People

Current Synapsis Student Members

	Research Interests	Research Group
Kahleigh Ahlquist kda33@cornell.edu	Genetic and molecular basis of anthocyanin production and distribution	W. De Jong
Juan David Arbelaez jda44@cornell.edu	To understand the genetic mechanisms underlying aluminum tolerance in rice by exploring the natural genetic variation using QTL analysis and a high-throughput imaging platform to identify novel alleles that confers aluminum tolerance and develop plant material useful in breeding programs	S. McCouch Lab Webpage
Paola Barba plb74@cornell.edu	Powdery mildew resistance in grapes	B. Reisch Lab Webpage
Jaci Benson jmb565@cornell.edu	Utilizing genetic mapping strategies to identify and fine-map quantitative disease resistance loci for gray leaf spot of maize as well as associated resistance mechanisms. Pedagogical interests include pursuit of competitive teaching assistantships in introductory biology and genetics courses intended for biology majors at Cornell.	R. Nelson Lab Webpage
Maria Carrizales mc872@cornell.edu		W. De Jong
Ariel Chan ac2278@cornell.edu
Joshua Cobb jnc62@cornell.edu	Mapping and characterizing the genetic control of the rice ionome in vegetative and below ground tissue more...	S. McCouch Lab Webpage
Jenny Cornell jbc493@cornell.edu
Fred Gouker feg23@cornell.edu	Genetic mapping of biomass related traits of shrub willow for use as a dedicated bioenergy crop	L. Smart Lab Webpage
Benjamin Gutierrez blg82@cornell.edu
John Hart jph248@cornell.edu	Evaluating the genetics of resistance to a virus disease complex of snap bean in the Great Lakes region of the United States	P. Griffiths Lab Webpage
Nicolas Heslot nh269@cornell.edu	Genomic selection, genotype by environment interactions	M. Sorrells/J. Jannink Lab Webpage Lab Webpage
William Holdsworth wlh45@cornell.edu	Breeding cucumbers and squash for enhanced disease resistance to a suite of oomycete, fungal, and viral pathogens	M. Mazourek
Jafar Jafarzadeh jj493@cornell.edu
Philomin Juliana fp228@cornell.edu	Association mapping for rust resistance in wheat	M. Sorrells Lab Webpage
Janelle Jung jkj4@cornell.edu		S. McCouch Lab Webpage
James Keach jek288@cornell.edu	Interspecific compatibility and trait introgression between Impatiens species. Resistance to Impatiens Downy Mildew.	M. Bridgen
Philip Kear pjk227@cornell.edu	Plant reproductive biology, international development	Rotating
HyunJung Kim hk269@cornell.edu		S. McCouch Lab Webpage
Karl Kremling kak268@cornell.edu
Sara Larsson slj65@cornell.edu	Heterosis in maize more...	E. Buckler Lab Webpage
Anna Levina AVL6@cornell.edu	Disease resistance in potatoes specifically focusing on QTL mapping of common scab resistance and also mapping genes responsible for tuber shape and color	W. De Jong
Tingting Ma tm465@cornell.edu		Li Li
Laura Morales lm596@cornell.edu	Fusarium eat rot and fumonisin resistance in maize	R. Nelson Lab Webpage
Divyashree Nageswaran dc753@cornell.edu
J. Alberto Romero-Navarro jar547@cornell.edu	Working with CIMMYT in exploring the genetic diversity of maize landraces	E. Buckler Lab Webpage
Dhyaneswaran Palanichamy dp429@cornell.edu		M. Smith
Jaebum Park jp824@cornell.edu		W. De Jong
Siman Peng sp892@cornell.edu		M. Sorrells Lab Webpage
Parthiban Prakash pt326@cornell.edu		T. Setter
Jessica Rutkoski jer263@cornell.edu	Genomic selection approaches especially for improving quantitative resistance to diseases such as wheat rust and Fusarium head blight. Marker imputation strategies for crops without a reference genome or genetic map.	M. Sorrells Lab Webpage
Julio Sanchez ji66@cornell.edu	Genomic selection to predict complex traits in wheat	M. Sorrells Lab Webpage
John Smeda jrs565@cornell.edu	Understanding of a novel pathway of insect resistance in tomato, and the integration of that pathway in the creation of elite breeding lines	M. Mutschler
Jennifer Spindel jes462@cornell.edu	Applying new quantitative genetics and genomics strategies to rice breeding in the tropics. Developing tools that bridge the gap between geneticists, bioinformaticians, gene banks, and breeders	S. McCouch Lab Webpage
Devika Subash ds862@cornell.edu		D. Viands
Kelly Swarts kls283@cornell.edu	The genetic basis of prehistoric maize adaptation in the southwest United States and the biological consequences of historic and prehistoric management strategies and social interactions on the maize genome	E. Buckler Lab Webpage
Lynn Veenstra ldv27@cornell.edu	Nutritional quality in wheat	M. Sorrells/J. Jannink Lab Webpage Lab Webpage
Diane Wang drw44@cornell.edu	Understanding genetic and physiological linkages underlying non-structural carbohydrate dynamics in rice stems	S. McCouch Lab Webpage
Lindsay Wyatt lew67@cornell.edu	Breeding peppers resistant to Phytophthora capsici and investigating the genetic basis of fruit quality traits in squash	M. Mazourek
Yan Yan yy527@cornell.edu
Teddy Yesudasan ts598@cornell.edu

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