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float: left" width="1024" height="1024" loading="lazy" /> 70</picture> 71 72 <h4>Josh V Vermaas</h4> 73 <p><i>Assistant Professor, started Jan. 2021<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 74 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 <li> BS Physics, Biochemistry, and Computational Mathematics, Arizona State University </li> 82 <li> PhD in Biophysics with <a href="https://biophysics.illinois.edu/people/emad">Emad Tajkhorshid</a> </li> 83 <li> Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (now the National Laboratory of the Rockies) with <a href="https://research-hub.nlr.gov/en/persons/michael-crowley/">Mike Crowley</a> and <a href="https://research-hub.nlr.gov/en/persons/gregg-beckham/">Gregg Beckham</a> </li> 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 </ul> 91 </div> 92 93 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 94 95 <picture> 96 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/duncan-400w.webp 400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 97 <img src="/images/teampic/duncan.jpg" srcset="/images/teampic/duncan-400w.jpg 400w, /images/teampic/duncan.jpg 795w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Duncan Boren" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="795" height="798" loading="lazy" /> 98</picture> 99 100 <h4>Duncan Boren</h4> 101 <p><i>Graduate Student, started Feb 2022<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 102 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 103 104 105 <li> BS University of Nevada-Reno </li> 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 </ul> 117 </div> 118 119</div> 120 121<div class="row"> 122 123 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 124 125 <picture> 126 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/neetu-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/neetu-800w.webp 800w, /images/teampic/neetu-1600w.webp 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 127 <img src="/images/teampic/neetu.jpg" srcset="/images/teampic/neetu-400w.jpg 400w, /images/teampic/neetu-800w.jpg 800w, /images/teampic/neetu-1600w.jpg 1600w, /images/teampic/neetu.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Neetu Yadav" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="1920" height="1280" loading="lazy" /> 128</picture> 129 130 <h4>Neetu Yadav</h4> 131 <p><i>Postdoc, started July 2023<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 132 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 <li> BS Chemistry, University of Lucknow </li> 140 <li> MS Bioinformatics, Banaras Hindu University </li> 141 <li> PhD in Biophysics, Jawaharlal Nehru University </li> 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 </ul> 149 </div> 150 151 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 152 153 <picture> 154 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/jinxin-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/jinxin-800w.webp 800w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 155 <img src="/images/teampic/jinxin.png" srcset="/images/teampic/jinxin-400w.png 400w, /images/teampic/jinxin-800w.png 800w, /images/teampic/jinxin.png 1086w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Jinxin Lin" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="1086" height="1448" loading="lazy" /> 156</picture> 157 158 <h4>Jinxin Lin</h4> 159 <p><i>Graduate Student, started Aug 2024<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 160 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 161 162 163 164 165 <li> BS Applied Chemistry, Guangdong University of Technology </li> 166 <li> MS Chemical Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology </li> 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 </ul> 176 </div> 177 178</div> 179 180<div class="row"> 181 182 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 183 184 <picture> 185 186 <img src="/images/teampic/nitin.png" srcset="/images/teampic/nitin.png 196w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Nitin Singh" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="196" height="195" loading="lazy" /> 187</picture> 188 189 <h4>Nitin Singh</h4> 190 <p><i>Postdoc, started Nov 2024<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 191 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 <li> BT Biotechnology, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University </li> 199 <li>
199 MT Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology </li> 200 <li> PhD Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar </li> 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 </ul> 208 </div> 209 210 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 211 212 <picture> 213 214 <img src="/images/teampic/siva.jpeg" srcset="/images/teampic/siva.jpeg 380w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Siva Naga Sai Damaraju" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="380" height="475" loading="lazy" /> 215</picture> 216 217 <h4>Siva Naga Sai Damaraju</h4> 218 <p><i>Graduate Student, started Feb 2025<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 219 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 220 221 222 223 224 <li> BS Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany, Adikavi Nannaya University </li> 225 <li> MS Plant Biology and Biotechnology, University of Hyderabad </li> 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 </ul> 235 </div> 236 237</div> 238 239<div class="row"> 240 241 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 242 243 <picture> 244 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/jon-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/jon-800w.webp 800w, /images/teampic/jon-1600w.webp 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 245 <img src="/images/teampic/jon.jpeg" srcset="/images/teampic/jon-400w.jpeg 400w, /images/teampic/jon-800w.jpeg 800w, /images/teampic/jon-1600w.jpeg 1600w, /images/teampic/jon.jpeg 2684w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Jon Nguyen" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="2684" height="2705" loading="lazy" /> 246</picture> 247 248 <h4>Jon Nguyen</h4> 249 <p><i>Postdoc, started Aug. 2025<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 250 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 251 252 253 254 255 <li> BS in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee </li> 256 <li> PhD in Biochemistry with Petra Fromme and Abhishek Singharoy </li> 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 </ul> 266 </div> 267 268 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 269 270 <picture> 271 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/christian-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/christian-800w.webp 800w, /images/teampic/christian-1600w.webp 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 272 <img src="/images/teampic/christian.jpg" srcset="/images/teampic/christian-400w.jpg 400w, /images/teampic/christian-800w.jpg 800w, /images/teampic/christian-1600w.jpg 1600w, /images/teampic/christian.jpg 6120w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Christian Durbin" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="6120" height="8160" loading="lazy" /> 273</picture> 274 275 <h4>Christian Durbin</h4> 276 <p><i>Graduate Student, started Jan 2026<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 277 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 278 279 280 <li> BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University </li> 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 </ul> 292 </div> 293 294</div> 295 296<div class="row"> 297 298 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 299 300 <picture> 301 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/marcus-400w.webp 400w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 302 <img src="/images/teampic/marcus.jpg" srcset="/images/teampic/marcus-400w.jpg 400w, /images/teampic/marcus.jpg 787w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Marcus de la Cruz" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="787" height="800" loading="lazy" /> 303</picture> 304 305 <h4>Marcus de la Cruz</h4> 306 <p><i>Graduate Student, started Aug. 2026<br />email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a></i></p> 307 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 308 309 310 <li> BS Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University </li> 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 </ul> 322 </div> 323 324</div> 325 326<h1 id="undergraduate-researchers">Undergraduate Researchers</h1> 327 328<div class="row"> 329 330 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 331 <h4>Andrew Strong</h4> 332 <p><i> <!-- <br>email: <></i> --></i></p> 333 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 </ul> 344 </div> 345 346 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 347 <h4>Murtaza Barkarar</h4> 348 <p><i> <!-- <br>email: <></i> --></i></p> 349 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 </ul> 360 </div> 361 362</div> 363 364<div class="row"> 365 366 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 367 <h4>Hrishikesh Belagali</h4> 368 <p><i> <!-- <br>email: <></i> --></i></p> 369 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 </ul> 380 </div> 381 382 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 383 <h4>Abdolla Hegazy</h4> 384 <p><i> <!-- <br>email: <></i> --></i></p> 385 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 </ul> 396 </div> 397 398</div> 399 400<div class="row"> 401 402 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 403 <h4>Connolly Thuemmel</h4> 404 <p><i> <!-- <br>email: <></i> --></i></p> 405 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 </ul> 416 </div> 417 418</div> 419
420<h1 id="alumni">Alumni</h1> 421 422<div class="row"> 423 424 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 425 426 <picture> 427 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/martin-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/martin-800w.webp 800w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 428 <img src="/images/teampic/martin.png" srcset="/images/teampic/martin-400w.png 400w, /images/teampic/martin-800w.png 800w, /images/teampic/martin.png 1018w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Martin Kulke" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="1018" height="1018" loading="lazy" /> 429</picture> 430 431 <h4>Martin Kulke</h4> 432 <p><i>Postdoc Jan 2021-Apr 2023, now at <a href="https://www.bio.nat.tum.de/t38/people/postdocs/kulke-martin/">Technische Universität München</a></i></p> 433 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 434 435 </ul> 436 </div> 437 438 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 439 440 <picture> 441 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/daipayan-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/daipayan-800w.webp 800w, /images/teampic/daipayan-1600w.webp 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 442 <img src="/images/teampic/daipayan.jpg" srcset="/images/teampic/daipayan-400w.jpg 400w, /images/teampic/daipayan-800w.jpg 800w, /images/teampic/daipayan-1600w.jpg 1600w, /images/teampic/daipayan.jpg 2179w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Daipayan Sarkar" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="2179" height="2585" loading="lazy" /> 443</picture> 444 445 <h4>Daipayan Sarkar</h4> 446 <p><i>Postdoc, May 2021-Dec 2024, now at NIH NIDDK</i></p> 447 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 448 449 </ul> 450 </div> 451 452</div> 453 454<div class="row"> 455 456 <div class="col-sm-6 clearfix"> 457 458 <picture> 459 <source type="image/webp" srcset="/images/teampic/saad-400w.webp 400w, /images/teampic/saad-800w.webp 800w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" /> 460 <img src="/images/teampic/saad.png" srcset="/images/teampic/saad-400w.png 400w, /images/teampic/saad-800w.png 800w, /images/teampic/saad.png 939w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 40vw, 15vw" alt="Saad Raza" class="img-responsive" style="width: 25%; float: left" width="939" height="939" loading="lazy" /> 461</picture> 462 463 <h4>Saad Raza</h4> 464 <p><i>Postdoc, Jan. 2021-Oct. 2025, now at U. Delaware</i></p> 465 <ul style="overflow: hidden"> 466 467 </ul> 468 </div> 469 470</div> 471 472 473</div> 474 475 </div> 476 </div> 477 478 <div id="footer" class="panel"> 479 <div class="panel-footer"> 480 <div class="container-fluid"> 481 <div class="row"> 482 <div class="col-sm-4"> 483 484 <p>© 2026 Vermaas Lab. Site made with <a href="https://jekyllrb.com">Jekyll</a>; <a href="/aboutwebsite.html">copy and modify it for your own research group.</a></p> 485 <p>We are part of the <a href="https://prl.natsci.msu.edu">MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory</a> at <a href="https://msu.edu">Michigan State University</a>.</p> 486 487 488 <p> </p><p> 489 490 491 </div> 492 <div class="col-sm-4"> 493 Mailing Address:<br /> 494 612 Wilson Street<br /> 495 East Lansing, MI 48824<br /> 496 USA<br /> 497 </div> 498 </div> 499 </div> 500 </div> 501</div> 502
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