Former Lab Members

A list of former lab members and where they went after leaving the Gore Lab

Postdoctoral Fellows

  • Nicolas Morales – Data Scientist at Corteva Agriscience.
  • Harel Bacher – Discovery Breeder at PepsiCo in Wisconsin.
  • Lauren Brzozowski – Assistant Professor at University of Kentucky.
  • Ryokei Tanaka – Postdoctoral Associate at NARO in Japan.
  • Malachy Campbell – Statistical Geneticist at Inari.
  • Lucia Acosta Gamboa – Postdoctoral Fellow at Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
  • Ugochukwu Ikeogu – Project Manager for VitisGen2.
  • Trevor Yates – Project Manager at Nature Source Improved Plants, LLC.
  • Xiaowei Li – Bioinformatics Scientist at Rothamsted Research in UK.
  • Roberto Lozano – Computational Biologist at Joyn Bio, LLC.
  • Meng Lin – Bioinformatics Coordinator at Breeding Insight.
  • Weizhen Liu – Associate Professor at Wuhan University of Technology in China.
  • Ethan Stewart – Staff Scientist at Vienna BioCenter Core Facility in Austria.
  • Haixiao Hu – Postdoctoral Fellow at UC, Davis.
  • Duke Pauli – Assistant Professor at University of Arizona.
  • Catherine Kandianis – Director of Research and Development, Advancing Eco Agriculture.
  • Elodie Gazave – Communication Specialist at the Cornell Institute of Biotechnology.
  • Alexander Lipka – Assistant Professor at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign.

Graduate Students

  • Jenna Hershberger – Assistant Professor at Clemson University.
  • Gregory Vogel – Vegetable Breeder at Bowery Farming Inc. in New Jersey.
  • Di Wu – Discovery Breeder at PepsiCo in Wisconsin.
  • Margaret Krause – Assistant Professor at Utah State University.
  • Matheus Baseggio – Sweet Corn Breeder at Seneca Foods in Minnesota.
  • Paula Iragaba – Postdoctoral Fellow at NaCRRI in Kampala, Uganda.
  • Christine Diepenbrock – Assistant Professor at UC, Davis.
  • Timothy Dabbert – Breeding IT Engagement Lead at Bayer, Chesterfield, MO.

Research Support Specialists

  • Nicholas Kaczmar – Research Support Specialist in Horticulture Section, SIPS, Cornell University.
  • Maryn Carlson – Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago.
  • Dan Ilut – Bioinformatician at Invitae Corporation.
  • James Chamness – Ph.D. student at University of Minnesota.
  • James Clohessy – Advanced Imaging Specialist at Lexmark Ventures.

Visiting International Scientists

  • Yiying Zhao, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Yuan Lu, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China.
  • Jhonathan Pedroso Rigal dos Santos, University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, Brazil.
  • Uzma Hanif, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • R Roberto Fritsche-Neto, University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, Brazil.
  • Njoku Damian Ndubuisi, National Root Crops Research Institute, Umudike, Nigeria.
  • Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Rwanda Agriculture Board, Kigali, Rwanda.
  • Williams Esuma, National Crops Resources Research Institute, Kampala, Uganda.
  • Xinfang Liu, Liaoning Academy of Agricultural Science, Shenyang City, China.

Undergraduate and High School Students

  • Sarah Siegle, N.C. State University.
  • Chloe Tilley, Texas A&M University.
  • Nicholas Pratt, University of Buffalo.
  • Jeremy Banda, Cornell University.
  • Ece Bahar Demirkiran, Cornell University.
  • Sanya Sitlani, UC Berkeley.
  • Clare Edminster, Colgate University.
  • Vivian Molloy, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
  • Alyssa Miyamoto, Cornell University.
  • Helen Cheng, Cornell University.
  • Devin Chen, Cornell University.
  • Katelyn Tai, Cornell University.
  • Amy Kennedy, Cornell University.
  • Sadie Cooper, Cornell University.
  • Morgan Apolonio, University of California, Berkeley.
  • Harsha Somaya, Colby College.
  • Amick Sollenberger, Brown University.
  • Liam Haller, Cornell University.
  • Christina McMillan, Cornell University.
  • Seneca Stevens, Ithaca High School.
  • Annika Gerlach, Cornell University.
  • Elise Withers, Emory University.
  • Julian Perry, Ithaca High School.
  • Hannah Jo, Cornell University.
  • Ami Mineta, Cornell University.
  • Brian Caine, Cornell University.
  • Drew Gustafson, Cornell University.
  • Akriti Bhattarai, University of Connecticut.
  • Xuying Zheng, Cornell University.
  • Juan Skobalksi, Cornell University.
  • Julian Goldberg, Cornell University.
  • Sesha Kammula, Cornell University.
  • Anne Bartlett, Cornell University.
  • Michael Miller, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Yoon Jo Lee, Cornell University.
  • Elsa de Becker, Cornell University.
  • Matt Ming, Cornell University.
  • Haydn Lenz, Cornell University.
  • Aaron Waybright, Cornell University.
  • Julie Wushensky, Cornell University.
  • Kevin Kreher, Cornell University.
  • James Chamness, Cornell University.
  • Olivia Tonge, Cornell University.
  • Edward Buckler V, Ithaca High School (2015-16), Stony Brook University (2018).
  • Annie Robertson, Ithaca High School.
  • Kevin Bird, University of Missouri Columbia.
  • Madeleine Parish, Cornell University.
  • Alexandra Hay, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
  • Billie Guilliatt, Cornell University.
  • Mitchell Feldmann, University of Arizona.
  • Carriel Schmitt, Cornell University.
  • Elizabeth Kurowski, Ohio Wesleyan University.
  • Dylan Jacobs, Arizona State University.
  • Dylan Thomas, Northern Arizona University.
  • Brian Nadon, Arizona State University.
  • Sara Wyckoff, Arizona State University.