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
Genome engineering
kaushik.ghose@ttu.edu

 

Wuzi Xie
Wuzi.Xie@ttu.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associates

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

 

Leonidas d'Agostino
ldagosti@ttu.edu

Ph.D. Students

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

 

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

 

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

 

M.S. Student

Sowmya Narava

snarava@ttu.edu

 

Student Assistant

William Searfass
wsearfas@ttu.edu

Alumni

Anuradha Dhingra (Postdoc):  Washington University (Research Assoc)

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 :Texas Tech University (Postdoc)

Vikas Devkar : Assistant Professor, India

 

Visiting Scientists/Researchers

Durgeshwari Gadpayale (PhD 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