WSU Postdoctoral and Research Professional Association
Welcome! We hope that this can be a landing spot for all WSU postdoctoral and research professionals. WSU has over 100 Postdoctoral and Research Professionals spanning over every college and multiple campuses. Individually they help contribute to research and innovation at WSU. Together the PRPA offers support in building each member’s research and career.
If you have any suggestions or ideas, please feel free to contact Emily Brashear (emily.brashear@wsu.edu) or Balasaheb Sonawane (b.sonawane@wsu.edu).
President: Shyam Solanki
Vice President: Gazala Ameen
Women Postdoc Liaison Representative– Gazala Ameen
Treasurer: Manish Chauhan
Secretary: Daniel Packer
Member Highlight
Shyam Solanki
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Ph.D. – North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA (2018)
Email: shyam.solanki@wsu.edu
My broad research interests are:
- Immunity pathways in plants
My current research work focuses on the directed genome evolution of plant hosts to generate atypical domain structures in plant immunity receptors. The stress placed on regions of the plant genomes containing pathogen-effector susceptibility targets result in DNA rearrangement and creation of novel immunity receptors. These improved receptors serve as the upgraded weapons to combat the continuous pathogen challenge. I am currently working in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences on barley-Puccinia graminis f sp. tritici (Pgt) pathosystem to explore the pathogen-induced genome evolution of barley, particularly in the resistance locus harboring Rpg5 gene.
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Who else is apart of WSU PRPA?
This is a current list of Postdoctoral and Research Professionals within WSU.| Name | Title | Department | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amit Sharma | amit.sharma2@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Anjali Krishnan | anjali.krishnan@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Food Science/ IAREC |
| Ánjali Rai | anjalirules22@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Balasaheb Sonawane | b.sonawane@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Ben Vernasco | ben.vernasco@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Biological Sciences |
| Bharath Kurki Nagaraja | bharath.nagaraja@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Material and Engineering Center |
| Camille Wendlandt | camille.wendlandt@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Carmella Vizza | Carmella.vizza@gmail.com | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of the Environment |
| Cassandra Nikolaus | cassandra.nikolaus@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH) |
| Chenxi Wang | chenxi.wang@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Courtney Kurinec | courtney.kurinec@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Psychology |
| Daniel Mulendore | mullendore@wsu.edu | Staff Scientist | Franceschi Microscopy and Imaging Center |
| Eric Nilsson | nilsson@wsu.edu | Research Associate Professor | School of Biological Sciences |
| Gitanjali Shrestha | gshrestha@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Human Development |
| Haniyeh Koochak | haniyeh.koochak@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Hari Kiran Kotapati | hari.kotapati@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Ilyas Unlu | ilyas.unlu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Jessica Waite | jessica.waite@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| John Drazin | John.drazin@wsu.edu | Assistant Research Professor | Mechanical and Materials Engineering |
| Joseph Hulbert | hulbe@wsu.edu | USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow | Plant Pathology |
| Karl Alcover | k.alcover@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Medical Education and Clinical Sciences |
| Katalin Korpany | katalin.korpany@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Chemistry |
| Kathiresan Selvam | kathir.selvam@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Researcher | School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Kuenzang Om | kuenzang.om@wsu.edu | Research Intern | School of Biological Sciences |
| Mailea Miller-Pierce | M.miller-pierce@wsu.edu | Postdoctorate | Biology |
| Marina Savenkova | marina@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience |
| Md Masud Parvez | mdmasud.parvez@wsu.edu | Research Associate | Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Miao Wen | miao.wen@wsu.edu | PhD graduate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mingzhu Lu | lu.ming-zhu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Mohammadali Azadfar | mohammadali.azadfar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Composite Materials and Engineering Center |
| Nalok Dutta | nalok.dutta@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Bioproducts Science & Engineering Laboratory |
| Nitin Dhowlaghar | nitin.dhowlaghar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | School of Food Science |
| Prabu Gnanasekaran | prabubc@gmail.com | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Prasad Parchuri | prasad.parchuri@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Institute of Biological Chemistry |
| Rishikesh Ghogare | rishikesh.ghogare@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| Rita Giuliani | rita.giuliani@wsu.edu | Research Associate | School of Biological Sciences |
| Romana Iftikhar | romana.iftikhar@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Sankara Naynar Palani | sankara.naynar@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Biomedical Sciences |
| Sapinder Bali | sapinder.bali@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Plant Pathology |
| Shagufta Perveen | shagufta06@yahoo.com | Research Fellow | Plant Pathology |
| Shaoqu Xie | shaoqu.xie@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering |
| Shasha Yeung | shasha.yeung@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Applied Sciences Lab |
| Shyam Solanki | shyam.solanki@wsu.edu | Post Doctoral Research Associate | Crop and Soil Sciences |
| Solmaz Amiri | solmaz.amiri@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Nutrition and Exercise Physiology |
| Vijay Mettu | vijaya.mettu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Yibo Huangfu | yibo.huangfu@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Yu Ma | yu.ma@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Horticulture |
| Zhongming Gao | zhongming.gao@wsu.edu | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Civil and Environmental Engineering |