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NAGEL LAB @ UCR
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
Dawn Nagel
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2008
Desmond Cairo
Undergraduate Student Researcher
B.S. UC Riverside, pending
Samantha Cordingley
Ph.D. Student
B.S., UC Riverside
Stavroula Fili
Postdoctoral Scholar
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sabrina Gilmour
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Univ of Washington
Gabriela Salazar Soriano
Ph.D Student
B.S. UC Riverside
Rachel Strout
Ph.D. Student
B.S., Vasser College
Sofia Melendrez
Undergraduate Student Researcher
B.S. UC Riverside, pending
Firdouz Hussain
Undergraduate Student Researcher
B.S. UC Riverside, pending
Former Members (2016 - present):
- Keonny Cosek, Undergraduate student and Junior Specialist, (currently a PhD student Oregon State University)
- Melvin Hodanu, Undergraduate student, (currently a Research Technician, Harvey Mudd College)
- Claudia Sepulveda, Lab Assistant, (currently a PhD student, University of California, Riverside)
- Dr. Titouan Bonnot, former postdoc,(currently a Researcher, INRAE, Institut Agro, Univ. Bourgogne, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France)
- Emily Blair, former Ph.D. student (currently a Research Scientist, Enumerix, Palo Alto, CA)
- Carolina Acevedo, former undergraduate student
- Christian Camacho, former undergraduate student
- Rachel Kwon, undergraduate student (currently a nursing assistant)
- Tejasvinee Mody, former MS student (currently a Ph.D. student, Germany)
- Wajeha Mahmoud, former undergraduate (currently a graduate student, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA)
- Emmanuel Mercado, former undergraduate (currently a Research Assistant, Biotech, San Diego)
- Erika Hay, former undergraduate and Junior Specialists (currently a PhD student in Microbiology/Plant Pathology)
- Julia Zavala, former undergraduate student (part-time Science Teacher, non-profit, San Francisco)
- Ivan Quijada, former undergraduate student (currently a Research Associate at BASF).
- Michelle Garfias, former lab assistant (currently a Research Assistant, University of Arizona)
- Erika Hernandez, Summer SALSA undergraduate student (current UCR student)
- Isaias Varela, former undergraduate student (current UCR student)
Rachel Kwon
Undergraduate Student
B.S. pending
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