Dr. Vijay Tiwari
(Principle Investigator, Tiwari Lab) Research of my group is focused on genetics and genomics of small grain crops with emphasis on wheat, rye and barley. We are integrating genomic tools and germplasm development to achieve the goals of sustainable agriculture. Identification of novel genes and alleles against abiotic and biotic stresses is a key step to perform genetic improvement of crop plants. We are focused on identification, transfer, and isolation of important genes and alleles playing vital role against abiotic and biotic stresses in small grain crops. Another important aspect of my research is focused on molecular understanding of yield and yield contributing factors in bread wheat. We have identified some key genes playing important role in spike morphology and grain number per spikelet. Mechanistic studies on these key candidate genes to have a better understanding of these traits are being performed. |
Present Lab Members
Post Docs
Ph.D. Students
Under Graduate Students
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Name : Dr. Seyedali Hosseinirad
Past Degrees : Ph.D. Research Interest : Quality lab and breeding program Hobbies : Reading books, camping, and watching movies Name : Dr. Parva Sharma
Past degrees : Ph.D. (Bioinformatics) (BITS-Pilani, India) Research Interest : NGS data analysis, Database creation, Machine Learning Hobbies : Reading, Sports, History Name : Inderjit Singh Yadav
Past degrees : MS (Bioinformatics) Research Interest : NGS Data Analysis Hobbies : Music, Local history Name : Adam W. Schoen
Past degrees : BS (UMD), MS (UMD) Research Interest : Molecular genetics Hobbies : Playing musical instruments Name : Anmol Kajla
Past degrees : M.S. Horticulture (Oklahoma State University, OK) Research interests : Improving wheat and Barley with new genomics tools Hobbies : Travelling, Poetry reading and writing Name : Sydney Wallace
Past degrees : M.Sc. Plant Sciences, University of Maryland Research Interest : Screening of triticale germplasm for fusarium head blight resistance and yield related traits, also working as Plant Growth Facilities Manager in Green house Hobbies : Spending time with my grandkids Name : Ian Moot
Past degrees : School Research interests : Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics Hobbies : Backpacking, Hiking, Camping, Soccer Name : Carl Paulson
Working as : Research Technician Past degrees : Bachelor of Sciences Plant Science major at University of Maryland Research Interests : Wheat breeding/ Aegilops tauschii and wheat crosses Hobbies : Video games |
Previous Lab Members
Name : Lenore Arndt
Past degrees : AA Research interests : Wheat Dwarfism Phenotyping Hobbies : D&D and gardening Current Position : Pursuing masters Name : Dr. Gautam Saripalli
Past degrees : Ph.D (Genetics and Plant Breeding) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India Research interests : Molecular breeding and genomics for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in wheat. Hobbies : Movies Current Position : Post Doctoral Associate, Clemson University, SC |