Jiao Lab

Research Subjects: Understand the sorghum seed development on transcriptomic and metabolomic levels. Identify key genes involved in the biosynthesis of starch, protein, and oil in sorghum seed. Develop molecular markers to facilitate sorghum grain quality breeding.

Research Scientists

Deepti Singh
Research Focus: Sorghum genomics and breeding, emphasizing metabolome-wide genome-wide association studies (mGWAS), quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping, and multi-omics integration to identify genes and pathways controlling grain nutritional traits and accelerate the development of nutrient-enriched sorghum cultivars.
deeptsin@ttu.edu

 

Ran Tian
Research Focus: My research integrates fundamental and applied approaches to sorghum reproduction, conditional male sterility, seed biology, heat responses, and herbicide tolerance for crop improvement
rtian@ttu.edu

Ph.D. Students

Guanyun Cheng
Research Focus: My research interest is to elucidate the physiological and regulatory mechanism underlying the production of starch, protein, and oil in sorghum grain.
guanyun.cheng@ttu.edu

Pallavi
Research Focus: Understanding the molecular mechanism of sugarcane aphid resistance in Sorghum
padhiman@ttu.edu

Pradeep Kumar
Research Focus: Genomic and Phenomic-based Breeding for Improved Plant Architecture, Drought Tolerance, and Yield Potential in Sorghum
pradkuma@ttu.edu

 

Shejal Soumen
Research Focus: Sorghum genetics and molecular breeding, focusing on the development of nutritionally enhanced forage sorghum through marker-assisted breeding, grain quality phenotyping, and multi-omics integration. My research investigates the genetic and molecular basis of starch protein interactions, seed development, digestibility, and grain nutritional quality to accelerate the development of climate-resilient, high-quality sorghum cultivars.
ssoumen@ttu.edu

 

Alumni

Zhiyuan Liu(Ph.D)
Adil Khan (Ph.D)
Nasir Khan (Master)