Wheat Genetics Resource Center Staff

WGRC Lab Group 2025
WGRC Lab Group 2025 Photo by Samantha Elledge

Core Personnel

Eduard AkhunovEduard Akhunov

Director WGRC
University Distinguished Professor

Sarah_BastianSarah Bastian

Program/Project Coordinator

dalhoe_kooDal-Hoe Koo

Research Associate Professor

jon_rauppW. Jon Raupp

Senior Scientist

Dwight_DavidsonDwight Davidson

WGRC Genebank Manager

Benjamin OsaeBenjamin Osae

Research Assistant

daniel_hopperDaniel Hopper

Research Assistant

Evgenii Liakh Evgenii Liakh

Research Associate

Jason ZurnJason Zurn

Postdoctoral Fellow

Jianming Fu

Postdoctoral Fellow

mayela_floresMayela Flores Romero

Research Associate

Sarah MalkawiSarah Malkawi

Research Assistant

Ural YunusbaevUral Yunusbaev

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yan LiYan Li

Research Associate

Zitong YuZitong Yu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Graduate Students

Buket_SahinBucket Sahin

Graduate Research Assistant

Gabriela Romero CamposGabriela Romero Campos

Graduate Research Assistant

Jaime KnightJaime Knight

Graduate Research Assistant

Nick_StellingNick Stelling

Graduate Research Assistant

yoonha_juYoonha Ju

Graduate Research Assistant

 

Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit

John_FellersJohn P. Fellers

Acting Research Leader
Research Molecular Biologist

Mary GuttieriMary Guttieri

Lead Scientist
Research Geneticist

Katherine_JordanKatherine Jordan

Research Geneticist

Ming-Shun_ChenMing-Shun Chen

Entomologist

Emeritus

BIkram_GillBikram S. Gill

Emeritus
University Distinguished Professor
Inaugural Bikram S. Gill Chair

Bernd_FriebeBernd Friebe

Emeritus Research Professor