Principle Investigator

• Elizabeth A. Ainsworth

Post-doctoral Associates

• Pauline Lemonnier, Dept. of Plant Biology
• Shuai Li, CABBI (ISEE), IGB
• Anthony Digrado, RIPE, IGB

Graduate Research Assistants

• Chris Montes, Ph.D. Candidate
• Charles Burroughs, Ph.D. Student
• Jessica Wedow, Ph.D. Candidate
• Nicole Choquette, M.S. Student

Research Technicians

• Chris Moller
• Noah Mitchell
• Jesse McGrath, SoyFACE

Research Assistants/Undergraduates

• Yunni Reyes Vera, UIUC
• Ysabelle Ybarra, UIUC
• Congying Wu, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
• Jemima Elsherbini, UIUC
• Manik Akhand, UIUC

Past Lab Members

• Dr. Amy Betzelberger, University of Wisconsin
• Dr. Kristen Bishop, Institute for Defense Analysis
• Dr. Kelly Gillespie, Bayer
• Dr. Robert Koester, Benson Hill Biosystems
• Dr. Courtney Leisner, Auburn University
• Dr. Justin McGrath, University of Illinois
• Anna Molineaux, Harvard
• Maria Carmen Pinero Zapata, IMIDA, Spain
• Dr. Shimpei Oikawa, JSPS
• Taylor Pederson, University of Illinois
• Dr. Alvaro Sanz-Saez, Auburn University
• Dr. Sang-In Shim, Gyeongsang National University
• Dr. Jeff Skoneczka, HM Clause
• Renan Caldas Umburanas, University of São Paulo 
• Dr. Craig Yendrek, Scotts