Doctoral and M.S. Students:
Stephanie J. M. Wait (M.S., 1989)
Molecular Control of Light-Regulated Circadian Phenomena in Plants
Douglas J. Mills (M.S., 1989)
Calcium as a Signal Transducer and Potential Regulator of Gene Expression in the Plant Cell
Katherine F. Boese (M.S., 1990)
Characterization of the -Aminolelulinate Dehydratase of Pea (Pisum sativum)
Julia Tait Lathrop (Ph.D., 1992)
The Regulation of In vitro Transport of Erythroid d-Aminolevulinate Synthase into Mouse Mitochondria by Hemin
James Ventura (M.S., 1994)
Alteration of Metal Ion Requirement for Catalysis in Aminolevulinate Dehydratase by Domain Replacement
Christa S. Florea (Ph.D., 1995)
The Molecular Characterization of Haustorial Development in Striga asiatica
Zhenghui He (Ph.D., 1995)
Molecular Structure of Pea NADPH: Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase and Its Regulation during Development
Jianming Li (Ph.D., 1995)
Light-Dependent and Light-Independent Protochlorophyllide Reduction in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Kai W. Post (M.S., 1996)
Initial Studies on the Molecular Nature of the Resistance Response of Tagetes erecta var. Crackerjack to Infestation by Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze
Jeffrey Skinner (Ph.D., 1997)
Characterization and Regulation of porA and porB in the Gymnosperm Pinus taeda L. (Loblolly Pine)
Kristen J. Lekstrom (M.A., 1997)
Molecular Analysis of the Circadian Clock Components of Drosophila melanogaster and Neurospora crassa
Jianmin Wang (M.S., 1999)
Characterization of a cDNA (NtcADC1) and Two Nuclear Genes (NtgADC1 and NtgADC2) Encoding Arginine Decarboxylase, a Key Enzyme in Alkaloid and Polyamine Biosynthesis in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.)
Vanessa L. Fritz (M.S. 1999)
Host and Nonhost Interactions Between Cowpea and Striga Species
A. Bruce Cahoon (Ph.D., 2000)
Characterization of Nuclear Genes Required for Light-Independent Protochlorophyllide Reduction in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Julie R. Jageman (M.S., 2003)
The Nuclear y-Genes and the Light-Independent Reduction of Protochlorophyllide in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Christopher Botanga (Ph.D., 2005)
Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Factors Defining Host-specificity and Virulence in Striga species (Scrophulariaceae)
Jennifer R. Fick (M.S., 2006)
Engineering of a Novel Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase for Alanyl-Glutamine Production
Marta T. Bokowiec (MS, University of Lodz, Poland, 2006)
A Jasmonate Response Unit of Three Separate Elements Directs High-Level Jasmonate-Indicible Expression in Tobacco.
Shengping Zhang (Ph.D. 2007)
Identification of Novel “yellow-in-the-dark” mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Karolina E. Lis (MS, University of Lodz, Poland, 2007)
Analysis of Gene Expression during Resistance Response of Cowpea to Striga gesnerioides, an important African Parasite.
Edmond Chipumuro, (MS, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007)
Identification of flowering time genes and identification of CONSTANS-like genes in cowpea.
Postdoctoral Scientists and Visiting Researchers
Anthony J. Spano (Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1987), Postdoctoral Scientist, 4/87 - 8/92
Susan J. Wolf (Ph.D., Cornell University, 1988), Postdoctoral Scientist, 9/88 - 8/92, Self -employed
Vijay K. Yadav (Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 1987), Government of India Biotechnology Fellow/Visiting Scientist, 1/90-4/90
Kripa R. Koundal (Ph.D., University of Alberta, 1977) United Nations FAO Fellow/Visiting Scientist, 9/91 - 2/92
Helen M. Wilks (Ph.D., University of Bristol, U.K., 1991), Postdoctoral Fellow, SERC-NATO Fellowship, 4/92 - 9/94
James Condon (Ph.D., University of Cantebury, NZ, 1991), Postdoctoral Scientist, 9/93 - 10/95
Ramin Parham (Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1994), Postdoctoral Scientist, 10/94- 5/96
D.R. Sharma (Ph.D., Y.S. Parmar University), Government of India Biotechnology Fellow/Visiting Scientist, 9/97-12/97
I.M. Santha (Ph.D., Y.S. Parmar University), Government of India Biotechnology ICAR Fellow/Visiting Scientist, 1/98 - 4/98
Vijay L. Maheshwari (Ph.D., North Maharashtra University), Government of India Biotechnology ICAR Fellow/Visiting Scientist, 3/98 - 11/98
Dean E. Riechers (Ph.D., Washington State University, 1996) Postdoctoral Scientist, 8/97 - 8/99
Jeremy Ouédraogo (M.S., Laval University) Visiting Research Assistant from Laval University, Canada, 9/98-7/99
Mehdi Seyedi (Ph.D., Göteborg Universitiet, 1999), Postdoctoral Associate, 8/99 - 12/99
Huang Ju Kwang (Ph.D., Kansas State University, 1978), Visiting Research Scientist from Chungbuk National University, Korea, 1/98 - 1/00,
Samih Temimi (Ph.D., University of York, 1986) Fulbright Fellow from University of Jordan, Jordan, 9/99 - 6/00
Ousmane Boukar (Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University) Visiting Research Assistant 10/00 - 12/00
Chunxiao Jiang (Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996), Research Scientist, 9/00 - 3/01;
Nikolai Lebedev (Ph.D., Moscow State University, 1978), Senior Scientist, 3/96 - 2/01; Research Associate Professor (UVA) 2001-2007
Shashi Kumar (Ph.D., University of Delhi, 1998), Postdoctoral Associate, 10/98 - 10/01
Ana Maria Sampaio Assreuy (Ph.D., Federal University of Cerará, Brazil, 2000), Visiting Research Professor, Federal University of Cerará, Brazil, 6/00 - 12/01
Nan Ren (Ph.D., Wuhan University, 1997), Postdoctoral Associate, 11/97 - 12/02
Jie Arro (Ph.D. candidate, Department of Agronomy, Louisiana State University, Collins A. Kimbeng, Advisor). 6/03 - 7/03
Bingfang Xu (Ph.D., Wuhan University, 1997), Postdoctoral Associate, 9/99 – 9/03
Nilesh Teli (Ph.D., North Maharashtra University, 2001), Postdoctoral Associate, 10/01 – 10/03
Christopher John-Karunagaran (B.S., Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, India; M.S. University of Nottingham, UK) Research Assistant, 9/03 - 8/04
Marcos Fabio Gadelha Rocha, PhD. Visiting Research Scientist from Universidade Estadual do Cear , Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, 8/04-10/04
Charles K. Kaoukou (AEA, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal), Visiting Research Associate, 1/15/05 -7/15/05
Mohammad F. Ishiyaku, (Ph.D. University of Reading, U.K.) Visiting Research Scientist from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 3/05 -9/05
Mahamadou Sawadogo (Ph.D., Russian University of Peoples' Friendship, Moscow, Russia); Visiting Research Scientist from University of Ouagadougou (UFR-SVT ), Burkina Faso, 8/05 – 11/05
Mahama Ouédraogo (Ph.D., Agricultural University of Gembloux (Belgium)), Visiting Research Scientist from INREA/CREAF Kamboinsé, Burkina Faso, 9/05 – 12/05
Festo Massawe (Ph.D., University of Nottingham, UK), Visiting Research Scientist from the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Kano, 10/05 – 11/05
Moctar Wade, Visiting Research Scientist from ISRA-CNRA in Bambey, Senegal, 4/06 – 6/06
Charlotte Dolou Tonessia (MSc candidate, University of Dakar, Senegal), Visiting Research Scientist, 1/06 – 7/06
Chuandeng Cheng (Ph.D., Louisiana Technical University), Postdoctoral Research Associate, 10/05- 4/07
Eugene Agbicodo (PhD student, Wagenigen University, Netherlands & IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria), Visiting Researcher, 6/07
Aaron Tettey Asare, (MS candidate, Cape Coast University, Ghana), Visiting Graduate Research Assistant, 6/06 – 7/07
Edmond Chipumuro, (MS, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2007), Visiting Graduate Research Assistant, 6/06 -7/07.
Joseph Opoku, (MS candidate, University of Ghana, Legon) , Visiting Graduate Research Assistant, 6/06 -7/07.
Francois Badiane, (MS student, Université Chiekh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal), Visiting Graduate Research Assistant, 7/07- 9/07.
Shengcheng Han, (Ph.D., China Agricultural University), Research Scientist, 6/05- 6/08.
