Monique L. Sakalidis
Assistant Professor
Dept. Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences and Dept. Forestry
Staff
Carmen Medina Mora
Professional Aide and Laboratory Technician
Dept. Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences and Dept. Forestry
Adam Milenkowic
Field Technician
Research: oak wilt
Spring 2021
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Crystal Nelson
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Spring 2019
Emily Ruda
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Spring 2019
Sage Beerman
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Winter 2020
Cathryn McGowan
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Since Winter 2020
Graduate Students
Becky Harkness
PhD Student
Research: Caliciopsis canker of eastern white pine
Sakalidis Lab since Fall 2018
Katie Minnix
PhD student
Research: eastern white pine
Sakalidis & McCullough Labs since Spring 2017
Karandeep Chahal
PhD Student
Research: Oak Wilt
Since Fall 2017
Allie Watson
Masters Student
Research: brown rot of chestnut
Sakalidis Lab since Fall 2019
Post Doctoral Fellows
Visiting Scholars
Muahmmad Zunair Latif
Visiting Scholar
Research: Dieback of Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham).
Winter 2020
Coming soon
Pedro Pablo Parra
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Research: oak wilt management
Summer 2021
Past Lab Members
Keumchul Shin
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Research: Pathogen detection and diagnostics development and biocontrol
Fall 2017-Fall 2019
Current Position: Assistant professor, Department of Forest Environmental Resources, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, South Korea
Julian Camilo Bello Rodriguez
PhD student
Research: population genetics of cucurbit and hop downy mildew.
Hausbeck & Sakalidis Labs Fall 2016-Fall 2020
Postdoctoral Research Associate
School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Student interns and visiting scholars
Benjamin Lee Jones (Emerging Scholars Program) Spring 2019
Gabdiel E. Yulfo-Soto (SROP Intern, now a graduate student in Lisa Vaillancourt’s lab at the University of Kentucky) Summer 2017 & 2018
Mayra Velen Buendia Velazquez (visiting scholar) Summer 2017
Jan Martin Wulff (independent study) Spring 2017
Phillip Kurzeja (continuing studies) Spring 2017
Undergraduate student and staff research assistants
Brian Merle Winter 2020-Spring 2020
Brandon Younan Spring 2019-Fall 2019
Tina Guo Spring 2019- Spring 2020
Jessica Henke Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Sydney Stauffer Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Nancy Sharma Spring 2018 (now a graduate student in Timothy Miles Lab at MSU)
Louis Radecki Summer 2017-Spring 2018
Christian D. McAlvey Spring 2017