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

Paul Telengech

Paul Telengech

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sarah MalkawiSarah Malkawi

Research Assistant

Ural YunusbaevUral Yunusbaev

Postdoctoral Fellow

Yan LiYan Li

Research Associate

Zhifen Zhang headshotZhifen Zhang

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