Former Laboratory Personnel

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, September 2022.
Back row, left to right: Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Lanfei Zhao, Dr. Xiaocun Zhang, Volodymyr "Vova" Kavetskyi, Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu, Dr. Liangliang Gao, and Dr. Paul St. Amand. Front row, left to right: Dr. Fanmei Kong, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Ruolin Bian, Skyla Jost, Xiaoting Xu, and Dr. Guihua Bai.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, October 2021.
Front row, top to bottom: Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Guihua Bai, Xiaoting Xu, Nida Ghori, and Dr. Amy Bernardo.

Back row, top to bottom: Dr. Lanfei Zhao, Ruolin Bian, Dr. Yunfeng Xu, Douglas Koch, Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu, Volodymyr "Vova" Kavetskyi, and Adeline "Adelle" David.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, October 2020.
Front row, left to right: Xiaoting Xu, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Madison Tunnell, Nida Ghori, Riley Ranzau, Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Lanfei Zhao, and Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu. Back row: Ruolin Bian, Dr. Yunfeng Xu, Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Guihua Bai, Volodymyr "Vova" Kavetskyi, and Safietou "Safy" Fall.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, March 2020.
Front row, left to right: Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Guihua Bai, Madison Tunnell, Nida Ghori, Xiaoting Xu, Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu, and Dr. Paul St. Amand. Back row: Dr. Lanfei Zhao, Shabbir Hussain, Dr. Yunfeng Xu, Ruolin Bian, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Umara Rana, and Dr. Yuhui Pang.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, June 2019.
Front row, left to right: Dr. Lanfei Zhao, Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Lirong Zhang, Nida Ghori, Umara Rana, and Madison Tunnell.
Back row: Ruolin Bian, Yaoguang Li, Dr. Yunfeng Xu, Dr. Guihua Bai, Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Dr. Zhao Liu, Dr. Yang Liu, Abdulrahman Hashimi, and Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, September 2018.
Front row, left to right: Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Guihua Bai, Dr. Hui Chen, Dr. Lanfei Zhao, and Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu.
Middle row: Yaoguang Li, Ruolin Bian, Dr. Zhao Liu, Zihui Liu, and Abdulrahman Hashimi.
Back row: Yunfeng Xu, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Nida Ghori, Umara Rana, and Madison Tunnell.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, August 2017, front row, left to right: Dr. Lanfei Zhao, Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Pingping Zhang, Dr. Guihua Bai, Abdulrahman Hashimi, Dr. Hui Chen, Fuan Niu, Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu. Back row, left to right: Dr. Amy Bernardo, Yaoguang Li, Dr. Chengjin Guo, Nida Ghori, Umara Rana, Guoxia "Sharon" Liu, Dr. Yan Li, and Morgan Peterson.

The USDA Central Small Grain Genotyping Lab, January 2017, front row, left to right: Dr. Pingping Zhang, Dr. Zhenqi Su, Mingqin Shao, Dr. Guihua Bai, Dr. Hui Chen, Abdulrahman Hashimi. Back row, left to right: Yaoguang Li, Lingling Chai, Umara Rana, Dr. Amy Bernardo, and Dr. Paul St. Amand.

Dr. Bai has two laboratories: The USDA Small Grain Genotyping Lab and the KSU Genotyping and Sequencing Facility. Lab members, Spring 2015, front row, left to right: Dr. Paul St. Amand, Nosheen Fatima, Jin Cai, John Curtado, Dr. Guihua Bai, Dr. Shan Wang, Hadi Ali Pour, Dr. Chunxin Liu, Dr. Yi Feng. Back row, left to right: Meng Lin, Yue Lu, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Angela Iseli, Dr. Paula Gale, Dr. Alvina Kazi, Yaoguang Li, Dr. Shubing Liu, Dr. Jixin Zhao, Dr. Jianming Fu

Dr. Bai has two laboratories: The USDA Small Grain Genotyping Lab and the KSU Genotyping and Sequencing Facility. Lab members, November 2014, front row: Meng Lin, Yue Lu, Angela Iseli, Dr. Paul St. Amand, Dr. Guihua Bai. Second row: Morgan Peterson, Dr. Shubing Liu, Dr. Peigao Luo, John Curtado, Dr. Zhenqi Su, Dr. Yi Feng, Dr. Shan Wang, Dr. Jianming Fu. Back row: Nosheen Fatima, Dr. Sujuan Jin, Jin Cai, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Yanru Xing, Na Liu.

Lab members, August 2013, front row: Dr. Su Zhenqi, Dr. Guihua Bai, Dr. Paul St. Amand, Kaitlyn Goldsby, Angela Iseli, Dr. Nader Abdelsalam, and Dr. Shubing Liu. Back row: Dr. Shoucai Ma, Chen Qiu, Meng Lin, Yue Lu, Dr. Amy Bernardo, Jin Cai, Nosheen Fatima, and Minqin Shao.

Former Staff

• Dr. Hui Chen (2016-2023)

  
  KSU Research Assistant Professor
  Publications
  Molecular and genetic mechanisms of wheat resistance to diseases and pre-harvest sprouting using novel genetic transformation and genome editing strategies.

• Adeline "Adelle" David (2021-2022)

  
  USDA Biological Science Aid
  Performs and teaches DNA extractions, genotyping, general housekeeping, and reagent preparation.

• Douglas Koch (2021-2022)

  
  USDA Biological Science Aid
  Performs and teaches DNA extractions, genotyping, general housekeeping, and reagent preparation.

• Riley Ranzau (2020-2021)

  
  USDA Biological Science Aid
  Performs and teaches DNA extractions, genotyping, general housekeeping, and reagent preparation.

• Madison Tunnell (2018-2020)

  
  USDA Biological Science Aid
  Performs and teaches DNA extractions, genotyping, general housekeeping, and reagent preparation.

• Willis Underhill (2019 - 2019)

  
  USDA Program Support Assistant
  Administrative and secretarial duties.

• Morgan Peterson (2014-2018)

  
  Biological Science Aid
  Performs and teaches DNA extractions, genotyping, general housekeeping, and reagent preparation.

• Lisa Pacha (2014-2018)

  
  Program Support Assistant
  Administrative and secretarial duties.

• Woojun Daniel Park (2015-2016)

  
  Student Greenhouse Worker
  Planting, harvesting and general greenhouse maintenance.

• Angela Iseli (2013-2015)

  
  Laboratory Technician
  Responsible for DNA sequencing using our Ion Proton and ABI 3730, managing the lab website, and assisting with wheat genotyping and lab operations. Current Position: teaching and managing labs for the Manhattan Area Technical College.

• Yanru Xing (2012 - 2015)

  
  Assistant Scientist
  

• Kaitlin Goldsby (2010 - 2014)

  
  Student Lab Worker
  Current Position: Veterinary Medical Student, Kansas State University

• Chen Qiu (2012 - 2014)

  
  Student Lab Worker
  Current Position: Unknown

• Mrs. Xiaofei Wang (2011-2012)

  
  Current Position: Assistant Scientist, University of Kansas

• Ms. Jiaying Zhu (2011-2012)

  
  Current Position: Research Assistant

• Mr. Ryan Cloyd (2010-2011)

  
  Current Position: Graduate Research Assistant, Kansas State University

• Dr. Xiaojia Ji (2009-2011)

  
  Current Position: Associate Scientist

• Mrs. Chunxia Chen (2009-2011)

  
  Current Position: Graduate Assistant

• Mr. Benjamin R. Echalier (2005-2006)

  
  Current Position: USDA Biological Technician, Senior Clinical Project Manager at Quintiles, Kansas City, Missouri

• Dr. Peiguo Guo (2000-2002)

  
  Current Position: Research Specialist (Oklahoma State University)

• Dr. Kai Chen (2000-2001)

  
  Current Position: Research Specialist (Oklahoma State University)

Former Visiting Scientists

• Dr. Fanmei Kong (2022 - 2023)

  
  Characterization of the wheat FHB-7 resistance gene in Chinese spring mutants.

• Dr. Xiaocun Zhang (2022 - 2023)

  
  Fine mapping and cloning of slow-rusting resistance genes.

• Dr. Yuhui Pang (2019 - 2022)

  
  Using CRISPER/Cas9 gene-editing tools to improve Wheat FHB resistance.

• Dr. Zhao Liu (2018 - 2019)

  
  Publications
  Mapping QTL and developing diagnostic markers for agronomically important traits.

• Dr. Guixiao La (2019 - 2019)

  
  Mapping Hessian Fly resistance QTLs in wheat.

• Dr. Ghislain Kanfany (2019 - 2019)

  
  Discovering QTL and candidate genes associated with Fe and Zn content of pearl millet grain using a genome-wide association study (GWAS).

• Dr. Lirong Zhang (2018 - 2019)

  
  Fine mapping of Hessian fly resistance genes from Java.

• Dr. Yang Liu (2018 - 2019)

  
  Studying the effects of plant height genes on FHB resistance.

• Dr. Chaojie Xie (2018 - 2019)

  
  Studying fusarium head blight resistance in wheat.

• Zihui Liu (2018 - 2019)

  
  Screening recombinant plants for Hessian fly resistant genes.

• Guoxia "Sharon" Liu (2017 - 2018)

  
  Mapping Hessian Fly resistance QTL in wheat.

• Fuan Niu (2017 - 2018)

  
  Mappping Hessian fly resistance QTL in wheat cultivar "Java".

• Dr. Chengjin Guo (2017 - 2018)

  
  Wheat resistance to preharvest sprouting.

• Dr. Yan Li (2017 - 2018)

  
  Wheat transformation and validation using the FHB-1 resistance QTL.

• Dr. Pingping Zhang (2017)

  
  Association mapping for wheat quality traits.

• Lingling Chai (2015 - 2017)

  
  Mapping wheat QTL for plant height and spike length.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Dr. Alvina Kazi (2014-2016)

  
  Characterization of genetic diversity in wheat germplasm from Pakistan.

• Donglan Zhao (2015-2016)

  
  Mapping wheat genes for resistance to wheat streak mosaic virus.

• Dr. Dongtao Liu (2015-2016)

  
  Studing Fusarium head blight resistance in wheat.

• Dr. Jixin Zhao (2014-2015)

  
  Identification of genetic mechanisms of wheat resistance to preharvest sprouting. Current Position: Northwest A&F University, Yangling city, Shaanxi, China.

• Dr. Yi Feng (2015)

  
  Development of high-throughput markers associated with Fusarium head blight resistance QTLs in wheat. Current Position: Northwest A&F University, Yangling city, Shaanxi, China.

• Hadi Ali Pour (2015)

  
  Characterization of genetic diversity in wheat landraces from Iran. Current Position: University of Tehran, Iran.

• Dr. Chunxin Li (2015)

  
  Studing expression of the Lr42 gene using RNA-Seq.

• Dr. Paula Gale (2015)

  
  Study of genetic analysis methods. Investigating compost ecology using next generation sequencing. Current Position: Professor, Soil Science, University of Tennessee at Martin.

• Sujuan Jin (2013 - 2015)

  
  Assistant Scientist
  

• Na Liu (2014 - 2015)

  
  Identification of wheat resistance genes for powdery mildew using association mapping and SNP chips.

• Dr. Peigao Luo (2013 - 2014)

  
  Characterization of wheat resistance to multiple diseases using RNA sequencing, with emphasis on leaf senescence caused by these diseases.

• Dr. Xinzhong Zhang (2013 - 2014)

  
  Characterization of wheat genes for resistance to soil-borne wheat streak mosaic virus and quality traits.

• Dr. Nader Abdelsalam (2013 - 2014)

  
  Current Position: Associate Professor of Plant Genetics, Alexandria University, Egypt.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Dr. Shoucai Ma (2013 - 2014)

  
  Current Position: Associate Professor, Northwest A & F University, Shaanxi, China.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Dr. Ghizlane Diria (2013)

  
  Current Position: Ibn Tofail University, Kenitra, Morocco.

• Dr. Sanjana Pulluru (2013)

  
  Current Position: India.

• Dr. Chunlian Li (2011-2012)

  
  Current Position: Associate Professor at Shaanxi Agricultural and Forestry University, Shaanxi, China.

• Dr. Hoa Thi Tran (2011-2012)

  
  Current Position: Scientist in Center for Biodiversity and Biosafety, Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam<./p>

• Dr. Ghulam Mustafa Bajwa (2011)

  
  Current Position: Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Dr. Jun Ji (2011)

  
  Current Position: Professor at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Shijiajuang, China.

• Dr. Sarah Harmer (2009-2010)

  
  Current Position: USDA Quality Lab.

• Dr. Jian Dai (2009-2010)

  
  Current Position: Associate Professor at Crop Institute, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Jiangsu, China.

• Dr. Zhengli Liu (2009-2010)

  
  Current Position: Professor at Hebei Academy of Agricultural Science, Shijiajuang, China.

• Dr. Huangjun Lu (2010)

  
  Current Position: Texas A & M University.

• Dr. Shuwei Liu (2009)

  
  Current Position: Purdue University.

• Dr. Yiwei Jiang (2009)

  
  Current Position: Purdue University.

• Dr. Guisu Ji (2007-2008)

  
  Current Position: Professor in Hebei Academy of Agricultural Science, Shijiajuang, China.

• Dr. Bishwajit Prasad (2007)

  
  Current Position: Oklahoma State University.

• Dr. Kolluru Vijayalakshmi (2007)

  
  Current Position: Kansas State University.

• Dr. Shusong Zheng (2007)

  
  Current Position: Colorado State University.

• Dr. Shibin Cai (2006-2007)

  
  Current Position: Professor at Crop Institute, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Jiangsu, China.

Former Postdoctoral Scientists

• Dr. Liangliang Gao (2022 - 2022)

  
  Publications
  In silico exploration of multi-species restriction amplicon sequencing (MRAseq). PacBio HiFi assembly, annotation, and wheat trait dissection.

• Dr. Yunfeng Xu (2019 - 2022)

  
  Publications
  Fine mapping and cloning of Hessian fly resistance and grain yield QTL.

• Dr. Zhenqi Su (2013 - 2017)

  
  Cloned TaHRC, the gene controlling FHB resistance. Construction of high-resolution maps for genes conditioning Fusarium head blight resistance and traits related to wheat kernel size.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Dr. Jianming Fu (2006 - 2015)

  
  Screening germplasm and mapping QTLs for heat tolerance in wheat.

• Dr. Wang Shan (2013 - 2015)

  
  Bioinformatics analysis of GBS and GBMAS sequencing.
  

• Dr. Shubing Liu (2006 - 2014)

  
  Cloning of a resistance gene for wheat soil-borne mosaic virus and identifying genes for pre-harvest sprouting impacting wheat evolution and domestication.

• Dr. Dadong Zhang (2006-2011)

  
  Current Position: Biostatistician & Statistical Geneticist, CPHG University of Virginia.

• Dr. Tao Li (2006-2008)

  
  Current Position: Associate Professor at Yangzhou University, Jiangsu, China.

• Dr. Shengwu Hu (2006-2007)

  
  Current Position: Professor at Shaanxi Agricultural and Forestry University, Shaanxi, China.

• Dr. Cuixia Chen (2004-2006)

  
  Current Position: Professor and Taishen Scholar in Shangdong Agricultural University, Shangdong, China<./p>

• Dr. Hongxiang Ma (2004-2005)

  
  Current Position: Director and Professor of Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Science, Jiangsu, China.

• Dr. Jun Yang (2004-2005)

  
  Current Position: Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center.

• Dr. Jianbin Yu (2006)

  
  Current Position: Corn Breeder at DuPont.

Former Graduate Students

• Yuzhou "Bruce" Xu (2017 - 2023)

  
  Publications
  Cloning FHB resistance genes in wheat using genetic and bioinformatic approaches.

• Ruolin Bian (2018 - 2023)

  
  Characterization of a novel wheat FHB resistance gene from a Jagger mutant.

• Abdullah Bin Umar (2022 - 2023)

  
  GBS mediated genome-wide association studies and genetic dissection in sweet sorghum germplasm to identify sugar accumulation and sucrose related QTLs.

• Volodymyr "Vova" Kavetski (2020 - 2023)

  
  Improvement of wheat FHB resistance using genome editing technology.

• Dr. Nida Ghori (2017 - 2022)

  
  Map-Based Cloning of a Hessian Fly Resistance Gene in Wheat.

• Safietou "Safy" Fall (2020 - 2021)

  
  Development and validation of drought associated genetic markers to accelerate selection of pearl millet varieties for Senegal.

• Umara Rana (2016 - 2020)

  
  Mappping Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in wheat.

• Shabbir Hussain (2019 - 2020)

  
  Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) of Heat Stress in Wheat.

• Dr. Yaoguang Li (2014 - 2019)

  
  Publications
  Studying the interaction of plant height genes in wheat.

• Dr. Abdulrahman Hashimi (2017 - 2019)

  
  Mappping Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in wheat cultivar Lyman. Current position: Assistant professor at King Saud University.

• Mingqin Shao (2013-2017)

  
  Characterizing wheat leaf rust resistance gene Lr42 and mapping QTL for multiple traits in hard winter wheat cultivars.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Meng Lin (2011-2016)

  
  Identification of genes and genetic relationships for preharvest sprouting resistance via association mapping and high-resolution mapping.

  Curriculum Vitae

• John Curato (2012-2016)

  
  Investigating resistance to soil borne wheat streak mosaic virus.

• Nosheen Fatima (2013-2016)

  
  Mapping wheat genes for resistance to Fusarium head blight in US hard winter wheat using genotyping-by-sequencing.

• Jin Cai (2011-2016)

  
  Mapping wheat genes for Fusarium head blight using genotyping-by-sequencing and SNP markers and transferring Fhb1 into US hard winter wheat backgrounds.

  Curriculum Vitae

• Yue Lu (2013-2016)

  
  Dissection of wheat QTLs for slow leaf rusting and transferring resistance QTL into adapted hard winter wheat.

  Resume

• Megan Calvert (2014)

  
  

Mr. Xiping Yang (2011-2012)


Current Position: Ph.D. candidate University of Florida.

• Ms. Feng Jin (2010-2012)

  
  Current Position: Ph.D. candidate in Shaanxi Agricultural and Forestry University, Shaanxi, China.

• Dr. Xianghui Zhang (2009-2011)

  
  Current Position: Post-doc at Life Science College, Jilin University, China.

• Mr. Angelo Jay Noriel (2009-2010)

  
  Current Position: Unknown.

• Mrs. Jayatilake Dimanthi Vihanga (2008-2010)

  
  Current Position: Ph.D. candidate at University of Adelaide, Australia.

• Dr. Xiaochun Sun (2007-2009)

  
  Current Position: Senior Scientist. Dow AgroScience IN.

• Mrs. Shuangye Wu (2006-2008)

  
  Current Position: Assistant Scientist, Agronomy Department of Kansas State University.

• Dr. Lili Zhou (2004-2006)

  
  Current Position: Post-doc at University of Southern California LA.

• Dr. Shilpa Sood (2003-2008)

  
  Current Position: Research scientist in Crop Science at North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC.

• Dr. Jianbin Yu (2003-2006)

  
  Current Position: Corn Breeder at DuPont.