YALE UNIVERSITY - Key Persons


Ann Marie Feke

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate 2019 / 20 Academic Year / Postdoctoral Associate

Annie Jin

Job Titles:
  • High School Intern / University of Connecticut

Brandon Williams

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Bryan C Thines

Job Titles:
  • Researcher from the University of Puget Sound
  • Visiting Scholar
Bryan is a visiting researcher from the University of Puget Sound. He is using biochemical and genetic approaches to study the role that F-box proteins play in plant abiotic stress responses. Outside of lab he enjoys drinking coffee and backpacking.

Chin-Mei Lee

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate 2017 / 18 Academic Year / Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Plant & Mirobial Biology at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan

Christopher Adamchek

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant
Christopher is a Research Assistant who is interested in how the plant circadian clock intersects with stress pathways to improve plan fitness. He handles the protein expressions and phenotyping (taking thousands of plant pictures) of the labs decoy library pipeline. Outside of the lab you can find Chris pursuing his life passion of Karate.

Chun Chung (Ted) Leung

Ted is a rotating graduate student interested in how the circadian clock affects plant growth and development. In particular, he will be studying the interaction of the clock with sugar signaling. Outside of the lab you can find Ted burning and cutting his fingers in the kitchen.

Daniel Tarte

Dan is a Graduate student interested in researching how the plant circadian clock drives biological processes. He will specifically be studying how cycling proteasome components affect accumulation of plant metabolites. Outside of the lab you can find Dan eating nutella or on a run to work off the nutella.

Elton Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Harper Lowrey

Harper (she/they) is an undergraduate in Berkeley College studying Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. In particular, Harper is researching a growth restrictor participating in a circadian clock-controlled mechanism of post-translational regulation. Outside of the lab, you can find Harper exercising her competitiveness in whatever game or sport that is available or hiking on the nearest mountain to feel closer to their home state of Colorado.

Joshua Gendron

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor ( on - Term )

Kerstin Bieler

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Researcher from Germany 2019 / 20 Academic Year

Lilijana Oliver

Lilijana is an undergraduate student in Silliman College interested in plant response to abiotic enviromental factors. At the moment, she is studying seasonal regulation of secondary metabolite production. Outside of the lab, Lilijana can be found running through the most densely wooded parks she can find.

Mairead Brennan

Job Titles:
  • SSRI Intern

Morgan Vanderwall

Morgan is from Utah and graduated from Whitworth University with B.S. in biochemistry. As a graduate student, she is using biochemical assays and genetic screens to investigate the function of a sugar-binding F-Box protein and its role in promoting glycoprotein degradation and wintertime plant survival. Outside of the lab you can find Morgan knitting, hiking/running, or buying yet another house plant.

Olivia Compagna

Job Titles:
  • Intern

Qingqing Wang

Qingqing is a Postdoctoral Accociate working on the potential roles of F-box protein TLPs in plant growth and environmental stress in Arabidopsis.

Sammy Scheetz

Job Titles:
  • Intern

Wei Liu

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Associate
Wei is a Postdoctoral Associate focused on identifying the biological function of the circadian rhythms controlled F-box proteins. Using the unique set of genetic tools named decoy method, he has identified several novel F-box proteins likely involved in the regulation of plant growth and development.

Zhiping Deng

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Scholar