciences
Genetic analysis of a maize synthetic population
Naveen Kumar
(MS) Computer & Information Sciences
AGB software
Zhu Zou
(PhD) Animal & Food Sciences
Research Project – Genetics and genomics pedagogy
Advisor: Behnam Abasht
Abhishek Kolagunda
Co-mentored – Computer vision for plant microscopy
Advisor: Chandra Kambhamettu
Fabiano Perina
Plant microscopy
Nicole Holland
Todd Yoder
(MS) Plant & Soil Sciences
Genotype structure of NILAS
Isaac Kamweru
(MS) Borel Global Fellow
Genetic diversity of maize in Kenya
Katie Minker
(MS) Biological Sciences
Plant microscopy
Rithika Gogineni
(MS) Computer & Information Sciences
AGB software
Yue Wang
(MS) Applied Economics & Statistics
Co-mentored – Automating outlier detection
Advisor: Jong Soo Lee
Yogasudha Veturi
(MS) Plant & Soil Sciences
Statistical genetics in artificially selected populations
Undergraduate Students
Diana N DiPretoro
Res. Project (2019)
Ethan Savage
Res. Asst. (2016-17)
Eric Shao
Research Project (2017)
Sarah Kubat
PGB Intern (2017)
Sydeny Bruck
Res. Asst. (2016-17)
Rohan Morenas
PGB Intern (2016)
R. dos Santos Alves
PGB Intern (2014)
Lucy Wang
PGB Intern (2014)
Adam Sedegui
PGB Intern (2013)
Nathan Adamson
Res. Project (2010, 11)
Kamedra McNeil
Res. Project (2010)
Kaitlin Shubra
PGB Intern (2009)
Kaitlin Shubra
Res. Project (2009)
Yaqoob Thurston
Res. Project (2009)
Rashantai Miller
Res. Project (2019)
Nathan Harlan
Res. Asst. (2016-17)
Miguel Borja
PGB Intern (2017)
Julia Winkeler
Thesis (2014-16)
Peter Moore
Res. Asst. (2016) PGB (’15)
John Oliveto
Res. Asst. (2015)
Beth Houck
PGB Intern (2014)
Sarah Throne
Res. Project (2012-13)
Michael Jackson
Res. Project (2010, 11, 12)
Andrew Kness
Res. Project (2010)
Sarah Simon
Res. Project (2009)
Matthew Murphy
PGB Intern (2009)
Jarrod Friederich
PGB Intern (2009)
High School Students
- Tara Cain – PGB Intern (2017)
- Kendra Cutler – PGB Intern (2017)
- Hannah Jo – PGB Intern (2017)
- Minwei Lin – PGB Intern (2017)
- Eric Shao – Res. Project (2016)
- Sarah Kubat – PGB Intern (2016)
- Sarah Speer – PGB Intern (2016)
- Yvonna Liszewski – PGB Intern (2016)
- Aayush Jonnagadla – PGB Intern (2016)
- Justin Guider – PGB Intern (2015)
- Miguel Borja – PGB Intern (2015)
- Courtney Spector – PGB Intern (2015)
- River Gheen-Regouski – PGB Intern (2015)
- Zainab Hayat – PGB Intern (2015)
- Jack Ryder – PGB Intern (2015)
- Andrew Moore – PGB Intern (2015)
- Badiallo Diani – PGB Intern (2015)
- Brian Ruether – PGB Intern (2014)
- Khush Patel – PGB Intern (2014)
- Madeline Hannah – PGB Intern (2014)
- Miguel Borja – PGB Intern (2014)
- Parth Srivastava – PGB Intern (2014)
- Rohan Morenas – PGB Intern (2014)
- Rose Reynolds – PGB Intern (2014)
- Jaya Bali – Res. Project (2013-15)
- Alexandra Cortes – PGB Intern (2013)
- Brittany Wiebe – PGB Intern (2013)
- Connor Shannon – PGB Intern (2013)
- Duncan Parcells – PGB Intern (2013)
- Keshav Choudhuri – PGB Intern (2013)
- Lucy Wang – PGB Intern (2013)
- Steven Burcat – PGB Intern (2013)
- Thomas Biederman – PGB Intern (2013)
- Tobias Mazal – PGB Intern (2013)
- Zachary Allen – PGB Intern (2013)
- Amar Sharma – PGB Intern (2012)
- David Biederman – PGB Intern (2012)
- Isaac Kempton – PGB Intern (2012)
- Jackson Munro – PGB Intern (2012)
- Joseph Xu – PGB Intern (2012)
- Kelsey Carrick – PGB Intern (2012)
- Peter Chappell – PGB Intern (2012)
- Peter Moore – PGB Intern (2012)
- Ariel Tobing – PGB Intern (2011)
- Dennis Gregg – PGB Intern (2011)
- Duncan Parcells – PGB Intern (2011)
- Katherine Biddle – PGB Intern (2011)
- Mahmoud Jalloh – PGB Intern (2011)
- Xiaoxing Zhas – PGB Intern (2011)
- Alexandria Murphy – PGB Intern (2010)
- Duncan Parcells – PGB Intern (2010)
- Elizabeth Lee – PGB Intern (2010)
- John Chappell – PGB Intern (2010)
- Virginia Thornton – PGB Intern (2010)
- Zhe Sun – PGB Intern (2010)
- Ramya Sridharan – Res. Project (2009-10)
- Albert Fan – PGB Intern (2009)
- Andrew Wright – PGB Intern (2009)
- Brigid Gregory – PGB Intern (2009)
- Christine Kurian – PGB Intern (2009)
- Erik Weidner – PGB Intern (2009)
- Jaewoong Yoo – PGB Intern (2009)
- Kristy Willard – PGB Intern (2009)
- Michael Jackson – PGB Intern (2009)
- Nicholas Kirby – PGB Intern (2009)