Richard Allen White III
Assistant Professor - University Of North Carolina at Charlotte
Postdoctoral Computational biology - Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL)
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology - University of British Columbia
M.S. Biology (Molecular Virology) - California State University - East Bay (formally Hayward)
B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology - California State University - East Bay (formally Hayward)
Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology - University of British Columbia
M.S. Biology (Molecular Virology) - California State University - East Bay (formally Hayward)
B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology - California State University - East Bay (formally Hayward)
Specialties:
- Multiomics (Next Generation Sequencing/Mass Spectrometry)
- Virology
- De novo assembly (complex metagenomes/large genomes)
- Novel antivirals and antibiotics
- Bacteriophage therapy
Rakesh Bommisetty
Graduate Research Assistant - University Of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.S Computer Science (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering (S.R.M University)
B.Tech Computer Science Engineering (S.R.M University)
Professional Experience: Worked as a Java Full Stack Developer for 2 years in Cognizant Technology Solutions.
Specialities:
- Languages: Java, Python, JavaScript, C, C++, Node.js, HTML5, CSS, SQL
- Database: MySQL, Oracle SQL, NoSQL- MongoDB
- Technologies & Tools: Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, JSON, XML, Git, JIRA, Express, PUG, Handlebars, EJS, Tableau
Maren L. Friesen
Assistant Professor - Washington State University
Ph.D. Population Biology, 2008, University of California, Davis
B.S. Ecology and Mathematics, 2003, University of British Columbia, Canada
M.S. Biology (Molecular Virology) - California State University
B.S. Ecology and Mathematics, 2003, University of British Columbia, Canada
M.S. Biology (Molecular Virology) - California State University
Research Specialty and Interests
I am fascinated by beneficial plant-microbe interactions, particularly those between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and plants. Much of my work is in the legume-rhizobia system, utilizing natural genetic variation in both partners to ask questions about adaptation and conflict. I am also working in grass-associative nitrogen fixation systems to understand the functioning of interrelationships between plants and their rhizosphere communities and the evolutionary stability and molecular basis of these interactions.
Lisa Tiemann
Assistant Professor - Michigan State University
Postdoc. University of New Hampshire
PhD University of Kansas
B.M. University of Wyoming
PhD University of Kansas
B.M. University of Wyoming
Area of Expertise:
Soil ecology and biogeochemistry; mechanisms of soil organic matter formation and microbial controls on soil nitrogen cycling.
Mingming Yang
Lecturer, Department of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi
Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), Department of Plant pathology, Nanjing Agricul- tural University, China, 2011.
Professional Experience:
Visiting schorlar, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State Univer- sity, Pullman, WA, 2009-2011.
Visiting schorlar, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State Univer- sity, Pullman, WA, 2009-2011.
Research Interests
- Biological control of plant disease, plant-microb interaction
- To identify genes which affect wheat grain development and improve the grain weight
- Wheat breeding
Jiangang Li
Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Skills and Expertise:
- Agricultural Microbiology
- Fertilization
- Soil
- Plasma Gases
- Cold Plasma
- Plasma Treatment