
Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Aashima Khosla
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesAashima Khosla, first author of A series of dual-reporter vectors for ratiometric analysis of protein abundance in plants
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, USA
Education: PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Natasha Navet
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesNatasha Navet, first author of Efficient targeted mutagenesis in allotetraploid sweet basil by CRISPR/Cas9
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oregon State University, Corvallis-OR, USA
Education: Ph.D. in Tropical Plant Pathology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA. M.Sc. in…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Amy Klocko
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesAmy Klocko, first author of RNAi of AGAMOUS genes in sweetgum alters reproductive organ identity and decreases fruit persistence
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Education: Bachelors…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Kaori Yoneyama
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesKaori Yoneyama, first author of Hydroxyl carlactone derivatives are predominant strigolactones in Arabidopsis
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ehime University
Education: BS & MS, Utsunomiya University; PhD, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Non-scientific Interests: watching children,…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Craig Schenck
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesCraig Schenck, first author of Role of Cytosolic, Tyrosine-Insensitive Prephenate Dehydrogenase in Medicago truncatula
Current Position: NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Education: B.S. Plant Biology, Ohio, University; M.S. Molecular Biology, Ohio, University; Ph.D. Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Non-scientific…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Wei Hu
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesWei Hu, first author of Regulation of monocot and dicot plant development with constitutively active alleles of phytochrome B
Current Position: Assistant project scientist at Prof. J. Clark Lagarias’ Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, USA
Education:
PhD,…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Deborah Petrik
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesDeborah Petrik, first author of BdGT43B2 functions in xylan biosynthesis and is essential for seedling survival in Brachypodium distachyon
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Education:
PhD in Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, 2015
M.S.…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Yinghui Li
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesYinghui Li, first author of Exogenous sodium diethyldithiocarbamate, a Jasmonic acid biosynthesis inhibitor, induced resistance to powdery mildew in wheat
Current Position: post-doctoral researcher
Education: PhD and Master, College of Agriculture, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Non-scientific…

Recognizing Plant Direct authors: Jon Cody
Plant Direct, Plant Direct: Author ProfilesJon Cody, first author of Site-Specific Recombinase Genome Engineering Toolkit in Maize
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Minnesota
Education: PhD, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri – Columbia
Non-scientific Interests: skateboarding, PC gaming and…
