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
Nancy Sharma
Research Assistant
Since Spring 2018
Tina Guo
Student Research Assistant
Since Summer 2018
Post-Docs
Keumchul Shin
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Research: Pathogen detection and diagnostics development and fungicide screening
Since Fall 2017
Students
Julian Camilo Bello Rodriguez
PhD student
Research: population genetics of cucurbit and hop downy mildew.
Hausbeck & Sakalidis Labs since Fall 2016
Clarice Esch
PhD Student
Research: Legacy effects of plant-soil feedbacks in black cherry trees
Kobe lab since Fall 2014, Sakalidis lab since Fall 2016
Katie Minnix
PhD student
Research: eastern white pine
Sakalidis & McCullough Labs since Spring 2017
Karandeep Chahal
PhD Student
Research: Oak Wilt
Since Fall 2017
Olivia Morris
Masters Student
Research: Oak Wilt
McCullough lab since Summer 2017, Sakalidis lab since Spring 2018
Arriving Soon
Becky Harkness
PhD Student
Research: Soil Health & Community Analysis
Sundin and Sakalidis Lab since Fall 2018
Past Lab Members
Gabdiel E. Yulfo-Soto
SROP Intern
Research: Biocontrol of Spruce Decline
Summer 2018
Molecular characterization of Diaporthe spp. on Colorado Blue Spruce (Pieceae pungens) in Michigan
Summer 2017
Louis S Radecki
Lab Technician
Summer 2017- Spring 2018
Mayra Velen Buendia Velazquez
Visiting Scholar
Summer 2017
Jan Martin Wulff
Independent Study (undergraduate)
Research: Spruce Decline
Spring 2017
Phillip Kurzeja
Independent Study (graduate)
Research: Oak Wilt
Spring 2017