TEAM
![Berkley-Walker](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Berkley-Walker.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Binod_Basyal.jpg)
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
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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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Max_Harman-200x300.jpg)
Max Harman
Grad Student, started Feb 2023
harmanm4@msu.edu
![Kelem_Alamarie](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kelem_Alamarie.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Luke_Gregory.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Audrey-Johnson.jpg)
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_P](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Veronica_P.jpg)
Veronica Pargulski
Undergad Student Started 2023
pargulsk@msu.edu
![Ludmila_Roze](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Ludmila_Roze.jpg)
Ludmila Roze
Research Scientist
roze@msu.edu
![Stephanie_schmiege](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Stephanie_schmiege.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Kate-200x300.jpg)
Kate Scott
Undergrad Student, started August 2022
scottk43@msu.edu
![Kaila_Smith](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Kaila_Smith.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Anne_Steensma.jpg)
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](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dez.jpg)
Dez Strand
Postdoctoral researcher, started January 2022
PhD, Michigan State University, USA
strandd1@msu.edu
![Mauricio_Tejera](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Mauricio_Tejera.jpg)
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
mauri@msu.edu | twitter
Alumni
![Heather](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Heather.jpg)
Heather Roney
Laboratory Technician, started March 2021
Bachelor of Science, at MSU
Likes research on climate change, solving problems, and camping.
roneyhea@msu.edu
![Arif](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Arif.jpg)
Arif Ahmed
2021-2021
Role: Postdoc
Currently at Curia
![Han](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Han-scaled-e1685570604155.jpg)
Han Bao
2019-2021
Role: Postdoc
Currently at ThermoFisher Scientific
![Matt](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Matt-e1685571454406.jpg)
Matt Morency
2019-2021
Role: Undergrad Researcher and Technician
Currently a cultivation assistant at Holistic Industries
![Aikaari](http://berkleywalker.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Aikaari.png)
Aikaari Ryce
Laboratory Technician, started February 2022
ryceaika@msu.edu