People

Lab Members:

Joshua Gendron

 
 
 
 
 
 

Associate Professor (on-term)
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
joshua.gendron@yale.edu


 

 

Research Assistant:


Christopher Adamchek
christopher.adamchek@yale.edu

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.


Postdoctoral:

Wei Liu, Ph.D.
wei.liu.wl366@yale.edu

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.

 

Qingqing Wang, Ph.D.
Qingqingwang927@gmail.com

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

 

Man-Wah Li, Ph.D.
manwah.li@yale.edu

Man-Wah is an Associate Research Scientist currently focused on exploring seasonal growth mechanisms. Additionally, he is interested in research related to plant-environment interactions, plant abiotic stress tolerance, plant population genetics, and genomics. He has an outdated CPU in his brain, so please forgive him if he occasionally does not respond.

Graduate Student(s):

Chun Chung (Ted) Leung
ted.leung@yale.edu

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. 

 

Morgan Vanderwall 
morgan.vanderwall@yale.edu

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. 

Yushi Xia
yushi.xia@yale.edu

Yushi is a graduate student in Gendron lab. He is currently working on the function of circadian clock genes in regulating metabolic day length sensing. Outside of the lab you can find Yushi messing up his kitchen.

Rotation Student(s):

Beatrice Cundiff

bea.cundiff@yale.edu

Bea is a rotation student in the Gendron lab. She is from the western suburbs of Chicago and graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in Genetics & Plant Biology and Environmental Science. As a graduate student she is interested in studying the genetic responses of plants to our changing global climate. Outside of the lab you can find Bea running/hiking, taking care of her house plants, or cozying up for the night with a cup of tea and a good TV show.

Alumni:

Name

Role in Lab

Current Position

Milan Sandhu Undergraduate  
Elton Zhou Undergraduate Analyst, Business Consulting at Xelay Acumen, Inc.
Brandon Williams Undergraduate Associate at Elm Talent Group
Zhiping Deng Visiting Scholar Professor @ Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University
Annie Jin High School Intern University of Connecticut - PreMed Undergraduate
Catherine Chamberlin Post Graduate Ph.D Student at Duke University
Skylar McDermott Undergraduate (Passage Program) EMS School
Edward Schildnecht Undergraduate (Passage Program) Virginia Military Institute
Mairead Brennan SSRI Intern High School Student
Sung Mi Johnson SSRI Intern High School Student
Elijah Neveski Undergraduate   
Olivia Compagna Intern 2017/18 Academic Year High School Student
Chin-Mei Lee Postdoctoral Associate 2017/18 Academic Year Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Plant & Mirobial Biology at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan.
Arianna McDaniels SSRI Intern 2017/2018 Academic Year  
Bryan Thines Visiting Scholar 2018/19 Academic Year Associate Professor, Biology, University of Puget Sound.
Guido Secchiaroli  SSRI Intern 2018/19 Academic Year High School Student
Sammy Scheetz  Intern 2018/19 Academic Year High School Student
Gabriela Soriano SSRI Intern 2018/19 Academic Year High School Student
Yi-Chun Huang  Rotating 2018/19 Academic Year Graduate Student
Vashaana Shadeo Undergraduate Researcher 2018/19 Academic Year  
Ariela Schear Undergraduate Researcher 2018/19 Academic Year  
Ann Marie Feke Postdoctoral Associate 2019/20 Academic Year Postdoctoral Associate
Kerstin Bieler Visiting Researcher from Germany 2019/20 Academic Year Masters Student
Jessica Asiedu Undergraduate Student Intern  2020/21 Academic Year Medical School
Bryan C Thines  Visiting Researcher from University of Puget Sound  
Lilijana Oliver Undergraduate Researcher  
Hong-Sheng (James) Liao Rotating 2023/24 Academic Year Graduate Student in Jacob lab
Daniel Tarte  Ph.D. Student 2016-2023  
Rebecca Schultz Undergraduate Researcher 2022/24 Academic Year Research assistant at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Elisabeth Ross Undergraduate Researcher 2023/24 Academic Year  
Harper Lowrey Undergraduate Researcher 2021/24 Academic Year Graduate Student at Stanford University