Kyra Prats, first author of “Desiccation and rehydration dynamics in the epiphytic resurrection fern Pleopeltis polypodioides“ Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate at Yale University, School of the Environment Education: M.S. in Forest Science from Yale University, B.S. in Environmental Geoscience from Boston College Non-scientific Interests: Dancing, hiking, and crocheting Brief bio: Broadly speaking, I am interested in […]
Sarah Courbier, first author of “Mechanisms of far-red light-mediated dampening of defense against Botrytis cinerea in tomato leaves” Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher in the Horticulture and Product Physiology (HPP) group at Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands. Education: BSc and MSc in plant bioscience from the University of Toulouse III (France), PhD degree from Utrecht […]
Aravind Rao Karanam, co-first author of “Boolink: a Graphical Interface for Open Access Boolean Network Simulations and Use in Guard Cell CO2 Signaling” Current Position: PhD Student, Dept of Physics, UC San Diego Education: BS, MS in physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Non-scientific Interests: Long distance running, Cricket, History, Learning languages Brief bio: […]
David Yuchen He, co-first author of “Boolink: a Graphical Interface for Open Access Boolean Network Simulations and Use in Guard Cell CO2 Signaling” Current Position: Master Student, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Depth: Machine Learning and Controls 2018 – 2021 University of California San Diego […]
Shuaibing Liu, co-first author of “Estimating leaf area index using unmanned aerial vehicle data: Shallow vs. deep machine learning algorithms” Current Position: Ph.D Candidate, School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Education: B.E. & M.E in School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Henan, China. Non-scientific Interests: Guitar, badminton. Brief bio: I completed my […]
Benjamin Julius, first author of “Maize Brittle Stalk2-Like3, encoding a COBRA protein, functions in cell wall formation and carbohydrate partitioning” Current Position: Scientist I – Bayer Crop Science Education: Ph.D. Biological Sciences University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S. Biology from Truman State University Non-scientific Interests: Watching baseball/hockey/soccer, home remodeling, reading, BBQing, playing with my two children Brief bio: […]
Yulei Zhu, first author of “Large-scale field phenotyping using backpack LiDAR and CropQuant-3D to measure structural variation in wheat” Current position: Research associate (The Zhou Laboratory, Nanjing Agricultural University) Education: Research master (Master of Engineering) Non-scientific interests: anime, movies, running Brief bio: I did my undergraduate studies as an Agricultural Mechanization and Automation major at […]
Youngwoo Lee, first author of “A co-fractionation mass spectrometry-based prediction of protein complex assemblies in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone” Current Position: Postdoc in Szymanski Lab at Department of Botany and Plant Pathology and Center for Plant Biology in Purdue University Education: PhD Botany (PULSe) from Purdue University, MS Horticulture from University of Seoul, BS Life […]
Jeffrey Aguilar, first author of “Capturing in-field root system dynamics with RootTracker” Current Position: Managing Engineer at Hi Fidelity Genetics in Durham, NC Education: B.S, M.S. and Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech in Atlanta GA Non-scientific Interests: Woodworking, Music, TV shows Brief bio: I acquired my M.S. and Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech […]