![James Alfano portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/j-alfano.jpg)
James Alfano Co-PI, Professor, UNL
Department of Plant Pathology
Center for Plant Science Innovation
Research Areas: Bacterial pathogens, Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, Plant Immunity
Aim 3, Aim 4![Jiri Adamec portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/j-adamec.jpg)
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![Erin Doyle portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/e-doyle.jpg)
Erin Doyle Assistant Professor, Doane
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Colorimetric Analysis, Education and Outreach
Aim 1, Aim 2, Education & Outreach![Tessa Durham Brooks portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/t-durham-brooks.jpg)
Tessa Durham Brooks Associate Professor, Doane
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Colorimetric Analysis, Root Exudate, Education and Outreach
Aim 2, Education & Outreach![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/J_Eudy.jpg)
James Eudy Associate Professor, UNMC
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
DNA Microarray and Sequencing Core Facilities, Director
Research Areas:
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Katarzyna Glowacka Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Biochemistry
Research Areas: synthetic biology; increase resiliency of crops to climate change
Aim 3![Mark Griep portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/m-griep.jpg)
Mark Griep Associate Professor, UNL
Department of Chemistry
Research Areas: Tribal College Science Education, DNA Replication Enzymology
Education & Outreach![Chittibabu Guda portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/c-guda.jpg)
Chittibabu Guda Professor, UNMC
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy
Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Core, Director
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Metagenomics, Cancer Genomics
Aim 4![Tomas Helikar portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/t-helikar.jpg)
Tomas Helikar Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Biochemistry
Research Areas:
Aim 1, Aim 3, Education & Outreach![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/G_Li.jpg)
Guangyong Li Research Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Plant Pathology
Center for Plant Science Innovation
Research Areas: Plant-bacateria interactions
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Marc Libault Associate Professor, UNL
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Research Areas: Plant root response to biotic and abiotic stresses; Plant single cell biology
Aim 1![Etsuko Moriyama portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/e-moriyama.jpg)
Etsuko Moriyama Professor, UNL
School of Biological Sciences
Center for Plant Science Innovation
Research Areas: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Molecular Evolution
Aim 1, Aim 3![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/Obata_0.jpg)
Toshihiro Obata Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Biochemistry
Research Areas: primary metabolism, metabolomics, abiotic stress, metabolic flux analysis, multi-enzyme complex
Aim 1, Aim 2![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/pecg.jpg)
Gregory J. Pec Assistant Professor, UNK
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Root ecology, Soil Microbial Ecology
Aim 2, Education & Outreach![Sabrina Russo portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/s-russo_0.jpg)
Sabrina Russo Associate Professor, UNL
School of Biological Sciences
Research Areas: Plant Ecology & Ecophysiology, Soil-Plant-Microbe Interactions
Aim 2Rajib Saha Assistant Professor, UNL
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas: modeling complex genetic circuits
Aim 3![Daniel Schachtman portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/d-schachtman.jpg)
Daniel Schachtman Professor, UNL
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Center for Plant Science Innovation
Center for Biotechnology, Director
Research Areas: Root Microbiome, Root Exudate, Maize Germplasm
Aim 2![James Schnable portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/j-schnable.jpg)
James Schnable Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Center for Plant Science Innovation
Research Areas: Quantitative Genetics, Comparative Genomics, Grain Crop Biology
Aim 1, Aim 3, Aim 4![Julie Shaffer portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/j-shaffer.jpg)
Julie Shaffer Chair, Professor, UNK
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Microbial Community, Microbiology Education
Aim 2, Education & Outreach![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/Brandi.jpg)
Brandi A. Sigmon Research Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Research Areas: Plant evolution and development, Comparative Genomics
Aim 4![Paul Twigg portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/p-twigg.jpg)
Paul Twigg Professor, UNK
Department of Biology
Research Areas: Molecular Biology
Aim 2, Education & Outreach![Karin van Dijk portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/k-vandijk.jpg)
Karin van Dijk Associate Professor, UNL
Department of Biochemistry
Research Areas:
Aim 2, Aim 4, Education & Outreach![Karrie Weber portrait](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/k-weber.jpg)
Karrie Weber Associate Professor, UNL
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Research Areas:
Aim 2, Education & Outreach![](https://crri.unl.edu/images/people/Y_Jiliang_0.jpg)
Jinliang Yang Assistant Professor, UNL
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Research Areas: Quantitative Genetics and Statistical Genomics
Aim 1, Aim 4