People
Current Lab Members
Vivian Irish, Ph.D.
Vivian obtained her B.A. from Wesleyan University, and her Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Harvard University. Pursuing her interests in developmental genetics, she carried out postdoctoral work as a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow, working on Drosophila pattern formation with Michael Akam at the University of Cambridge. Long interested in plant development, Vivian decided to then carry out postdoctoral work as a National Science Foundation Fellow under the guidance of Ian Sussex at Yale University. Now the Daniel C. Eaton Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale, Vivian continues to delve into questions of plant development, plant genetics, and the evolution of developmental mechanisms.
Benoit Mermaz, Associate Research Scientist
Benoit, originally from France, obtained his Master’s degree from Universit´e de Montpellier, and his Ph.D. from Imperial College London, studying the effect of an epigenetic modification on plant development. He is now working on citrus and joined our team to combat huanglongbing disease using genome editing, specifically using the Crispr-Cas9 system.
Jie Ren, Postdoctoral Associate
Jie Ren is from China, and is fascinated by citrus development - especially the formation of thorns and oil glands. He enjoys fishing, growing various plants, and loves watching nature documentaries.
Ivy Lin, Graduate Student
Ivy is from Taiwan where she obtained a Masters degree in forestry. Now, Ivy is embarking on a study of hormone action in regulating patterning in Citrus, and getting used to New England winters.
Anastasiya Andriyash, Graduate Student
Anaa is fascinated by how plant percieve and respond to signals and is working on a thesis project to examine the roles of cell to cell signaling interactions in plant growth and development. When not in the lab, Anaa enjoys hiking, collecting tropical houseplants, and baking too many desserts.
Anxu Xu, Graduate Student
Anxu, from China, holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences. He splits his time between the Irish Lab and the Gendron Lab studying Arabidopsis leaf development in response to photoperiod. Between experiments, he can often be found watering his favorite carnivorous plants in the office.
Ruoqi Li, Visiting Graduate Student
Ruoqi is a visiting master’s student from China, currently focusing on the development of thorns and gynoecia in citrus. Outside of research, Ruoqi enjoys reading, painting, and practicing calligraphy.
Former Lab Members and Current Affiliations
Former Research Scientists
- Ning Wei, retired
Former Postdoctoral Fellows and Postdoctoral Associates
- Archana Khadgi, Postdoctoral Associate, Texas Tech Univ.
- Adam Saffer, Research Scientist, CTC Genomics
- Cintia Sagawa, Analyst, Prescouter, Inc.
- Fei Zhang, Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University
- Jie Dong, Professor, Zhejiang University
- Tengbo Huang, Professor, Shenzhen University
- Pascale Rossignol, Research Associate, J. Craig Venter Institute
- Mary Abraham, Associate Editor, Nature
- Koen Geuten, Professor, Leuven University
- Hae-Lim Lee, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
- Sinead Drea, Lecturer, University of Leicester
- Lena Hileman, Professor and Chair, University of Kansas
- Jens Sundstrom, Associate Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Moriah Zik, Assistant Professor, Ben Gurion University
- Amy Litt, Professor, UC Riverside
- Rebecca Lamb, Associate Professor, Ohio State University
- Cristina Juarez, Lecturer, Bristnall Hall Technology College
- Brian McGonigle, Senior Research Scientist, Dupont
- Christopher Day, Lecturer, University of California, San Diego
- Karim Bouhidel, Lecturer, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon
- Yuri Yamamoto, Musician, Raleigh, NC
Former Graduate Students
- Ruirui Huang, Postdoctoral Associate, UCSF
- Irvin Pan, Professor, Stonehill College
- Chloe Mara, Postdoctoral, University of Maryland
- Elizabeth Wojcik, Manager, Tesaro, Inc.
- Gemma DeMartino, Research Associate, McGill University
- Eunyoung Chae, Professor, University of Oxford
- Naomi Nakayama, Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
- Queenie Tan, Physician
- Pablo Jenik, Professor, Franklin and Marshall College
- Theresa Hill, Senior Research Associate, UC Davis
- Elena Kramer, Professor, Harvard University
- Susan Zondlo, Associate Director, QPS
- Roberta Miller, Physician
Former Undergraduates, PostGrad Associates & Summer Students
- Michael Stoica
- Megan Tachev
- Daniel Mendoza
- Joanna Wypasek
- Kaiden Brown
- Victor Nguyen
- Gemma Yoo
- Crystal Liu
- Corina Vernon
- Alan May
- Zihao Lin
- Andy Ma
- Gillian Page
- Calvin Lu
- Victoria Mevs
- Ellie Czepiel
- Brandon Araki
- Kantiya Jindachomthong
- Chayma Boussayoud
- Alejandro Jiminez
- Alexia Zagouras
- Anne Shue
- Tom Viaene
- Kristina Gremski
- Takudzwa Shumba
- Chanateep Methreetrairut
- Tin Ngo
- Ramon Herrera
- Martin Skipper
- Eva Maria Sehr
- Ana Maria Pardo
- Elizabeth Ryan
- Roshani Anandappa