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Team
Our Team
![]() | Manuel Kleiner, PhD Associate Professor Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510B Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 Office Phone: 919.515.3792 Lab Phone: 919.515.3882 Bluesky @manuelkleiner | ![]() | Simina Vintila, PhD Lab Manager Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510B Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 Office Phone: 919.515.3792 |
![]() | Molly DuBois Research Technician Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 Lab Phone: 919.515.3882 | ![]() | Rachel Moser Research Technician Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 Lab Phone: 919.515.3882 |
![]() | Alfredo Blakeley-Ruiz, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Gaurav Pal, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Solomon Samuel, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Samiksha Saxena, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Shaked Uzi, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Anna Garrell PhD Candidate Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Jessie Maier PhD Candidate Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Olivia Mathieson PhD Candidate Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Ayesha Awan PhD Candidate Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Molly Vanhoy PhD Student Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Matteo Rios MS Student Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Laura Winkler Visiting Scholar Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |
![]() | Frank Schaeffer Visiting REU Student Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Porter Richardson Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 pgricha3@ncsu.edu |
![]() | Namita Deshmukh Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Julian Perez Velasquez Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 japerezv@ncsu.edu |
![]() | Rayna Garcia Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 | ![]() | Dhanush Kondabathini Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Plant & Microbial Biology 4510C Thomas Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695 |