TEAM

Berkley Walker

Assistant professor, started August 2018

PhD, with Asaph Cousins, Washington State University
Postdoc with Don Ort, University of Illinois/USDA-ARS
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoc Fellowship with Andreas Weber
Likes science, adventures and learning something new

berkley@msu.edu | twitter

Binod Basyal

Postdoc, started May 2020

Ph.D. in Biology
B.Sc in Agriculture from Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Loves Michigan summer, the Great Lakes, good food and soccer

basyalbi@msu.edu | twitter

Max Harman

Grad Student, started Feb 2023

harmanm4@msu.edu

Kelem Gashu

Postdoc, started Oct 2021

PhD, with Aaron Fait, Bengurion University of the Negev, Israel
Interested in plant Physiology and metabolism

alamriek@msu.edu | twitter

Veronica Pargulski

Undergad Student Started 2023

pargulsk@msu.edu

Ludmila Roze

Research Scientist

roze@msu.edu

Luke Sharpe

Graduate Student co-advised with Danny Ducat, started April 2023

Payal Srivastava

Postdoctoral Researcher, started April 2024

Anne Steensma

Graduate Student co-advised by Yair Shachar-Hill, started February 2022

BA in Biological Chemistry (minor in Statistics) from Grinnell College

steens11@msu.edu

Dez Strand

Postdoctoral researcher, started January 2022

PhD, Michigan State University, USA

strandd1@msu.edu

Emily Stringham-Turner

Lab Manager, Started January 2024

Mitchell Ticoras

Graduate Student Co-Advised by Danny Ducat, Started 2023

Alumni

Mauricio Tejera

GLBRC Keegstra Fellow – postdoctoral researcher, started March 2019-2024

PhD, with , Iowa State University, USA
MSc and BSc, with Valentin Picasso , Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay
Fascinated by the perenniality of plants and how they fool death

| twitter

Kaila Smith

Graduate Student, started August 2020/2024 (Graduated with a PhD and now in Law School)

BS in Biological Sciences with minors in Chemistry and Mathematics from DePaul University
I am obsessed with my dog Potato

Kate Scott

Undergrad Student, started August 2022-2024

scottk43@msu.edu

Stephanie Schmiege

Postdoctoral Scholar co-advised by Tom Sharkey and Danielle Way at Western University, Ontario Canada (2020-2024, Now Faculty at Union College)

PhD, with Kevin Griffin, Columbia University and Dennis Stevenson, New York Botanical Garden
Enjoys hiking, canoeing, and painting

schmie18@msu.edu

Sarah Davis

Undergrad Researcher

davis451@msu.edu

Audrey Johnson

Lab Manager 2019-2023

B.S. from University of Michigan, M.S. work at Eastern Michigan University
Enjoys the great outdoors, music, and crafts

john1308@msu.edu

Luke Gregory

Graduate Student, started August 2020-2024 (Now a Postdoc at Cornell)

BS in Biology (minors in Chemistry and Leadership Studies) at Slippery Rock University
Likes quaint coffee shops and diner food, bowling with friends, and heading back to Pennsylvania to visit family