Guerinot Lab Members and Research Interests

Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Characterizing metal ion homeostasis phenotypes in Arabidopsis using X-ray Fluorescence Microtomography and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy

Sun A. Kim

Characterization of ZIP7 and vacuolar iron transporter CCC1 in Arabidopsis. Genetic analysis of Fe sensing in Arabidopsis.

Jeeyon Jeong

Characterization of ferric reductases FRO6 and FRO7 in Arabidopsis

Joohyun Lee

Characterization of ZIP3 and ion genomics

Joe Morrissey

Characterization of ZIP6, ZIP9, ferroportins; Arabidopsis ionomics

Former Lab Members

Postdoctoral Research Associates trained

[1] Ora Plessner. 1988-90. Instructor, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel

[2] Harry Kurtz. November, 1991 to August, 1994. Recipient, USDA postdoctoral fellowship. Assistant Professor, Genetics, Biochemistry and Life Sciences, Clemson University.

[3] Jenny Saleeba. January, 1992 to January, 1994. Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

[4] Janette Fett. January, 1995 to February, 1997. Associate Professor, Departmento de Botanica, Universidad Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

[5] Quentin Groom. November, 1996 to March, 1997.

[6] Dave Westenberg. August, 1993 to July, 1997. Recipient, USDA postdoctoral fellowship. Associate Professor, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO.

[7] Tama Fox. August, 1996 to August, 1998. Research Associate, UC Davis.

[8] Erin Connolly. February, 1997 to August, 2000. Recipient, USDA postdoctoral fellowship. Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

[9] David Stevenson. August, 1997 to August, 1999. Postdoctoral fellow, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

[10] Elizabeth Rogers. September, 1997 to August, 2001. Recipient of Life Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia. MO.

[11] Eric Boncompagni. January, 1998 to August, 2000. Maître de conférences, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France.

[12] Sophie Marquis. May, 2002 to November, 2003. Postdoctoral fellow, Physiology Department, DMS

[13] Suman Rawat. May, 2002 to August, 2004.

[14] Sun A Kim. January, 2001 to present.

[15] Natasha Grotz. Croasdale teaching fellow. Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College. May, 2004 to April, 2006. Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College.

[16] Tracy Punshon. July, 2005 to present.

Graduate Students trained

[1] Karen Page. Ph.D. 6/94. The effect of iron, oxygen and heme on the expression of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum hemA gene. Currently, Senior Staff, Glycofi, Lebanon, NH.

[2] Ying Yi. Ph.D. 1/95. Iron uptake in Arabiodpsis thaliana. Currently, Research Associate, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH.

[3] Kristin LeVier. Ph.D. 6/96. Iron acquisition in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Currently, senior scientist, Pfizer Inc.

[4] Heather Benson. Ph.D. 6/03. Iron uptake in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Postdoctoral research associate, Dartmouth College

[5] Natasha Grotz. Ph.D. 6/04. Metal Distribution in Arabidopsis. Recipient of the Amy Lutz Rechel Award for an outstanding student in the field of Plant Biology, Association of Women in Science. Currently, Croasdale Teaching Fellow, Dartmouth College.

[6] Brenda Parson. Ph.D. 2/05. Molecular Characterization of Zip Metal Transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana. Currently, Postdoctoral research associate, Dartmouth College.

[7] Elizabeth Colangelo – Ph.D. 5/06. NIGMS Trainee. Currently, postdoctoral fellow, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

[8] Aaron Atkinson – Ph.D. 8/06. Recipient of the Young Scientist Award, Council for Biotechnology Information. GAANN fellow. Currently, postdoctoral fellow, University of Utah Medical School.

[9] Stephanie Batchelet, - Ph.D. 2008.

[10] Jeeyon Jeong – Ph.D. 2008.

[11] Joohyun Lee – 6th year student.

[12] Joseph Morrissey – 5th year student.

[13] Christine Palmer – 4th year student. GAANN fellow.