People

Lab photo album

Samuel P. Hazen

Principal Investigator
hazen [at] bio [dot] umass [dot] edu

Ph.D., Michigan State University

Postdoctoral
Dept of Energy - Plant Research Laboratory, East Lansing
The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego

Li Lin

Senior Research Fellow
lil [at] cns [dot] umass [dot] edu

Ph.D., Zhongshan University and South China Agricultural University

Postdoctoral
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Pubudu Handakumbura

Plant Biology Graduate Student
phandaku [at] cns [dot] umass [dot] edu

B.S., University of Colombo

Scott Lee

Plant Biology Graduate Student
scottl [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Gina Trabucco

Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Student
gtrabucc [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

B.S. Magna cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dominick Matos

Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Student
dmatos [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

B.S. Summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Mike Veling

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
mveling [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

Jess Sysopha

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
jsyspoha [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

Scott Barish

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
scott.barish [at] gmail [dot] com

Ian Whitney

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
iwhitney [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

Kathryn Silva-Brow

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
ksilabr [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

Nicholas Fitzgerald

Undergraduate Lab Assistant
nfitger [at] student [dot] umass [dot] edu

Former Members
Naomi Young

Former Post-doc
Current position: Seed Physiologist
Germains Seed Technology, Norfolk, UK

Peter MacAskill

Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B.S. Biology 2009
Current position: Tissue Typing Lab Technician
Bringham & Woman's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston MA

Torie Carroll

Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B.S. Cum laude, Biology 2010
Current position: Recruiter
AVID Technical Resources, Boston, MA

Shan Chen

Former Laboratory Research Assistant
M.S. Public Health 2010
Current position: Statistician
New England Research Institute, Watertown MA

Rebecca Lamothe

Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
B.S. Magna cum laude, Biology 2011
Current position: Research Technician
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston MA

Samantha Waterhouse

Former ICE Summer Research Intern 2010
Current position: Undergraduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology

Ryan Spector

Former ICE Summer Research Intern 2011
Current position: Undergraduate student at Rochester Institute of Technology