Dr. Elena Shpak
Principal investigator
Dr. Shpak obtained her M.S. degree from Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) and Ph.D. degree from Ohio University (Athens, OH). She became interested in ERECTA signaling as a postdoc at the University of Washington, Seattle in the lab of Dr. Keiko Torii. Dr. Shpak established her lab at UTK in 2006.
Sophia Garcia
Muhammad uzair
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harriett Perry
Alex overholt
BCMB Graduate Student
Bertie Hopkins
Bri Herron
BCMB Graduate Student
SHPAK LAB 2023
Undergraduate students: Cody Griffin, Calen Paleologos, Christina Pierce, Lydia Pierce, Paige Reymann, and Katelyn Vanzant
Lab alumni
Past Graduate Students
- Daniel DeGennaro (PhD, 2021) Technical sales representative (BioRad)
- Liang Zhang (PhD, 2019) Postdoctoral fellow (University of Georgia, Athens)
- Pawel Kosentka (PhD, 2018) Postdoctoral Researcher, Bayer Crop Science
- Mark Bundy (M.S, 2012) Scientist (REGENXBIO Inc.)
Past Postdocs
Past Undergraduate Students
Spencer Willet, Lihan Deng, Patrick Ailey, Nathan Fusman, Lindsey Tarbox, Jincheng Du, Mark Bundy, Brandon Chase, William Howell, Jennifer Porter, Alaina Willet, Elizabeth Zoeller, Kyle Zanath, Jing Ma, Brandon Kee, Clark Sealy, Dino Francescutti, Marshall Collins, Jeremy Willhoite, Tyler Jackson, Kristen Vaugh, Mary McGuire, Olivia Thompson, Juwan Hamilton, William Carmack, Colton Norton, Binita Satpathy, Solange Perez, Yonas Simon, Kaylee Kotwis, Samantha Jones, Alexander Pope, Erica Moore, Richard Maradiaga, Emily Miller, Olivia Seay, Matthew Smith, Timothy Herman, Alisha Woodman, Omar Mitoubsi, Jameson Sorrels, Miguel Rodriguez, Josphat Kinyua, Doina Musat, Alex Overholt, Ronald Tran, Christal Lane, Neil Patel, Rachael DeBoe, Gabriel Parish, Elizabeth Baker, Heather Richards, Landon Carrel, Trey Klaas, Alexis Anthony, Isabella Dianconescu, Said Briseno, Cason Buehler, Erik Cazares, Kate Checuga, Bethany Lunsford, Mckenzie Reynolds, Griffin Rich, Andrew Alford