Current Sachs Lab Members
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Joel L. Sachs - Principal Investigator Google Scholar Site
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Past Lab Members
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Max Porter -Ph.D. 2023 Microbiology
(publishes under M. Manci)
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Gabriel Santiago Ortiz-Barbosa -Ph.D. 2022
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Camille Wendlandt -Ph. D. 2019
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Joseph Russo -Lab Technician 2017-2018
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School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
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DISSERTATION TITLE: Effects of mineral nitrogen on host control in Legume-Rhizobium symbiosis
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Avissa Zomorrodian - Undergraduate Apprentice 2015 - 2017
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Fathi Salaheldine- Undergraduate Apprentice 2016- 2017
Ruchi Jariwala- Undergraduate Apprentice 2015- 2017
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Peter Stokes - Undergraduate Apprentice 2014 - 2017
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Microbiology - Graduate Program
DISSERTATION TITLE: Drivers of symbiotic quality in symbiotic Bradyrhizobium
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Sharon Lee- Undergraduate Apprentice 2015- 2016
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(Undergraduate Apprentice 2014- 2015)
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Basava Jonnala - Undergraduate Apprentice 2015
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Mia Blanton - Undergraduate Apprentice 2013-2015
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DISSERTATION TITLE: Drivers of genotypic abundance and spatial spread in wild Bradyrhizobium
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Ty Roach - visiting Ph. D. Student 2013-214
Joint Doctoral Program in Evolutionary Biology -
UC Riverside / San Diego State University
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Jonathan Lyu - Undergraduate Apprentice 2013-2014
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Seema Patel - Undergraduate Apprentice 2013-2014
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Stuart Yee - Undergraduate Apprentice 2012-2014
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Donna Centeno - Undergraduate Apprentice 2012-2014
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Victor Pahua - Undergraduate Apprentice 2012-2014
Graduated with Honors thesis
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Deborah Kim
Undergraduate Apprentice 2013
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Roxanne M. Bantay
Research Assistant
2011-2013
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Jonathan Pham
Undergraduate Apprentice
2011-2012
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Kareem Shahin
Undergraduate Apprentice 2012
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David Fronk
Undergraduate Apprentice 2011-2012
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Yuchen You
Undergraduate Apprentice 2011-2012
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Amanda Kwong
Undergraduate Apprentice 2011-2012
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Devora Moore
Undergraduate Apprentice 2011-2012
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Nathan Gleason
Research Assistant 2011-2012
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Ryan G. Skophammer, Ph. D.
Postdoc 2009-2011
Assistant Professor Whittier College
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Nidhi Bansal
Undergraduate Apprentice 2010-2011
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P. Andrew Bernardo
Undergraduate Apprentice 2010-2011
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Gurpreet Gill
Undergraduate Apprentice 2010-2011
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Akshay Patil
Undergraduate Apprentice 2009-2011
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Victoria Sofish
Undergraduate Apprentice 2010-2011
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Rina Suzuki
Undergraduate Apprentice 2009-2011
Honors Thesis
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Valerie Lew
Undergraduate Apprentice 2009-2010
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James E. Russell, Ph. D.
Posdoc 2008-2010
Assistant Professor, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Yifan Lii
Research Assistant 2008-2009
Ph.D student in Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, UCR
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Gabriel Lopez
Undergraduate Apprentice 2009-2010
Honors Thesis
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Kameron Black
Undergraduate Apprentice 2008-2010
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Jason Chakkalakel
Undergraduate Apprentice 2008
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Steve Allen
Undergraduate Apprentice 2008-2009
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