Sijun Liu	Sijun Liu, Assistant Scientist II. Ph.D. John Innes Institute, University of East Anglia, UK; M.Sc and B.Sc. Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, PR China.
Nana Chougule	Nana Chougule, Postdoctoral Research Associate. Ph.D. and M.Sc. Dr. BAM University, Aurangabad, India.
Liljana Georgievska	Liljana Georgievska, Postdoctoral Research Associate. Ph.D. Wageningen University, The Netherlands (pending); M.Sc. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, ROC; B.Sc. Sts. Cyril and Methodius, R. Macedonia.

Graduate Students

Wendy Sparks	Wendy Sparks, Ph.D. student Genetics; M.S. Iowa State University.
Luke Linz	Luke Linz, Ph.D. student Microbiology; B.A. Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.
Zach Regelin	Zach Regelin, Ph.D. student Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology; B.A. University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA.