Marisa Otegui
Credentials: Professor of Botany and Cell and Molecular Biology
Position title: Principal Investigator
Email: otegui@wisc.edu
Staff
Ariadna Gonzalez Solis
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: gonzalezsoli@wisc.edu
My research aims to understand the mechanisms of vesicle trafficking in plants. Outside the lab, I enjoy biking, hiking, spending time with friends and traveling.
Han Nim Lee
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: hlee768@wisc.edu
Research Area: Anthocyanin imaging, FLIM; autophagy
Julio Paez-Valencia
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Scientist
Email: paezvalencia@wisc.edu
Research area: ESCRT proteins in Arabidopsis
Janice Pennington
Position title: EM Specialist
Email: pennington2@wisc.edu
Research Areas: Cryo-EM; High-pressure Freezing; Cryosectioning; Electron Tomography
Xiaoguo Zhang
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Assistant Scientist
Email: xzhang653@wisc.edu
Research area: maize genetics, storage protein trafficking, autophagy
Students
Cesi Deng
Position title: PhD Student
Email: cesi.deng@wisc.edu
I’m working on dissecting autophagy pathway in maize, aiming to understand how it is regulated and what compensatory pathway will be activated when autophagy is impaired. Outside of lab I enjoy cooking (although with a risk of burning my kitchen), doing Chinese calligraphy and reading novels.
Xinxin Ding
Position title: PhD Student
Email: xding4@wisc.edu
Ethan Weiner
Position title: PhD Student
Email: erweiner@wisc.edu
I’m studying how a certain protein may be involved in endosomal trafficking in flowering plants. We suspect that it may be responsible for increasing the complexity of vesicle networks within recycling bodies. Outside of research, I enjoy running in the beautiful Madison arboretum, playing video games, and board game nights with friends (in person when possible).