Principal Investigator

Prof. Jesse A. Poland

Professor of Plant Science and Principal Investigator of the Plant Breeding and Genetics Lab

Research Scientists

Nahed Mohammed

Research Scientist

Ibrahim Salah Elbasyoni

Research Scientist

Kashif Nawaz

Research Scientist

Laxman Adhikari

Research Scientist

Postdoctoral Fellows

Umair Toor

PostDoctoral Fellow

Gopal Misra

PostDoctoral Fellow

Mariem Nsibi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Clara Stanschewski

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD Students

Conner Johnson

PhD Student

Master Students

Rim Masri

MS/PhD in Plant Sciences

Research Staff

Amin Hedar

Mechanical Engineer

Assem Zein

Date Palm Irrigation Specialist

Mahmoud Baker

Greenhouse Technician

Trupti Jagtap

Lab/Greenhouse Technician

Randah Aleisawi

Project Coordinator

Sumaira Haque

Project Coordinator

Oleksandr Kovalchuk

Research Specialist

Wesley Hopwood

Agricultural Engineer

Gabrielle Michaux

Laboratory and Greenhouse Technician

Alumni

Nouf Alzaid

MS Student

Padam Bahadur Poudel

Master Student- Alumni

Jun Hong

Postdoctoral Fellow

Priyanka Kalambettu

Research Manager - 2022-2024

Rezwan Tariq

Postdoctoral Fellow-Alumni