Principal Investigator
Xuehua Zhong, PhD
Professor, Department of Biology
- Email: xuehuazhong@nospam.wustl.edu
Director, Plant & Microbial Biosciences Graduate Program
Dean’s Distinguished Professorial Scholar
Postdoctoral Associates
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Students
Former Postdoc Fellows & Graduate Students
Jiani Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate Oct 2017 – Nov 2020, Last Known: Actuarial Analyst, Milliman IntelliScript
Xiangsong Chen, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate Jan 2014-Dec 2018, Last Known: Professor at Wuhan University
Jianjun Jiang, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Sep 2016- Sep 2021 Last Known: Professor at Henan University, Henan, China
Sarah Leichter, PhD
Former Grad Student, Dec 2017-Jun 2022, Last Known: Postdoc at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Jie Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Sep 2019 – Mar 2024 Last Known: Young Scientist at Yazgouwan National Laboratory
Zhang-wei Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate, Jul 2018 – Jun 2023 Last Known: Professor at Shandong Agricultural University
Former Scientist & Visiting Scientists
Gaofeng Liu
Visiting Scholar Oct, 2016-Mar, 2017, PhD Student @ Nanjing Agriculture University
- Email: 2014204016@njau.edu.cn
Ziqiang Liu, PhD
Visiting Scholar Jan, 2016-Dec, 2016, Associate Professor @ South China Agricultural University
- Email: ziqiang.liu@icloud.com
Zhouyuan Shen
Biological Sciences Shanghai Jiaotong University Sep, 2017-Apr, 2018, Graduate Student @ UW Madison
Former Undergraduates
Karolina Barej
Undergraduate researcher Mar, 2015 – Mar, 2016, Undergraduate student @ University of Wisconsin, Madison
Yeying Chen
Summer Undergraduate researcher Jul, 2015 – Sep, 2015, Graduate student @ The Ohio State University
Rachael Fieweger
Undergraduate researcher Nov, 2014 – May, 2016, Graduate student @ Cornell University
Caitilin Hoffman
Undergraduate researcher Mar, 2015 – May, 2016, Undergraduate student @ University of Wisconsin, Madison
Xinrui Ji
Former Undergraduate Student at University of Wisconsin, Current graduate student at WashU
- Email: j.sherry@wustl.edu
Former High School Students
Yang Chen
Youth Apprenticeship Program for Biotechnology (YAP) high school student researcher Jan, 2014 – Aug, 2015, Undergraduate student @ University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lorenzo Contreras
Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) high school student researcher Jul, 2016 – Aug, 2016, High school student @ Ronald Reagan High School
Alice Ma
Summer high school student researcher Jun, 2014 – Aug, 2014, Undergraduate student @ University of California, Berkeley
Reeken Patel
Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) high school student researcher Jul, 2015 – Aug, 2015, High school student @ J.I. Case High School
Sharon Yan
Pre-college Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEOPLE) high school student researcher Jul, 2017 – Aug, 2017, High school Student @ Madison West High School