Last modified 28 September 2007

Wayne Parrott Professor BS in Agronomy from the University of Kentucky MS and PhD in Plant Breeding & Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin Currently teaches: Agroecology of tropical America Behavior & evolution of the plant genome

Peter LaFayette Research Scientist Vector construction and transgenic analysis Chicagoan PhD in Plant Biology, the University of California - Davis

The staff
Barbara Artelt Research technician Lived mostly in Athens, GA BS in Animal Science from UGA Maize transformation technology	Ping Wu From Shanghai, China Research technician Genetic engineering of rice & other grasses	Donna Tucker Born and raised in Georgia Research technician Genetic engineering of soybean

Graduate students
Doug Heckart From: Oregon BS in Biotechnology and Agronomy Sethoxydim resistance in paspalum Promoter activity in maize retroelements	Ben Martin From: Snellville, Georgia BS in Horticulture Engineering nematode resistance in soybean	Lang Shen From: Jiangxi, China BS in Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University MS in Ecology, East China Normal University Transgenic approaches to aluminum toxicity tolerance in alfalfa	Rebecca Tashiro From: Rhode Island BS in Applied Biotechnology Genetics of ornamental traits in white clover

The student workers
Melissa Cook Major: Biology From: Dalton, GA	Carly Conrad Major: Biosciences/genetics From Alpharetta, Georgia Tissue culture & transformation	Tionya DeBerry Major: Biology From Jonesboro, Georgia Tissue culture & transformation
Ronald Franco Major: From Athens, Georgia (via Guatemala) Clover QTL mapping	Sarah Lipkin Major: Animal Sciences From: Decatur, Georgia Soybean tissue culture & transformation	Mercy Montgomery Major: Undecided From: Danielsville, Georgia Soybean tissue culture & transformation
Kevin Payne Major: Biology From: Donalsonville, Georgia Clover molecular breeding	Linsey Snow Major: Biology From: Alpharetta, Georgia	Andrew Yeager Major: Biology From: Alpharetta, Georgia Vector assembly & molecular analyses

And, the Research Coordinator/Postdoc....
	S. Joe Zhu From Anhui Province, China BS in Agronomy, Anhui Agricultural University MS in Plant Breeding and Genetics, South Dakota State University PhD in Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fine mapping of insect resistance QTLs in soybean and BAC library construction

Also, check out some of our former lab personnel who forgot to take their pictures with them....