Principal Investigator

Rachel M. Penczykowski, Assistant Professor
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Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Top 3 favorite plants besides Plantago:
1. Coffea arabica (coffee)
2. Brassica oleracea (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, etc…)
3. Helianthus annuus (sunflower)
Twitter: @RachelPenczy
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Lab Manager

Carrie Goodson
Top 3 favorite plants besides Plantago:
1. Adiantum raddianum (maidenhair fern)
2. Brugmansia (angel trumpet)
3. Welwitschia mirabilis
Email: cgoodson@wustl.edu

PhD Students
(EEPB program at WashU)

Mahal Bugay
B.S. 2019, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Agnes Scott College (Decatur, GA)
Top 3 favorite plants besides Plantago:
1. Ginkgo biloba
2. Mangifera indica
3. Lavandula spp.
Email: mbugay@wustl.edu

Quinn Fox
B.A. 2019, Biology, Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, PA)
Top 3 favorite plants besides Plantago:
1. Chasmanthium latifolium (inland sea oat)
2. Paeonia suffruticosa (peony)
3. Tsunga canadensis (Eastern Hemlock, Pennsylvania’s state tree)
Twitter: @QuinnFox19
Email: qfox@wustl.edu
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Philippa Tanford
B.S. 2016, Biology, Duke University (Durham, NC)
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Top 3 favorite plants besides Plantago:
1. Quercus alba (white oak)
2. Bryophyta (mosses)
3. Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia)
Twitter: @ptanford
Email: ptanford@wustl.edu

Undergraduates

Keiko Farah

Aaron Morris

Rida Qureshi

Tyson Undergraduate Fellows 2021

Lawton Blanchard

Avery McCammon