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Jaime Barros-Rios
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor — Plant Biotechnology
Phone: 940-205-7636
Max Bentelspacher
Lab Technician
Max graduated with a BS in Plant Science in 2022 and is the lab technician in the Barros Lab.
Vadivelmurugan Irulappan
Vadivelmurugan Irulappan
Postdoctoral Fellow (Co-advised, Fritschi Lab)
Vadivel completed his Ph.D. at the National Institute of Plant Genome Research in New Delhi, India, in March 2022. His research focused on plant-pathogen interactions under drought stress conditions.
Ryo Yokoyama
Postdoctoral Fellow (PFFIE Program)
Ryo earned his PhD in Kyoto University, and joined Mizzou as a PFFIE fellow in February 2025. His research is focused on plant carbon metabolism, with a particular interest in photosynthesis.
Weiwei Zhu
Weiwei Zhu
Postdoctoral Fellow
wzkbc@missouri.edu
Weiwei obtained her doctoral degree from the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in January 2023. She joined the lab in August of 2023.
Kari Koerner
Undergraduate Researcher
Kari is a freshman at Mizzou double majoring in Environmental Sciences and Music. Kari joined the lab in the Fall of 2024.
Rachel Weber
Undergraduate Researcher
Rachel is a sophomore at Mizzou majoring in biochemistry. She joined the lab in October of 2022 and is currently studying the roles of laccases and peroxidases in lignification.
Alumni
Alumni
Danielle Gafford
Undergraduate Researcher (accepted internship at Running Tide, and currently PhD Student in Plant and Microbial Biology at the U of Minnesota)
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