Meagher Laboratory Personnel

POSTDOCTORAL ALUMNI- in reverse cronological order

Dilip M. Shah, Ph.D., North Carolina State, 1979-1982. "Plant Actin Gene Families." Program Manager for 20 yrs at Monsanto Plant Molecular Research Group, Currently Investigator at the Danforth Research Center, St. Louis.

http://www.danforthcenter.org/resources/ShowDepartment.asp?deptid=43

David Baulcombe, Ph.D. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Joint Postoc with RBM and Joe L. Key, Professor of Plant Sciences. Isolation of auxin inducible genes” 1978-1980. Currently Professor Sainsbury Laboratory. http://www.ayeaye.tsl.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=226

Marie-Angele Grandbastien, Ph.D., Versailles, 1982-1985, National Institute for Agronomic Research. "The Structure and Evolution of Two RuBP Carboxylase Small Subunit Alleles in Soybeans." Professor of Plant Biology, INRA, Centre de Versailles, France http://www.versailles.inra.fr/

Carol Condit, Ph.D., University of California, Berkley, 1980. "Transcription and Replication of the Cauliflower Mosaic Virus Genome", and "Analysis of a Novel Gene Family in Petunia Plants." Professor, Biochemistry and Plant Sciences at Univ. Nevada, Reno. Retired.

William V. Baird, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1983-1986. "Actin Gene Family and Its Regulation in Petunia." Alumni Distinguished Professor in Horticulture at Clemson Univ., S.C. and Department Head. http://www.clemson.edu/~vbaird

Leslie Pearson, Ph.D., John Innes Institute, Norwich, England, 1984. "Analysis of the Actin Gene Expression." Currently: Research Scientist and Project Manager Westvaco, Inc., Charleston, S.C. http://dendrome.ucdavis.edu/treegenes/directory/index.php?letter=P

Dmitry Belostotsky, Ph.D. Dept. of Cell Biol. & Genetic Eng., Institute of Cell Biol., Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences, Lebedev str. 1991. UGA 1992-1996 “Mechanisms and Determinants of Plant RNA Turnover and Plant Gene Expression.” Currently: Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri. http://sbs.umkc.edu/people/faculty/docBelostotskyD.cfm

Dayton Wilde, Ph.D. (Joint with Scott Markle in Forestry) from Botany at Texas A&M. Transformation and Heavy Metal Resistance in Liriodendron. 10 years as Research Scientist, ArborGen, Summerville, SC. Currently: Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Yong-Quiang An, PhD. from the University of Georgia, Genetics Department. “Gene Regulation of Arabidopsis Actin Gene Family”. Currently: Assistant Professor, USDA, Cereal Crops Research Unit, Madison, WI

Julie Senecoff, Ph.D. from Biochemistry Dept., University of Wisconsin. “Structure and Mechanisms of RuBPC small subunit RNA turnover.” Research Scientist Kodak Company, New Jersey.

Clayton Rugh, Ph.D. from University of Georgia, Athens, GA.

Development of plants engineered for remediation of mercury pollution using a modified bacterial gene. Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State.

Om Parkash Dhankher, Ph.D. from University of Durham, Durham (U.K.). Cloning and characterization of stress-induced genes (heat shock and wounding) in pea and chickpea. Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. http://www.umass.edu/psis/personnel/parkash.html

Yujing Li, Ph.D. from Institute of Genetics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Phytoremediation of Methyl Mercury by Engineered Rice and Designing metal hyperaccumulation in plants. Currently: Postoctoral Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

Youliang Wang, Ph.D. “Rapid Production of Monoclonal Antibodies.” 2002 Current Title: Staff Scientist Abeome, Inc.

http://www.appliedphytogenetics.com/apgen/index.html

Rebecca Swanson Balish, Ph.D. from Emory University. Biochemistry Dept. Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences. 2005 Phytoremediation of mercury and other heavy metals. Instructor & Faculty at Miami University, Oxford, OH http://www.cas.muohio.edu/micro/people/indexvap.html

Bonnie C. McCaig, M.S.-1993, UGA, Ph.D.-1998, University of CA, Riverside, 1999-2004 UGA (joint with Jeff Dean in Botany) "The origin of the diverse lignin specific laccases was concordant with the macroevolution of plant vascular cell types". Department of Energy-Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University.

Therung, Kim Ph.D. 2002 UGA Horticulture, 2002-2005 “Phytoremediation of Mercury and Arsenic”, Currently: C.E.O., PhyGen, Korea

Huizhong Chen, Ph.D. “Rapid Production of Monoclonal Antibodies.” 2002. Currently:

Roger Deal, Ph.D. 2006. “Mechanism of histone variant H2A.Z deposition and the epigenetic control of plant development” 2006. Currently: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fred Hutchens Cancer Institute. http://www.fhcrc.org/