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

Sarah Davis

Undergrad Researcher

davis451@msu.edu

Xinyu Fu

Postdoctoral Scholar, started June 2019

Ph.D. in Biology
PhD, Iowa State University
Interested in metabolomics and modeling

fuxinyu2@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

Luke Gregory

Graduate Student, started August 2020

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

grego215@msu.edu | twitter

Audrey Johnson

Lab Manager

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

john1308@msu.edu

Veronica Pargulski

Undergad Student Started 2023

pargulsk@msu.edu

Ludmila Roze

Research Scientist

roze@msu.edu

Stephanie Schmiege

Postdoctoral Scholar co-advised by Tom Sharkey and Danielle Way at Western University, Ontario Canada

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

schmie18@msu.edu

Kate Scott

Undergrad Student, started August 2022

scottk43@msu.edu

Kaila Smith

Graduate Student, started August 2020

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

smit3147@msu.edu

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

Mauricio Tejera

GLBRC Keegstra Fellow - postdoctoral researcher, started March 2019

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