People

Jelena Pantel

Jelena Pantel

Graduate Student

Jelena is interested in drawing parallels between current theories in ecology and evolution, with a focus on adaptive evolution and its effects on community

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Lauren Ragel

Lauren Ragel

Former Summer REU

My main research interest is utilizing biochemical methods to further expand research in genotypic plant traits resistant to the effects of climate

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Samsad

Samsad Razzaque

Former PhD student, now a Postdoc at Salk Institute

I am interested in understanding adaptive differentiation in species, and how that impacts their life history strategies. I have been using quantitative

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Peter Rispin

Peter Rispin

Undergraduate Student

Peter is a high school biology teacher taking a year off to obtain teaching certification and more thorough background training for his vocation. His

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John Row

John Row

Having a lifelong interest in the natural world, John got his BS in General Biological Science (with an emphasis in natural history) at Fort Lewis

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John Sanley

John Sanley

Technician

John is a technician who oversees fieldwork and data collection of the switchgrass garden at the Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center near

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Justin Shih

Justin Shih

Technician

I work in both the molecular laboratory and the field. I assist post-docs, graduate students, and visiting collaborating scientists in completing

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Angela Shiue

Angela Shiue

Undergraduate Student

Angela is an undergraduate working on fine-mapping QTL in Arabidopsis. She is using marker-assisted selection to rapidly produce nearly-isogenic lines.

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Walter Shuham

Walter Shuham

Undergraduate Student

Walter is a senior and is moving on to medical school next fall in Houston. Walter has worked on microsatellite development and studies of population

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