Patil Lab

Our lab integrates genome engineering and genomics tools to discover novel traits to improve disease resistance, nutrient uptake, and seed composition and develop high-throughput technologies to improve genetic transformation and gene-editing platforms in recalcitrant crop species.

Research Scientists

Kaushik Ghose
Research Focus: Genome engineering
kaushik.ghose@ttu.edu

 

Wuzi Xie
Wuzi.Xie@ttu.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associates

Ramkumar Thakku Rajaram
Research Focus: Plant Metabolic Pathway Engineering
rthakkur@ttu.edu

Leonidas d'Agostino
Research Focus: Utilizing single cell transcriptomics to understand nutrient dynamics, plant-microbe symbiosis, and plant-pathogen interactions in soybean.
ldagosti@ttu.edu

Ph.D. Students

Micayla Lamb
Research Focus: Optimizing root system architecture of cotton cultivars for improving adaptive response to water-deficit stress
miclamb@ttu.edu

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

M.S. Student

Sowmya Narava
snarava@ttu.edu

 

Vaishnavi Deshmukh
Research Focus: Genome Editing in Sorghum bicolor
vaishdes@ttu.edu

Student Assistant

William Searfass
wsearfas@ttu.edu

Alumni

Anuradha Dhingra (Postdoc): Washington University (Research Associate)
Mallesham Bulle (Postdoc): Louisiana State University (Postdoc)
Lois Nwoko (MS Student): Texas Tech University (Ph.D.)
Arjun Ojha (Ph.D.): University of California LA (Postdoc)
Gaurav Raturi(Postdoc): Texas Tech University (Postdoc)
Vikas Devkar(Postdoc): Assistant Professor, India

Visiting Scientists/Researchers

Durgeshwari Gadpayale (Ph.D. Student) Indian Agriculture Research Institute
Rashmi Deo (Postdoc) Savitribai Phule Pune University
Subha Manoharan (BS student) Indo-US Science and Technology Forum
Sandhya Sharma (Scientist) Indian Agriculture Research Institute
Altaf Nadaf (Professor) Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prashant Kawar (Principal Scientist) ICAR-Directorate of Floriculture
Appunnu Chinnaswamy (Principal Sci.) ICAR-Sucarcane Breeding Institute