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 SCIENTIST

Kaushik Ghose

kaushik.ghose@ttu.edu

Genome engineering.

Wuzi Xie

Wuzi.Xie@ttu.edu

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Mallesham Bulle

mbulle@ttu.edu

     Genome engineering.                                                                                                                                                       

Vikas Devkar

 vdevkar@ttu.edu

Plant Molecular Biology, Genome Editing.                   

Gaurav Raturi

        graturi@ttu.edu        

   Plant-microbe interaction.                                                                                                                                                                              

Ramkumar Thakku Rajaram

rthakkur@ttu.edu

Plant Metabolic Pathway Engineering

Ph. D. Student

Leonidas d'Agostino

ldagosti@ttu.edu

Micayla Lamb

miclamb@ttu.edu   

        Optimizing root system architecture of cotton cultivars for improving adaptive response to water-deficit stress.

Arjun Ojha Kshetry

arjun.ojha@ttu.edu 

Molecular Crop Improvement.
   

Pallavi 

padhiman@ttu.edu

Understanding the molecular mechanism of sugarcane aphid resistance in Sorghum.

M.S.Student Research Assistant

Lakshmi Venkat Sai Ram Nagalla 

Understanding the Role of Signaling Molecules using Gene-editing Technologies.

lnagalla@ttu.edu

Visiting Scholar 

Deo Rashmi

 fdeorash@ttu.edu

Student Assistant

Ethan Myers

etmyers@ttu.edu

Johnathan Salter 

johnathan.salter@ttu.edu

Jessica Kennedy

jesskenn@ttu.edu

Srinivas Duvvala

sduvvala@ttu.edu