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Current Lab Members

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MATT OLSON

Professor / Principal Investigator

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LEI CHEN

Post-Doc: Ecology and Climate Change

Studying the interactions between plant dormancy and responses to climate change

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GUANQIAO FENG

Post-Doc: Bioinformatics and gene expression

Studying the evolution of sex-biased gene expression and alternative splicing 

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BRIAN SANDERSON

Post-Doc: Genomics, bioinformatics, and the evolution of sex chromosomes

Mapping the locations and movement of of sex determination regions in poplars and willows  

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MINGHAO GUO

PhD Student

Matriculated Fall 2018

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HALEY HALE

Masters Student

Flowering ecology of Salix exigua

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NAN HU

PhD Student

Mapping the sex determination region of Salix exigua

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SAMANTHA SOTO

Undergraduate Researcher

Genetic variation in homologs of the Salix purpurea sex determination genes in Salix phlebophylla

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Lab Alumni

POST-DOCS

  • Li Wang, Post-Doc 2012-2014, Currently postdoc with Jeff Ross-Ibarra (UC Davis) and Matthew Hufford (U. Iowa) 

  • Nick Levsen, Post-Doc 2008-2012, completed postdoc in Newcastle, UK, now Applying for Law School

  • Keiko Miyake, Post-Doc 2007-2009, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

  • Lisa Grubisha, Post-Doc 2007-2009, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin Green Bay

  • Gary Houston, Post-Doc 2003-2005, Portfolio Leader, Landcare Research, New Zealand

GRADUATE STUDENTS

  • David Lakey, MS 2018, Currently volunteering at U. Wyoming

  • Soorang Lee, PhD 2016, currently Postdoc at Hallym University, South Korea

  • Mitra Menon, MS 2014, currently pursuing a PhD at Virginia Commonwealth University

  • James Stone, PhD 2013, Assistant Professor, King Fahad Security College, Saudi Arabia

  • Amanda Sesser (Robertson), PhD 2012, Currently Director for 21sustainability.com

  • Amy Breen, PhD 2011, Research Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center, Alaska Climate Sciences Center, Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning, University of Alaska Fairbanks

  • Amber Beal, MS 2004, Currently unknown

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