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
Andrew Gipson
B.A. Molecular Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Ph.D. Candidate, Field of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology
Research Projects:
RNA editing in plant organelles
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
Ivan Falsztyn
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
ME/CFS
Vivian Huang
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Computer Science Major
Undergraduate Research Project:
ME/CFS
Alan Jiang
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell
Plant Sciences Major
Undergraduate Research Project:
Engineering carboxysomes into plants
Madeline McCanne
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Chemistry Major
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
Plant and ME/CFS projects
Vincent Zhang
College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell
Undergraduate Research Project:
Engineering carboxysomes into chloroplasts
Amy You
College of Engineering, Cornell
Biomedical Engineering Major
Undergraduate Lab Assistant:
Plant and ME/CFS Projects
Recent Lab Alumni
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
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:
Researcher, Section of Plant Biology, Cornell University
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
Current Position:
Degree 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:
Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University