The Gehan Lab
Research Scientists and Postdoctoral Researchers
Computational Scientists
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Post-Baccalaureate Researchers

Ella Ludwig
Technicians
Administration

Michelle Richards, Grants Manager- Joined the Danforth Center in July 2016. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and a minor in Economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is organized, detail oriented, and generally helps to keep us scientists sane.

Malia Gehan, Ph.D. is an Assistant Member and Principal Investigator at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, who focuses on improving resistance to temperature stress. Most recently, she was a Research Scientist in the Mockler Lab (Danforth Center) and a NSF-PGRP Postdoctoral Fellow. During her Postdoctoral research she focused on developing tools for high-throughput phenotyping. Through work on phenotyping, she and colleagues started a Maker Group at the Danforth Center that focuses on developing low-cost phenotyping tools, and fun outreach events (Raspberry Jams!). Malia earned her Ph.D. in Plant Biology at Michigan State University Plant Research labs with Dr. Mike Thomashow examining natural variation in freezing tolerance and the integration of the circadian clock with cold signaling. As an undergraduate researcher in Biology at Willamette University she studied thermoinhibition of growth and development of guard cell protoplasts with Dr. J. Gary Tallman. Malia grew up in Kaneohe, Hawaii where there is very little change in temperature, which is probably why she is so interested in temperature signaling. In her free time she enjoys spending time with her husband (Jackson), daughter (Aiko) and sassy cat, Meowming.
Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers:
Dr. Sarah Powers (co-mentor with Allen), Currently,
Dr. Katie Murphy (co-mentor with Allen), Currently Director of Phenotyping, Danforth Center
Dr. Anna Casto, Currently Macroalgae Research Scientist II, Running Tide
Dr. Jose Tovar, Currently Bayer Crop Sciences
Dr. Sanaz Jarolmasjed, Currently Director of Machine Vision, Agnetix
Dr. Steven Callen, Currently Crop Protection Strategy Manager, Bayer Crop Sciences
Computational Researchers:
Hudanyun Sheng, Currently Data Science Researcher UT Southwestern Medical Center
Research Technicians:
Elizabeth Castillo, Currently Bayer Crop Sciences
Anastasia Shamin, Currently Technician, Covercress
Undergraduate Researchers:
Alexus Sanders, WashU
Ella Ludwig, WashU
Anastasia Shamin, UMSL
Paige Pearson, SLU
REU and Summer Undergraduate Researchers:
Taraya Dwight, Currently, Currently Delaware State University
Michael McGrone, REU, Currently Bradley University
JJ Wheeler, REU, Currently Tufts University
Eileen Kosola, Summer Intern, Currently University of Minnesota
Ellen Von Zur Muehlen, REU, Currently applying to graduate programs
Seren Villwock, REU, Currently Graduate Student, Cornell University
Miranda McLaughlin, REU, Currently Graduate Student, Auburn University.
Monica Tessman, REU, Currently Software Developer, Bayer Crop Sciences
Michael Miller, REU, Currently Graduate Student, UNL
Dr. Sarah Powers (co-mentor with Allen), Currently,
Dr. Katie Murphy (co-mentor with Allen), Currently Director of Phenotyping, Danforth Center
Dr. Anna Casto, Currently Macroalgae Research Scientist II, Running Tide
Dr. Jose Tovar, Currently Bayer Crop Sciences
Dr. Sanaz Jarolmasjed, Currently Director of Machine Vision, Agnetix
Dr. Steven Callen, Currently Crop Protection Strategy Manager, Bayer Crop Sciences
Computational Researchers:
Hudanyun Sheng, Currently Data Science Researcher UT Southwestern Medical Center
Research Technicians:
Elizabeth Castillo, Currently Bayer Crop Sciences
Anastasia Shamin, Currently Technician, Covercress
Undergraduate Researchers:
Alexus Sanders, WashU
Ella Ludwig, WashU
Anastasia Shamin, UMSL
Paige Pearson, SLU
REU and Summer Undergraduate Researchers:
Taraya Dwight, Currently, Currently Delaware State University
Michael McGrone, REU, Currently Bradley University
JJ Wheeler, REU, Currently Tufts University
Eileen Kosola, Summer Intern, Currently University of Minnesota
Ellen Von Zur Muehlen, REU, Currently applying to graduate programs
Seren Villwock, REU, Currently Graduate Student, Cornell University
Miranda McLaughlin, REU, Currently Graduate Student, Auburn University.
Monica Tessman, REU, Currently Software Developer, Bayer Crop Sciences
Michael Miller, REU, Currently Graduate Student, UNL