Grad Students
Arthur Kim Chan – Visiting Graduate student 2022
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
James Satterlee – Ph.D. 2022
Dissertation: Single Cell Transcriptomic Analyses of Maize Shoot Patterning and Development
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Joe Cammarata – Ph.D. 2021
Dissertation: Regulation of Stem Cell Identity and Function in Moss
Senior Scientist at Syngenta, Durham, NC
Pengfei Qiao – Ph.D. 2019
Dissertation: Pattern Recognition in the Developing Maize Leaf Epidermis: Gene network analyses and machine learning approaches
Senior Data Scientist, Wallmart, Hoboken, NJ
Sam Leiboff – Ph.D. 2016
Dissertation: Morphological Diversity and Quantitative Genetics of the Maize Shoot Apical Meristem
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University, Corvalis, OR, USA
Maragaret Frank – Ph.D. 2014
Dissertation: Analyses of Structure-Function Relationships in the Evolution of Embyophyte Shoot Meristems: A transcriptomic survey
Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Beth Takacs – Ph.D. 2012
Dissertation: Genetic and Genomic Analyses of Kernel Development in Zea Mays
Project Manager, VitisGen, Ithaca, NY, USA
Ryan Douglas – Ph.D. 2010
Dissertation: Dissecting Leaf Dorsiventral Polarity in Maize
Patent Agent, Arnold & Porter, Washington D.C., USA
John Woodward – Ph.D. 2010
Dissertation: A Maize Thiamine Auxotroph is Defective in Meristem Maintenance and Leaf Blade Development
Research Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA. USA
Xiaolan Zhang – Ph.D. 2007
Dissertation: Phosphorylation of Histone Proteins During Cell Cycle & Genomic Analyses of the Maize Shoot Apical Meristem
Dean/Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Dave Henderson – Ph.D. 2005
Dissertation: Dorsiventrality and Developmental Patterning of Maize Leaves
, , Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Jiabing Ji – Ph.D. 2006
Dissertation: Comparative Genetic Analyses of WOX3 and WOX4 Functions During Plant Development
Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
Suneng Fu – Ph.D. 2004
Dissertation: Using Maize Heat Shock Factor Binding Protein Paralogues to Study Heat Shock Response, Development and Protein-Protein Interaction Specificity Determination
Assistant Professor at Tsinghua University, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Science, Beijing, China
Post Docs
Hao Wu, Ph. D. – Postdoctoral researcher from 2021 -2023. Professor, Nanking Agricultural University, Nanking, China.
Josh Strable, Ph.D. – NSF PGRP Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2020.
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Phil Conklin, Ph.D. – NSF PGRP Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2019
Director of Molecular Genetics, Rev Genomics, Oakland, CA, USA
Robyn Johnston, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Associate 2010-2014
Founding Scientist, The Elshire Group Ltd, Manawatu, New Zealand
Rena Shimizu, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Scientist and Research Associate 2006-2011
Senior Associate, Technology Partnership of Nagoya University, Durham, NC, USA
Katie Petsch, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Associate 2006-2009
Technicians
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Elizabeth was an undergraduate researcher in the Scanlon lab starting in Spring 2022, and served as Technician after graduation in May 2022 until August 2023, when she started a Master’s Degree program at University of Illinois
Josh Strable, M.S. – Josh first came to the lab as a Technician in 2007, before doing his Ph.D at Iowa State University. and an NSF postdoctoral fellow in the lab from 2016-2016. Currently an Assistant professor at NC State.
Natalie Hollabaugh – Lab Technician/Manager 2011-2015
Start-up Associate, CoVance, Nashville, TN, USA
Lionel Brooks III, Ph.D. – Technician 2003-2008
Spatial Field Application Scientist at 10X Genomics.
Undergrads
Lindsay Bauer– Cornell class of 2027
Jeffrey Yen – B.S. Cornell 2018, Master’s student in the Patrick Brown lab, UC Davis
Shujie Silvia Li – B.S. Cornell 2018, Ph.D. student, Duke University
Manny Fernandez – B.S Cornell 2016, Honors Thesis, Product Manager at pwnhealth, New York, NY
Chris DeAllie, MD – B.S. Cornell 2016, Columbia University Medical School Class of 2020
Molly Edwards Ph.D– B.S. Cornell 2012, Owner and Producer, Science IRL Productions
Michelle Lee – B.S. Cornell 2012