Lab Members

Davina Rhodes

Principal Investigator

Ariel Lepard

MS Student

David Zapata

MS Student

Rachel McDowell

MS Student

Jacob Easley

Undergraduate Researcher

Horticulture and Human Health Masters Students

Kimberly Lightner

Sabrina Khalid

Lab Alumni

Elfadil Bashir

Postdoctoral Scientist

Currently: Postdoc Fellow - Plant Breeding & Genetics, Kansas State University

Tory Bach

REEU and Undergraduate Researcher

Currently: Associate Food Scientist - Hostess Brands LLC

Ghislain Kanfany

Visiting scholar (USDA Borlaug Fellow)

Currently: Pearl millet breeder at Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Dakar, Senegal

Undergraduate Researchers

Kimberly Sheridan

Logan Whetzel

Abigail Weast