Principle Investigator

Ying Wang Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida

Postdoctoral Researchers

Junfei Ma Ph.D.

I received my B.S. degree from Qingdao Agriculture University, Shandong, China and my Ph.D. degree from Mississippi State University. I am working on host-viroid interactions in our lab. I hope to continue research in plant virology as my career goal.

Jie Hao Ph.D.

I received my Ph.D. degree from China Agriculture University. I am interested in understanding the signaling and gene expression underlying viroid pathogenesis.

Graduate Students

Sameerika D. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage

(Ph.D. student; Joined lab in August, 2022)

I graduated from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka with Biology special degree. My major is biology, and my research interests are Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Plant pathology.

Yunhan Wang

(Ph.D. student; Rotation during Spring semester, 2024)

I am currently a Ph.D. Student in Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology program at University of Florida. I had my undergraduate study in the joint program, so I received my B.Sc. in Forest Science from the University of British Columbia (Canda), and my Bachelor of Agriculture degree in Forestry from Nanjing Forestry University (China) together in 2023.

Undergraduate Students

Alumni

Shachinthaka D. Dissanayaka Mudiyanselage (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral researcher at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Heather Smith (Undergraduate Researcher)

Graduated with a Master's degree from the Graduate school at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Jian Jiang (Research Assistant)

Joined Indigo Ag, Boston

Sara Tyrrell (Undergraduate Researcher)

Admitted to the Graduate School at University of Tokyo, Japan

Reese Newman (Undergraduate Researcher)

Admitted to Medical School (University of Mississippi Medical Center)

Lexie Thomas (Undergraduate Researcher)

Admitted to Medical School (William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine)