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About us

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We are a team of diverse scientists with different expertise, from developmental & cell biology, biochemistry, chemical biology and genomics to physics. We are passionate about unlocking the secretes of how plants develop, and to apply knowledge from our basic research for a better understanding, prediction, and designing of plants resilient for a future climate.

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Keiko Torii, Ph.D.
Professor, Johnson & Johnson Centennial Chair in Plant Cell Biology
Investigator, HHMI
Oversea Principal Investigator,
WPI-ITbM, Nagoya

ktorii [at] utexas.edu

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Krishna Sepuru Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
krishna.sepuru [at] austin.utexas.edu
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Calvin Coffin, M.S.
Lab Manager
cmcoffin [at] utexas.edu
M.S. Ohio University
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Sergio Landeo Villanueva Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
sergio.landeovillanueva [at] austin.utexas.edu
Ph.D. Wageningen Univ. NL
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Pengfei Bai, Ph.D.
​Postdoctoral Associate
Pengfei.Bai [at] austin.utexas.edu
Ph.D. Ohio State University
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Katelin Burow, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
katelin.burow [at] austin.utexas.edu
Ph.D. Purdue Univrsity
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Minh Huy Vu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
minhhuyvu [at] utexas.edu
Ph.D. Gyeongsang National University, South Korea
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Shen Zhang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Shen.zhang [at] austin.utexas.edu
Ph.D. University of Minnesota
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Ansar Ali, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
ansarali [at] utexas.edu
Ph.D. Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Yue Jiang, M.S.
Graduate Student, ILSGP
yj7424 [at] utexas.edu
M.S. Kyoto University
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Marco Keller
Researcher Technician
Marco.Keller111 [at] utexas.edu
B.S. UT Austin
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Evan Tizzard
Research Technologist/Intern
Evan.tizzard [at] austin.utexas.edu
MS Program at Univ. Oregon
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Crystal Ying
Undergraduate Researcher/Lab Assistant
HHMI Undergrad Summer Research Fellow

 
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Anna Diez
Lab Assistant
B.S. UT Austin, Neuroscience
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