Previous group members at the University of Florida

Dr. Fang Bai
Position: Biologist IV at UF (2022.09 – 2022.12)
Fang has been working on the genetic and epigenetic regulation of maize seed development in the Department of Horticultural Science since 2012 and assisted with the Designer Glycans lab start up at UF.
Publications: ResearchGate
Rafena Boyd
Position: B.Sc. Student Internship (2022.09 – 2022.12)
Rafena joined the Designer Glycans as a 4th year Microbiology and Cell Science B.Sc. student with a minor in African American Studies. Rafena gained experience with molecular biology, particularly cloning, and is interested to pursue a future career in medical pathology.


Tanya Lubbe
Position: B.Sc. Student Internship (2022.09 – 2022.10)
Tanya completed a short research internship as part of her third-year undergraduate studies in Microbiology and Cell Science. Tanya is interested in learning more about genetics and biochemistry, aiming to pursue graduate education abroad in the future in one of these fields.
Previous group members at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Annika Grieß-Osowski
Position: Ph.D. Student (2019.01 – 2022.04)
Next position: Postdoctoral researcher (Usadel lab, HHU)


Dr. Bo Yang
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (2019.02 – 2022.02)
Next position: Research Associate (Andreas Schaller lab, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart)
Publications: Google Scholar Profile; ORCID
Tilman Jacob
Position: M.Sc. Student Assistant (2021.03 – 2021.12)
Next position: MSc student (Peiter lab, MLU)


Stefanie Clauss
Position: M.Sc. intern, thesis and research assistant (2020.02 – 2022.02)
Next position: Student at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research
SooYun Lee
Position: M.Sc. Student (2021.02 – 2020.09)
Next position: semester abroad (Canada)


Anne Lehmann
Position: M.Sc. summer intern (2021.06 – 2021.09)
Next position: M.Sc. student in Nutritional Science (Martin Luther University)
Stefanie Müller
Position: Biology Laboratory Assistant (2019.01 – 2020.10)
Next position: B.Sc. student (Martin Luther University)


Julian Waldhauer
Position: B.Sc. Student (2019.10 – 2020.08)
Next position: M.Sc. student (Martin Luther University)
Christine Wagner
Position: M.Sc. Student (2019.03 to 2020.02)
Next position: Ph.D. Student (Ried lab, IPB Halle)


Benita Schmitz
Position: M.Sc. Student Assistant (2019.06 – 2019.12)
Next position: M.Sc. Student (Heilmann lab, MLU)
Dr. Mehdi Ben Targem
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher (2019.04 – 2019.10)
Next position: Postdoctoral Researcher (HAWK University)
