Lab Members
Ph.D. Université Claude Bernard - Lyon I
Assistant Research Professor
Research Projects:
RNA editing in plant organelles
Bentolila's Publications:
Myat Lin
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
Engineering Rubisco for improved carbon fixation
Ludovic Giloteaux
Ph.D. Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
Microbiomes and immune cells in ME/CFS
Arnaud Germain
Ph.D, Cornell University
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research Projects:
RNA editing in plant organelles, Mitochondrial genomes and metabolites in ME/CFS
Vishal Chaudhari
Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
Research Projects:
Engineering carboxysomes into chloroplasts
Adam O'Neal
B.S. Molecular Biology, California State University, Sacramento
Ph.D. Candidate, Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Research Projects:
Extracellular vesicles in ME/CFS
Jessica Maya
B.S. in Molecular Biology, University of Birmingham, Alabama
Ph.D. candidate in Genetics, Genomics and Development
Research Project:
Immune cell metabolism in ME/CFS
Carl Franconi
B.S. in Microbiology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
M.S. in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Research Project:
Lab management for all projects
Vivian Huang
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Computer Science Major
Undergraduate Research Project:
ME/CFS
Lauren Mei
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell
Biological Sciences Major
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
Engineering carboxysomes into plants
Caitlin McCabe
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Biological Sciences Major
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
Plant projects
Adam Khay
College of Human Ecology, Cornell
Human Biology, Health, and Society Major
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
Plant and ME/CFS projects
Recent Lab Alumni
Andrew Gipson
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, 2021
B.A. Molecular Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Current Position:
Researcher, USDA ARS, Robert Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, Ithaca, NY
Madeline McCanne
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
(Plant and ME/CFS projects)
B.S. Chemistry, Cornell University, May 2021
Current Position:
Research Technician at Massachusetts General Hospital
Ivan Falsztyn
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant (ME/CFS)
B.S. Biological Sciences, Cornell University, May 2020
Current Position:
Graduate student, Duke University
Alan Jiang
Former Undergraduate Researcher (Engineering carboxysomes into plants)
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell
Plant Sciences Major
Vincent Zhang
Former Undergraduate Researcher (Engineering carboxysomes into chloroplasts)
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Amy You
Former Undergraduate Lab Assistant
College of Engineering, Cornell
Biomedical Engineering Major
Vanessa Loiacono
Former Postdoctoral Associate
Ph.D. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
Co-Chair, GRS in Chloroplast Biotechnology, January 2019
Current Position:
Researcher, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm, Germany
Reed Lonsdale
Former Undergraduate Researcher
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell
Biological Sciences Major
Concentration in Genetics, Genomics, and Development
Heidi Salihovic
2019 Summer intern, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell REU program
See Salihovic's BTI profile for more information.
Kevin Hines
Ph.D., Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, 2019
B.S., Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013
A.S., Biology, Holyoke Community College, 2010
Current Position:
Staff member, Northeastern University Testing Laboratory, Boston
Alexandra Mandarano
Ph.D., Cornell University, Genetics, Genomics and Development, August 2019
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Associate, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital Memphis, Tennessee
Alexander Kehl
2018 Summer intern, Boyce Thompson Institute/Cornell REU program
See Kehl's BTI profile for more information.
Current Position:
Ph.D. candidate, U. California, Davis
William Stone
Former Undergraduate Researcher
B.S. Biology, Cornell University, May 2018
Current position:
Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University
Lin Lin
Former Technician IV, Lab Manager
Prior Appointments:
Technician IV, Dept. of Biomedical Science, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine
Clinic Specialist III, Molecular Pathology, University of Miami School of Medicine
Current Position:
Biobank Manager, Cornell School of Veterinary Medicine
Xiaowen Shi
Ph.D. Cornell University, Genetics, Genomics and Development, January 2017
B.S. Biological Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, Columbia
Jessica Wagoner
Ph.D. Cornell University, Genetics, Genomics and Development, January 2016
Current Position:
Assistant Laboratory Director at DNA Diagnostics Center, Dayton, Ohio
Amirali Sattarzadeh
Ph.D. University of Cologne, Germany
Former Postdoctoral Research Associate
Current Position:
Scientist, Cibus Inc.
San Diego, CA
Tao Sun
Ph.D. Cornell University, Plant Biology, August 2015
Current Position:
Scientist, Genentech