Plant Molecular Biology in the Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

People

Current Lab Members

Jake Brunkard

Position title: Principal Investigator

Email: brunkard@wisc.edu

Michael Busche

Position title: USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Scholar

Email: busche2@wisc.edu

Erin Alberts

Position title: Ph.D. Student

Email: eralberts@wisc.edu

Ryan Martinez

Position title: Ph.D. Student

Email: remartinez2@wisc.edu

Katie Klimpel

Position title: Ph.D. Student

Email: klimpel@wisc.edu

Rory Greenhalgh

Position title: Ph.D. Student

Email: rgreenhalgh@wisc.edu

Madison Fenner

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: mnfenner@wisc.edu

Annika Findlay

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: afindlay2@wisc.edu

Brenna Heelan

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: bheelan@wisc.edu

Kyle Koch

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: krkoch@wisc.edu

Allison Karnitz

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: abkarnitz@wisc.edu

Meghan McGuire

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: mfmcguire@wisc.edu

Jeff Pietroske

Position title: Undergraduate Researcher

Email: jpietroske@wisc.edu

Recent Lab Alumni

Regina Scarpin

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar (2017-2022)

Address:
Scientist, Grifols

Snigdha Chatterjee

Position title: Ph.D. Student (2017-2022)

Address:
Scientist, Metagenomi

Will Horner

Position title: Ph.D. Student (2018-2022)

Address:
Scientist, Wildtype

Nanticha Lutt

Position title: Ph.D. Student (2017-2022)

Address:
Consultant, Beghou Consulting

China Lunde

Position title: Lab Manager (2017-2021)

Address:
Research Specialist, Krasileva Lab, UC Berkeley

Yun Hu

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar (2018-2020)

Jazmin Abraham-Juárez

Position title: Postdoctoral Scholar (2017)

Address:
Assistant Professor, LANGEBIO CINVESTAV, Irapuato, MX

Recent Lab Alumni, continued

Sarika Marathe (Ph.D. rotation student, 2022) – Ph.D. Student, Otegui Lab, UW Madison

Zihan Zhang (undergraduate researcher, 2021-2022)

Lilly Pollasky (undergraduate researcher, 2021-2022)

Alexandra Fried (undergraduate researcher, 2022)

Manuel Alvarez (Ph.D. rotation student, 2021) – Ph.D. Student, Wang Lab, UW Madison

Carl Simmons (Ph.D. rotation student, 2021) – Ph.D. Student, Zhong Lab, Washington U

Jamie Ratty (undergraduate researcher, 2021)

Emily Chau (undergraduate researcher, 2019-2020) – Lab Manager, Srinivasan Language & Cognitive Development Lab, UC Berkeley

Cindy Chau (undergraduate researcher, 2018-2020) – M.P.H. student, UCLA; Quality Product Engineer, Zume Inc.

Kimmy Ferry (undergraduate researcher, 2020) – Research Associate, Zymergen

Haoyue Liu (undergraduate researcher, 2020) – Ph.D. student, McAllister Lab, U Texas MD Anderson Center

Hannah Riedy (undergraduate researcher, 2017-2019) – M.D. student, Northwestern

Marshall Godsil (undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019) – Ph.D. student, Meeske Lab, U Washington

Neecki Zand (undergraduate researcher, 2019)

Lien Kim Pham (undergraduate researcher, 2019)

Shaeera Ahmed (undergraduate researcher, 2018-2019) – Research Associate, Alector

Kendall Schmidt (undergraduate researcher, 2018) – M.S. student, Human Genetics & Genetic Counseling Student, Stanford

Wassim Hage (Ph.D. rotation student, 2017) – M.S. student, Fletcher Lab, UC Berkeley

Clair Travis (undergraduate researcher, 2016-2017) – Ph.D. student, George Church Lab, Harvard