Staff:
 

Name	Position	Research Interest
Zhanjiang (John) Liu, Ph.D.	Director	Genomics, Transgenics, Marker-assisted Selection and DNA Marker Technologies.
Huseyin Kucuktas, Ph.D	Research Fellow III, Laboratory Manager	Genomics, Transgenics, Population Genetics, Bioinformatics, Fish Disease Diagnostics.

Graduate Students Completed:
 

Name	Degree (Year)/Major	Current Position
Qiang Xu	Ph.D. (2007)/Entomology and Plant Pathology	Assistant Professor, Texas State University
Fang Zhu	Ph.D. (2007)/Entomology and Plant Pathology	Postdoc, University of Kentucky
Peng Xu	Ph.D. (2007)/Fisheries	Postdoc,
Benjaporn Somridhivej	M.S. (2007)/Fisheries	Researcher at the National Research Institute of Aquaculture Genetics, Bangkok, Thailand
Eric Peatman	Ph.D. (2007)/Fisheries and CMB	NIH Fellow at Emory University
Catherine Nordfelt	Ph.D. (2006)/Fisheries	US Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas
Putharat Baoprasertkul	Ph.D. (2006)/Fisheries	Fisheries Biologist 5, Aquatic animal Genetics Research and Development, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Pathumthani, Thailand
Joseph Ballenger	M.S. (2006)/Fisheries	Ph.D. Student at Ohio
Jiarong (Rona) Liu	M.S. (2005)/Horticulture	Ph.D. Student at UAB
Cankui Zhang	M.S. (2005)/Horticulture	Postdoc at Cornell University
Eric Peatman	M.S. (2004)/Fisheries and CMB	Ph.D. student at Auburn University
Micah Simmons	M.S. (2003)/Fisheries	Research Assistant at UAB
Jerry Serapion	M.S. (2003)/ Fisheries	.
Attila Karsi	Ph.D. (2001)/ Fisheries and CMB	Postdoc, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University
Arif Kocabas	Ph.D (2003)/Fisheries and CMB	Postdoc, Cellular Reprogramming Laboratory Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University
Zhenlin Ju	Ph.D (2001)/Fisheries and CMB	Bioinformatics
Kathryn Mickett	M.S. (2001)/Fisheries and CMB	Research Associate II, Fishery Biology, AuburnUniversity
Andrea Patterson	M.S. (2001)/Fisheries and CMB	Research Associate, Texas Medical School at Houston
Soonhag Kim	Ph.D. (2000)/Fisheries and CMB	Postdoctoral Fellow at West Virginia University
Guo Tan	M.S. (1999)/Fisheries and CMB	Research Associate at Harvard University
Attila Karsi	M.S. (1998)/Fisheries and CMB	Ph.D. student at Auburn University
Anang Kristanto	Ph.D. (2004) Fisheries	Government Fisheries Department, Indonesia
Sara Thacker	M.S. (2004)/Animal Science
Stuart Goong	Ph.D. (2004)/Fisheries
Zhuyan Guo	Ph.D. (2003)/Poultry Science	Postdoc at Tufts University
George Osure	M.S. (2003)/Fisheries	Researcher in Kenya
Joseph Padi	Ph.D. (2003)/Fisheries	Postdoc, Southern Fresh
Julia Pridgeon	Ph.D. (2002)/Entomology	Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University
Justin Evans	M.S. (2002)/Biological Sciences	Research Associate, Auburn University
Tulin Arslan	Ph.D. (2001)/Fisheries	Assistant Professor, Mugla University, Turkey
Phillip Waters	M.S. (2001)/Fisheries	Ph.D. student, Auburn University
Dave Wohlford	M.S. (2001)/Animal Science	Scientist with a breeding company
Wencai Yang	Ph.D. (2000)/Agronomy	Postdoctoral fellow at University of Rochester
Dayton Lambert	M.S. (1998)/Fisheries	Peace Corp in Africa
Amy Nichols	M.S. (1998)/Fisheries and CMB	Research associate at Clemson University
Soonhag Kim	M.S. (1996)/Fisheries	Postdoctoral fellow at West Virginia University
Chitmanat Chanagun	M.S. (1996)/Fisheries	Ph.D. student at University of Georgia
Ping Lang	Ph.D. (2004)/Horticulture	Postdoc at Auburn University
Zhinong Yan	Ph.D. (2000)/Plant Pathology	Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Georgia
Brad Argue	Ph.D. (1996)/Fisheries	Scientist at Oceanic Institute, Hawaii

 
 
 

Current Graduate Students:

 

Name	Department	Degree
Jianguo Lu	Fisheries	Ph.D.
Atra Chaimongkol	Fisheries	Ph.D.
Dennis Donegan	Fisheries	Ph.D.
Frost Rollins	Horticulture Science	M.S.
Jason Abernathy	Fisheries	Ph.D.
John Arndt	Fisheries	M.S.
Lakshmi Mangineni	Agronomy	Ph.D.
Michael Trask	Fisheries	M.S.
Min Zhong	Biological Sciences	Ph.D.
Olusegun Fagbohun	Poultry Sciences	Ph.D.
Parichart Ninwichian	Fisheries	Ph.D.
Shaolin Wang	Fisheries	Ph.D.
Ying Si	Horticulture	Ph.D.
Zhenchuan Fan	Poultry Sciences	Ph.D.

 
 
 

Undergraduate Students:
 

Name	Major	University
Jackson Hayes	Fisheries	Auburn University
Jarrod Cody Young	Fisheries	Auburn University
Sam Pack	Fisheries	Auburn University
Timothy Carpenter	Fisheries	Auburn University
Jennifer	Fisheries	Auburn University
Timothy McLean	Fisheries	Auburn University
Abel Carrias	Fisheries	Auburn University
Tommy Purcell	Fisheries	Auburn University
Micah Simmons	Fisheries (trainee)	Auburn University
Trevor Silvernail	Molecular Biology	Auburn University
Kevin Roberg	Molecular Biology	University of Minnesota
Bob Iwine	Cell Biology	University of Minnesota