Former Kessler Lab Members
Andrew Willoughby
OU Plant Biology and Biochemistry Undergraduate
National Merit Scholar, BS in Botany in 2018
In the Kessler Lab Spring 2015-Summer 2016
Currently a PhD student at the University of North Carolina
Nicholas "Nic" Cejda
OU Undergraduate in Plant Biology
In the Kessler Lab Spring 2014-2015
Graduated in 2016
Patrick Day
OU Undergraduate in Plant Biology
Summer 2013-Fall 2015
Arianna Dino
OU Biochemistry Undergraduate
National Merit Scholar, BS in Biochemistry 2018
In the Kessler Lab Spring 2015-Summer 2016




Undergraduate Researchers
Post-docs and Grad Students
Dr. Noel Lucca
Post-doc 2016-2017
OU and Purdue

Dr. Daniel S. Jones
PhD in Plant Biology at OU
Graduated in December, 2017
Currently an Assistant Professor at Auburn University


Thomas "Cole" Davis
Master's in Botany at Purdue
Graduated December, 2018
Scientist at Inari
Dr. Jing Yuan
PhD student in Botany at Purdue
Graduated in August, 2019


Rachel Flynn
Master's in Botany at Purdue
Graduated in December, 2019
Scientist at USDA at Purdue

Dr. Subramanian "Subbu" Sankaranarayanan
Post-doc
2019-2021

Anna Donnelly
Undergraduate in Biochemistry, MASI intern 2019

Dr. Yan Ju
Post-doc
2017-2021
Daniel Cabada-Gomez
PhD student in Botany and PULSe
2019-2023

Lindsey Berebitsky
Undergraduate majoring in Botany
2019-2022

Dr. Sienna Ogawa
PhD student in Botany and PULSe
Graduated in 2025
Iyanu Adedeji
MS student in Botany
Graduated in 2024
