People - Raina Lab – Syracuse University

Principal Investigator

Ramesh Raina

raraina@syr.edu

Lab: 458 Life Sciences Complex
Phone: 315.443.4750

Research Interests

Molecular basis of plant-pathogen interactions;
Functional genomics of receptor-like kinases of Arabidopsis;
Plant’s responses to abiotic stresses

Current Lab Members

Pratibha Choudhury — Pratibha Choudhury
Postdoctoral Associate

Nikhilesh Dhar — Nikhilesh Dhar
Postdoctoral Intern

Dan Li — Dan Li
Graduate Student

Irmak Erdem — Irmak Erdem
Graduate Student

Snigdha Chatterjee
Undergraduate Researcher, BS Biotechnology major

Nelson Trusler — Nelson Trusler
Undergraduate Researcher, BS Biology major

Jason Kuperberg — Jason Kuperberg
Undergraduate Researcher, BS Biotechnology major

Christina Costa — Christina Costa
Undergraduate Researcher, BS Biology major

Recent Alumni

Luke Strauskulage — Luke Strauskulage
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’15 (Biotechnology)

Megala Sankrith — Megala Sankrith
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’15 (Biology)

Jennifer Lawson — Jennifer Lawson
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’14 (Biotechnology)

Pallavi Gupta — Pallavi Gupta
Graduate Student, PhD ’13 (Biology)

Julie Caruana — Julie Caruana
Graduate Student, PhD ’12 (Biology)

Aditya Dutta — Aditya Dutta
Graduate Student, PhD ’11 (Biology)

Angie Kekezi — Angie Kekezi
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’10 (Biology)

Noel Pauli — Noel Pauli
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’09 (Biology)

Katherine Murphy — Katherine Murphy
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’09 (Biology)

Ruchita Ahuja
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’09 (Biology)

Braelyn Weaver — Braelyn Weaver
Undergraduate Researcher, BS ’08 (Biology)