Lab Members

Hewezi Laboratory | Lab Members | Projects | Publications | Lab News

Principal Investigator

Tarek Abdel Fattah Hewezi Profile Page
Tarek Abdel Fattah Hewezi
Professor | Plant Sciences

Research Staff

Nicole Coffey Profile Page
Nicole Coffey
Research Tech-Plant Molecular Nematology | Plant Sciences
John Hollis Rice Profile Page
John Hollis Rice
Research Associate I | Plant Sciences

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Hafiz Muhammad Khalid Abbas Profile Page
Hafiz Muhammad Khalid Abbas
Post-Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Sciences
Mst Shamira Sultana Profile Page
Mst Shamira Sultana
Post-Doctoral Research Associate | Plant Sciences

Graduate Students

Sobhan Bahrami Zadegan Profile Page
Sobhan Bahrami Zadegan
Gst Graduate Research Assistant
Selin Cayan Profile Page
Selin Cayan
FR – Graduate Research Asst, Phd Student | Plant Sciences
Peitong Li Profile Page
Peitong Li
FR-Graduate Student, Phd Student | Plant Sciences
Cengizhan Ozturk Profile Page
Cengizhan Ozturk
Grad Research Assistant

Undergraduate Students

Josie Calhoon Profile Page
Josie Calhoon
Resident Assistants
Hana Osama El-Messidi Profile Page
Hana Osama El-Messidi
UT Student Assistant | Plant Sciences
Mariam Wael Elwasif Profile Page
Mariam Wael Elwasif
UT Student Assistant | Plant Sciences
Emma Ann Lamb Profile Page
Emma Ann Lamb
Student Research Assistant
Natalie Breann Mcbride Profile Page
Natalie Breann Mcbride
UT Student Assistant | Plant Sciences
Nicole Marie Nagy Profile Page
Nicole Marie Nagy
UT Student Assistant | Plant Sciences

Former Lab Members

Hannah Sutt
Undergraduate Student
2022 – 2024

Jacob Smith
Undergraduate Student
2023

Tracy Hawk
PhD Student
2020 – 2023

Sarah Shipp
Research Technician
2021 – 2023

Grace Cole
Undergraduate Student
2022 – 2023

Ansley Samples
Undergraduate Student
2021 – 2022

Sarbottam Piya
PhD Student/ Postdoctoral Researcher
2013-2022

Heather Boyle
Undergraduate Student
2021 – 2022

Audrey Birdwell
Undergraduate Student
2021

Valeria Caitar
Postdoctoral Researcher
2019 – 2021

Nicole Adams
Research Technician
2020-2021

Morgan Bennett
PhD Student
2016 – 2021

Logan Baldwin
Undergraduate Student
2018 – 2021

Ahmed Elshaarrawi
PhD Student
2020

Daniel Niyikiza
PhD Student 2016-2020
Borlaug Scholar (Rwanda)

Bhoomi Patel
Research Technician
2018 – 2020

Haitang Wang
Visiting Scholar (China)
2019 – 2020

Kailyn Cleaves
Undergraduate Student
2018 – 2020

Jared Shelton
Undergraduate Student
2020

Long Miao
Visiting PhD Student (China)
2018 – 2019

Pratyush Routray
Postdoctoral Researcher
2018 – 2019

Kristin Smith
Undergraduate Student
2018 – 2019

Michael Chipeta
Borlaug Scholar (Malawi)
2018

Shivani Patel
Undergraduate Student
2018

Shaolan Ma
Visiting PhD Student (China)
2018

Yanfeng (Ryan) Hu
Visiting Scholar (China)
2017-2018

Heather Toler
Research Associate
2017 – 2018

Larisa Khaydrova
Undergraduate Student
2017 – 2018

Nick Breier
Undergraduate Student
2016 – 2017

Bahar Meshkat
Undergraduate Student
2016 – 2017

Aditi Rambani
PhD Student
2013 – 2017

Abena Otchere-Boateng
Undergraduate Student
2017

Sara Sorani
Undergraduate Student
2016 – 2017

Songnan Yang
Visiting Scholar
2016 – 2017

Megan Bruce
Undergraduate Student
2016

Christina Kihm
Undergraduate Student
2015 – 2016

Kelsey Ritter
Undergraduate Student
2015 – 2016

Avery Sukienik
Undergraduate Student
2016

Jie Xiong
Visiting Scholar (China)
2015 – 2016

Yinfeng Zhu
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2014 – 2016

Jinyi Liu
Visiting Scholar (China)
2013 – 2015

Nana Chen
Visiting Scholar (China)
2013 – 2015

Muthukumar Balasubramaniam
Postdoctoral Research Associate
2014

Jordan Skeen
Undergraduate Student
2013 – 2014

Geoffrey Richard
Visiting Student (France)
2013