Gary Stacey Students, Postdoctoral Associates and Visiting Scholars
Graduate Students Directed:
Rhizobium-soybean symbiosis: Direct evidence for the involvement of lectin in
nodulation. Presently on the faculty of the Department of Microbiology, Iowa State University.
Jacqueline Henrot, Ph.D., Ecology, 1988, thesis title: Environmental Fate of Technetium
in Soil. Presently postdoctoral associate Villanova Univ.
characterization of nodulation genes from Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Presently
employed by Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc..
Dave Gerhold, Ph.D., Microbiology, 1988, thesis title: Host regulation of nodulation
genes in Rhizobium meliloti and Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Presently employed
by Merck Corp, N.J.
Jae-Seong So, Ph.D., Microbiology, 1988. Thesis title: Molecular cloning and
characterization of nodulation genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Presently
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Inha Univ., Inchon, Korea.
of two nodulation gene products of Rhizobium meliloti, Presently Research
Assistant, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Nashville, TN.
analysis of transgenic tobacco expressing variant forms of calmodulin, Presently
Research Assistant, DuPont Corp.
Sohail Saad Luka, Ph.D., Microbiology, 1993, Thesis title: Genetic and functional studies
on novel nodulation genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum, Postdoctoral Research
Associate with Dr. Maurizio Iacarrino at the Istituto Internazionale di Genetica e
Biofisica, Napoli, Italy., Currently employed by Procter and Gamble, Brussels,
Belgium.
Thomas Dockendorff, Ph.D., Microbiology, 1993, Thesis title: Novel regulatory
mechanisms for the nodulation genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Presently
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Medical Center. Tom now on the faculty of the Dept. of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Bradyrhizobium japonicum genes involved in nodule formation and function.
Postdoctoral Associate, University of California-Berkeley. Currently directing a
laboratory in Korea. Recently founded a biotechnology company, See-Gene, Inc.
(http://www.see-gene.com/ )
peptide transporter cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana. Was a Postdoctoral
Associate, Johns Hopkins University., She then completed a MBA degree in International Business. Currently, postdoctoral associate M.D. Anderson, Houston.
Bing Garcia, Ph.D., Microbiology, 1996, Thesis title: Role of the nolA gene product in
the regulation of nod gene expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Presently a
Postdoctoral Associate, University of Missouri
(Joyce) Pui-Yee Yuen, Ph.D., 1998, Microbiology, Thesis title: Regulation of nod gene
expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Currently: Postdoctoral Associate
working on Baculovirus at the Academica Sinica, Taipai, Taiwan.
Brad Day, Ph.D., 1999, Microbiology, Nod signal perception in the Bradyrhizobium
japonicum-soybean symbiosis. Currently: Following postdoctoral positions in the laboratory of Dr. Naoto Shibuya, Tsukuba, Japan and Dr. Brian Staskawicz, Univ. of California, Berkely, Brad is now an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Horticulture, Michigan State Univ.
Jonathan Cohn, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2000, Nod signal specificity and perception.
Currently: Postdoctoral associate at North Carolina State University.
Thompson Institute, Cornell University
Serry Koh, Ph.D., Microbiology, 2000, Identification and characterization of two peptide
transporter families in Arabidopsis thaliana: Effective Feb. 1, 2001, Serry was a
a Postdoctoral Associate in the laboratory of Dr. Shauna Somerville, Carnegie
Institute of Washington, Stanford University. She recently took a faculty position at a University in Seoul, Korea.
Dasharath Lohar, Ph.D., Plant Physiology and Genetics, 2001, Gene tagging and
transgenic approaches for the study of legume nodule and root development.
Until recently, a Postdoctoral associate in the laboratory of Dr. Kate Vandenbosch, Univ. of Minnesota but recently took a position with BASF, North Carolina.
Ginnie Copley, M.S., Microbiology, 2001, Identification and regulation of novel
nodulation genes in Rhizobium sp. NGR234. Recently married and living in
Atlanta, GA. Now work as a technician at Emory University Medical School.
Crystal B. McCalvin, Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Microbiology, 2003, Transgenic approaches to study nodulation in the model legume, Lotus japonicus. Currently a Postdoctoral Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Brett Andersen, M.S., University of Missouri, Plant Microbiology and Pathology, 2005, Novel compounds regulating soybean nodulation.
Hyo-jin Cho, M.S., University of Missouri, Plant Sciences, 2006, Transcriptional
profiling of the nodulation response in soybean.; Currently employed as a research assistant at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
Present Students:
Ami Patel, Ph.D., Plant Microbiology and Pathology, 2002-present
Sung-Yong Kim, Ph.D., Plant Microbiology and Pathology, 2002-present
William Franck, Ph.D. Plant Microbiology and Pathology, 2004-present
Sandra Thibivilliers, Ph.D., Division of Plant Sciences, 2005-present
Ha Me Li, Ph.D., Division of Plant Sciences, 2006-present
Chris Chang, Ph.D., Division of Plant Sciences, 2006-present
Zhe Yan, Ph.D., Division of Plant Sciences, 2007-present
Past Postdoctoral Associates:
Dr. Linda A. Pocratsky, 1981-1983.
Adrian L.M. Hodgson, 1983-1985, currently employed Commonwealth Serum
Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia.
Dr. Velupillai Puvanesarajah, 1983-1987, currently employed in the private sector.
Dr. Tony Nieuwkoop, 1984-1987, currently employed as Assistant Professor at a
small college in Michigan
Dr. Zsofia Banfalvi, 1985-1987, currently employed at the Agricultural Biotechnology
Research Center, Godollo, Hungary.
Dr. Arun Sharma, Ph.D. Univ. of Baroda, India, 1988-1991, Currently Assistant
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Dennis Hattermann, Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois, 1988-1990. Currently employed at
Landis International, Valdosta, GA.
Dr. Shui-Ping Wang, Ph.D., Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology, 1988-1991.
Employed at Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO.
Dr. Gerrit Smit, Ph.D., Univ. of Leiden, The Netherlands, 1989-1990. Currently
employed at a company in The Netherlands, also on the faculty of Wageningen University.
Dr. Mark Barbour, Ph.D. North Carolina State Univ., 1988-1991. Presently employed at
E.I. Dupont Corp., Delaware.
Dr. Juan Sanjuan, Fullbright Fellow, Ph.D., Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Cientificas, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, 1990-1993. Presently employed at
the CSIC, Estacion Experimental del Zaiden, Granada, Spain.
Dr. Louise Bergeron, Ph.D., Harvard School of Public Health, Dept. of Cancer Biology,
Boston, MA., 1993.
Dr. Eiichi Minami, Ph.D., Nagoya Univ., Japan, 1993-1995; Returned to position at the
National Insitute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan.
Dr. Naoko Minami, Ph.D., Nagoya Univ., Japan, 1993-1995; Presently employed at the
National Insitute of Agrobiological Resources, Tsukuba, Japan.
Dr. Ritcha Chaudhary, Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India,
1994-1995. Currently employed at the Univ. of Tennessee Medical School,
Memphis.
Dr. Chengdong Zhang, Ph.D., Hohenheim Univ., Germany, 1996-1997; Was employed at
Medical Research Center in Montreal, Canada; Recently accepted a bioinformatics position at Virginia Polytechnic University, Blacksburg, VA
Dr. Annapurna Kannepalli, Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi,
1998. Returned to position in India.
Dr. Qing Gu, Ph.D, Yale University, 1996-1998. Completed her senior research associate position at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. Now a full-time mother.
Dr. Pallavolu Mahesh Reddy, Ph.D., Banaras University, India, 1997-199, Previously
employed at the International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines.;
Recently accepted a research associate position at the Center for Nitrogen
Fixation Research, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Dr. Gongxian Liao, Institute of Plant Physiology, Shanghai, 2001, currently a
postdoctoral fellow at Penn State Univ.
Dr. Monir Shababi, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2002-2004, Presently at the University of Missouri, Dr. Chris Lorson laboratory
Dr. Shaoxing Huang, Ph.D., Peking University, 2002-2006, Presently employed at the University of Missouri Medical School, Columbia, MO
Past-visiting professors:
Sept. 30, 1993.
Dr. Takuji Ohwada, Ph.D., Obihiro Univ. of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Hokkaido, Japan;
Dr. Servio Tulio Alves Cassini, Dept. of Microbiology, Universidade Federal de Vicosa,
Brazil
Dr. Michael Torres, Dept. of Biology, Maryville College, Maryville, TN; 2000 & 2005; Currently on the faculty at Warren Wilson College, Ashville, N. Carolina
Dr. J. C. Hong, Chair of Division of Life Science and Head of Department of
Biochemistry, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea, Feb., 2006 to
March, 2007.
Present postdoctoral associates:
Dr. Jinrong Wan, Ph.D., Nanjing University, 2002-present
Dr. Melanie Mathieu, Ph.D., Univ. des Sciences and Technologies de Lille, 2004-present
Dr. Laurent Brechenmacher, Ph.D., Univ. of Burgundy, 2005-present
Dr. Marc Libault, Ph.D., Paris 11 Univ. (Orsay, France), 2005-present
Dr. Woo-Suk Chang, Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2005-present
Dr. Xuechang Zhang, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2005-present
Dr. Kiwamu Tanaka, Kagoshimia Univ., Japan, 2006-present
Dr. Seth Findley, Duke University, 2006-present
Dr. Sherri Sachdev, University of Missouri, 2006-present
Visiting students:
completed her Ph.D. degree at York Univ., England., currently employed in
Finland.
Julia Brueggemann, visiting student from Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de
Strasbourg, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, Jan. 1998- Sept. 1998.
Currently pursuing Ph.D. degree in England.
Visiting scientists:
Dr. Moon-Young Kim, Seoul National University, Korea, 10-1-04 to 4-1-05