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PHILIPP ZERBE - PI AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Degrees: B.S., Plant Molecular Biology, Ruhr University Bochum
Ph.D., Plant Physiology, Ruhr University Bochum Post doctorate, Biochemical Genomics, University of British Columbia [email protected] After completing my undergraduate and graduate work in Germany and a postdoc at UBC (Vancouver, Canada), I started our lab at UC Davis' Plant Biology Department in August 2014. With my team, I work to better understand how plants produce and utilize the diversity of natural products and how the chemical ingenuity of plants can be harnessed for agricultural and bioproduct applications. Beyond research, I am passionate about fostering interdisciplinary and career-focused student training in the STEM fields. |
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Anna Cowie - graduate Student (PBGG)Degrees: B.S., Plant Biology, Westminster College
[email protected] Studying the transcriptional regulation of terpenoid and metabolism in maize. |
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JAnessa destremps - junior specialistDegrees: B.S., Biotechnology, UC Davis
[email protected] My research is focused on Switchgrass and elucidating the function of the unique terpenoids it produces using genetics. I graduated from UC Davis with a BS in Biotechnology with a plant biotechnology emphasis. When I’m not in the lab, I love to garden and play with my cat! |
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gabrielle wyatt - graduate student (PBGG)Degrees: B.S., Plant Biology, Chico State
[email protected] I am a 3rd year PhD student in the Plant Biology Graduate Group studying P450 functional diversity in crop and medicinal plants. Much of my research focuses on diterpene biosynthesis in the bioenergy crop Switchgrass. In 2020, I received my BS in Plant Biology from California State University, Chico. In my spare time, I like to run all over Davis and hike the Sierra Nevada with my partner and our 10 year old. |
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Gloria-Alexandra Gueorguieva - Graduate StudentDegrees: B.S., Environmental Science, UC Berkeley
B.S., Environmental Economics and Policy, UC Berkeley [email protected] My research focus is on the discovery and engineering of Taxol biosynthesis. I graduated from UC Berkeley in May 2021 with a BS in Environmental Science and a BS in Environmental Economics and Policy. In my free time, I enjoy traveling and exploring new places as well as staying active and playing sports like soccer and tennis! |
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Mary Madera - Graduate Student (Pbgg)Degrees: B.S., Genetics and Plant Biology, UC Berkeley
B.S., Human Nutrition, Metabolism, and Physiology; UC Berkeley [email protected] I am a 5th year PhD Candidate with the Plant Biology Graduate Group. Co-advised by Dr. Philipp Zerbe and the Strawberry Breeding Program director, Dr. Steven Knapp, I am studying strawberry aroma metabolism. I graduated from UC Berkeley in 2015 with a BS in Genetics and Plant Biology and a second BS in Human Nutrition, Metabolism and Physiology. With my love for food science, my research aims to understand why different strawberries smell and taste unique and determine which types are preferred by the people who eat them. I am also passionate about science outreach and communication so you’ll also find me associated with ScienceSays at UC Davis. |
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CoLLin Barnum - Graduate Student (BMCDBGG)Degrees: B.A., Biology
B.A., Earth and Environmental Sciences [email protected] Conducting research on plant synthetic biology and metabolic engineering. |
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Current undergraduates in the lab |
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Former Graduate and undergraduate students |
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Ramya Chandrasekaran - Undergraduate Student; now a Staff Technician at Caltest Analytical Laboratory
Megumi Gutleben - Undergraduate Student; now a Research Technician at Nu Seed Demorie Galarza - Undergraduate Student; now working with the Bogar lab Lisl Chew - Undergraduate Student Chelsea Barrett - Undergraduate Student Danielle Davisson - Undergraduate Student; now a CRM Field Clinical Representative with Boston Scientific Adam Clapp - Undergraduate student; now a Graduate Student at UC Davis Janet Solano-Sanchez - Junior Specialist and lab manager; now Graduate Student at University of Washington Kira Tiedge - Postdoc, studied role of terpenoids in plant-environment interactions in Switchgrass; now Professor at University of Groningen (lab website) Lissette Arce Rodriguez - Postdoc (US-MEXUS Fellow), characterized terpenoid biochemical and regulatory pathways in Switchgrass and Maize Andrew Muchlinski - Postdoc; now a Bioinformatics Scientist at Firmenich in San Diego Katie Murphy - Graduate Student; now a Postdoc at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center Yuxuan Chen - Undergraduate student; now a Graduate Student studying Biostatistics at Columbia University Jose Angel Arce - Undergraduate Student; now a Junior Specialist at UC Davis Prema Karunanithi - Graduate Student; now a Research Scientist at Bayer Crop Science, St. Louis, MO Hana Minsky - Undergraduate Student; now a Clinical Research Assistant at UC Davis Health Liber McKee - Undergraduate Student; now a Junior Specialist at the McDonald/Nandi lab at UC Davis Marleny Ramos - Undergraduate student; now a Laboratory Technician at Verily Life Sciences Shruti Fogla - Undergraduate student; now a Genetic Counseling Assistant at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, OH David Berrios - Undergraduate student; now a Junior Specialist at UCSF Meirong Jia - Postdoc; now Faculty at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China (lab website) Lynne Hagelthorn - Undergraduate student; now Junior Specialist at the Sundaresan lab, UC Davis Cari Young - Undergraduate student; now Graduate student at City of Hope Kyle Pelot - Graduate student; now a Research Scientist at 3T Biosciences Sadira Wang - Undergraduate student; now a Graduate student at City of Hope Siwon Chung - Undergraduate student; now a Junior Specialist at the UC Davis Medical School, working with the Xiang lab Karen Zhu - Undergraduate student; now a Research Associate with Gladstone Institute Ivan Munkres - Undergraduate student; now a Graduate Student at William and Mary Sibongile Mafu - Postdoc; now an Assistant Professor at University of Massachusetts-Amherst (lab website) Puja Dhanota - Undergraduate student; now a Senior Research Associate at Encoded Therapeutics Inc. Omar Yaacoobi - Undergraduate student; now a Student Dentist at Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health Iris Mollhoff - Undergraduate student; now a Graduate Student at Stanford University Lynda Flores-Graham - Master student; now a Laboratory Assistant at Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA Ruibing Chen - Visiting Graduate student from China; now a Lecturer at Secondary Military Medical University, Shanghai, China Jimmy Chen - Visiting Master student from Taiwan; now a Graduate Student at the University of Georgia Li-Ting Ma - Visiting Graduate student from Taiwan; now a Postdoctoral Researcher at Academic Sinica, Taiwan Emil Fischer - Undergraduate student; now a Scientist at Twelve Bio in Denmark Ana Claudia da Silveira - Visiting Undergraduate student from Brazil; now a Professor with Faculdade Estratego Isabel Ribeiro Barbosa - Visiting Undergraduate student from Brazil; now working as a Biotechnology Scientist in Brazil Selina Rodriguez - Junior Specialist; now Research Scientist at Joywell Foods in Davis, CA |
