Guests
Dr. Huanhuan Tai
Assistant professor (College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, China)
06/2024 - 09/2024
Research interest: The maize rhizosphere microbiome associated with root development and soil-born fungal disease resistance. To this end, we investigate the function of rhizosphere microbiomes of maize elite germplasms and dissect the underlying mechanisms of root exudates mediated rhizosphere microbiome assembly.
Talissa Oliveira Floriani Z Souza
PhD student (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Crop Sciences)
05/2024 - 08/2024
Research interest: Genetics and plant breeding, emphasizing statistical genetics analysis in sorghum, developing AI/ML for unveiling Rare variants and enhancing genotype-phenotype associations.
Prof. Dr. Ming Lang
Professor (Southwest University, China)
02/2024 - 02/2025
Research interest:
The rhizosphere microorganisms and efficient utilization of nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients
Prof. Dr. Yu Zhang
Professor (Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, China)
02/2024 - 02/2025
Research interest:
The adaptive mechanism between root and soil microbes under extreme environments
Baogang Yu
PhD student (China Agricultural University)
15/11/2021 - 25/10/2023
Research interest: Genetic and molecular basis of microbial association with phosphorus nutrition in maize
Junwen Zhao
PhD student (College of Resource Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, China)
20/12/2021 - 20/09/2023
Research interest:
Rice root development and microbiome
Serena Rosignoli
PhD student (Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Italy)
20/06/2022 - 20/09/2022
Research interest:
Barley root system architecture
Hongjie Li
PhD student (China)
2021
Xiaoming He
PhD student (College of Resources and Environment, Southwest University, China)
01/2019 - 02/2019 and 10/2019 - 09/2021
Research interest:
Co-adaptation of maize roots and inhabiting microbes under environmental stresses
Alberto Tassinari
PhD student (Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Italy)
10/2019 - 01/2020
Research interest:
Maize root system architecture
Dr. Pengcheng Li
Asst. professor (College of Agricultural Sciences, Yangzhou University, China)
07/2019 - 12/2019
Research interest:
Genetic and genomic dissection of maize root development and their response to nutrient stress and abiotic stress
Isaia Vardanega
PhD student (University of Bologna, Italy)
07/2018 - 12/2018
Research interest:
Barley root formation
Dr. Chunhui Li
Asst. professor (Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China)
06/2018 - 07/2018
Research interest:
Complex QTL dissection of genetic structure in maize based on population and multi-omics methodology
Prof. Dr. Chunjian Li
Professor, Plant Nutrition (Agricultural University, China)
02/07/2014 - 30/07/2014
Research interest:
Physiological mechanisms of yield and nutrient use efficiency in maize
Temitope Salaam
PhD student (University of Lagos, Nigeria)
09/2013 - 12/2013
Reserach interest:
Thiamine biosynthesis
Eva Husáková
PhD student (Charles University Prague, Czech Republic)
05/2012 - 08/2012
Research interest:
Maize root anatomy
Amy L. Burton
PhD student (Penn State University, USA)
02/2008 - 04/2008
Research interest:
Aerenchyma formation in maize roots
Livia Chaves Pereira
PhD student (University of Barcelona, Spain)
02/2008 - 08/2008
Research interest:
Nitrogen use efficiency
Wei Ma
PhD student (China Agricultural University, Bejing, China)
11/2007 - 11/2008
Research interest:
The maize mucilage proteome
Su-Hyun Jung
PhD student (Dankook University Seoul, South Korea)
07/2006 - 10/2006
Research interest:
Rice root development
Caroline Gutjahr
PhD student (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
01/2006 - 04/2006
Research interest:
Arbuscular mycorrhiza in rice
Yan Liu
PhD student (China Agricultural University, Bejing, China)
01/2005 - 12/2005
Research interest:
Root Proteomics
Tiongti Lim
M. Sc. (National Taiwan University)
2005