The lab uses modern molecular techniques to map, validate and characterize genes involved in the interaction between barley and globally important pathogens that cause diseases such as stem rust, net form net blotch and spot form net blotch. View our publications.

Current Members

Bob Brueggeman
Associate Professor
August 2019 – Present

Shaun Clare
Postdoctoral Researcher
June 2023 – Present

Korie Klein
Scientific Assistant
November 2023 – Present

Sadikshya Poudel
PhD Student
August 2023 – Present

Madeline del Castillo
Undergrad Researcher
August 2021 – Present

Brooklyn Bailey
Undergrad Researcher
September 2023 – Present

Samantha Erks
Undergrad Researcher
March 2024 – Present



Previous Members

Staff

  • Max Wood (Aug 2019 – Apr 2023)
  • Sudha Upadhaya (Aug 2019 – Aug 2020)
  • Pat Gross (Aug 2010 – Aug 2019)
  • Tom Gross (Aug 2010 – Aug 2019)

Postdocs

  • Gazala Ameen (Jul 2019 – Aug 2021, Assistant Professor at SDSU)
  • Shyam Solanki (Dec 2018 – Apr 2021, Assistant Professor at SDSU)
  • Roshan Sharma Poudel (May 2018 – Mar 2019, Trait Pipeline Decision Science Lead at Syngenta)

Graduate Students

  • Matthew Brooke (PhD, Jan 2020 – May 2024, Postdoc at OSU, Krause Lab)
  • Karl Effertz (PhD, Aug 2017 – May 2023, Molecular Breeder at Dewey Scientific)
  • Arjun Upadhaya (PhD, Aug 2018 – May 2023, Postdoc at WSU, Chen Lab)
  • Charli Faris (Graduate Student, Nov 2021 – Nov 2022, Research Assistant at Phigenics)
  • Shaun Clare (PhD, Feb 2017 – May 2022, Postdoc at WSU, Brueggeman Lab)
  • Cassidy Shamseldin (Rotation Student, Fall 2020)
  • Wail Alsolami (PhD, Jul 2020, Assistant Professor at Jazan University)
  • Abdullah Al-Hashel (PhD, Aug 2017 – Aug 2019, Completed Dec 2022 (Shengming Yang), Professor at King Saud University)
  • Gazala Ameen (PhD, Aug 2014 – Jul 2019, Assistant Professor at SDSU)
  • Azita Zarasvand (MSc, Jul 2019, Research Assistant at UNC, Charlotte)
  • Roshan Sharma Poudel (PhD, Jan 2015 – Apr 2018, Trait Pipeline Decision Science Lead at Syngenta)
  • Shyam Solanki (PhD, Aug 2013 – Dec 2017, Assistant Professor at SDSU)
  • Prabin Tamang (PhD, Dec 2017, Research Geneticist at USDA)
  • Jonathan Richards (PhD, Aug 2012 – Dec 2016, Assistant Professor at LSU)
  • Kasia Duellman (PhD, Aug 2010 – Sep 2015, Assistant Professor at UI)
  • Xue Wang (MSc, Apr 2015)
  • Lauren Sager-Bittara (MSc, Jul 2012 – May 2015, Research Development Coordinator at NDSU)
  • Deepika Arora (MSc, Aug 2011 – Jul 2014, Scientist at Genemarkers)

Undergraduates

  • Cooper Reines (Mar 2024 – Jun 2024)
  • Aidan Kelly (Sep 2022 – May 2024)
  • Kole Sagaser (Sep 2022 – Apr 2023)
  • Hannah Peha (Aug 2021 – May 2023, PhD Student at UC Davis)
  • Sarah Harkins (Jan 2020 – Jun 2020, Microbiologist at Mérieux NutriSciences)
  • Eva Magnuson (Fall 2017 – Spring 2018)

Last updated June 2024