Marie Jasieniuk
Professor and Principal Investigator
Education
PhD, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal QC, Canada
MSc, Department of Plant Ecology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada
BSc Honours, Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon SK, Canada
Graduate Group Affiliations
Ecology, Horticulture and Agronomy, Plant Biology
Courses Taught
PLB 170 – Plant Molecular Ecology
ENH 150 – Genetics and Plant Conservation
PLS/SAS 12 – Plants and Society
PBI 200A – Plant Biology Graduate Group Core Course
BIS 2B – Introduction to Biology: Principles of Ecology and Evolution
Research Focus
Population genetics, molecular ecology, and evolution of agricultural weeds and invasive plants
Evolution, genetics, and spread of herbicide resistance in weed populations
Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Staff
Maor Matzrafi (Postdoctoral Researcher 2016-2019) Principal Investigator, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, Ramat-Yishay Israel
Sarah Morran (Postdoctoral Researcher 2018-2019) Project Scientist, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO
Parsa Tehranchian (Postdoctoral Researcher 2016-2018) West Coast Bioefficacy Leader, SynTech Research, Sangar CA
Kathryn Mulligan (Junior Specialist 2015-2016)
Miki Okada (Postdoctoral Researcher 2003-2008; 2010-2012) Lab Manager, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Dagli Rachana Hemantkumar (Research Technician 2010-2011) Research Lab Manager, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln NE
Zachary Stednick (Junior Specialist 2007-2008) Data Analysis Consultant/Visualization Engineer, Seattle WA
Riaz Ahmad (Staff Research Associate 2003-2007) Faculty, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
PhD Students
Elizabeth Karn (Plant Biology Graduate Group 2011-2016) UC ANR Staff Researcher
Annabelle Kleist (Plant Biology Graduate Group 2007-2012) Program Director, Teen Health and Success Partnership, Center for Community Health & Prevention, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester NY
Lindsay Clark (Genetics Graduate Group 2007-2011) Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL
Anna Sherwood (Plant Biology Graduate Group 2004-2011) Vice President, Research and Development, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Seattle, WA
Jeffrey Firestone (Ecology Graduate Group 2003-2011) California
International Graduate Student Interns
Ignacio Amaro Blanco, 2017, Spain
Tanguy Deveaud, 2015, France
Carlos Alexandre Marochio, 2013, Brazil
Undergraduate Students
Chad Fautt
Lena El-Mahmoud
Bismita Giri
Sana Fatima
Vince Harjono
Aaron Kwong
Oliver Chen
Rachel Egger
Domonique Lewis
Claudia Vasquez
Catherine Curley
Trammie Bui
Yuan Qin
Stella Hartono
Isaac Nelson-King
Allison Hallenbeck
Binh Liu
Noor-ul-ain Noor
Cindy Yip