People

Principal Investigator

Kyaw Aung
- Associate Professor
kaung@iastate.edu

Staff

Cade Meyer
- Laboratory Technician I
cadem@iastate.edu

Research Associates

Yani Chen
- Associate Scientist
yanichen@iastate.edu
Su-Ling Liu
- Associate Scientist
- Transitioned out of the lab in July 2025.
- Currently at Purdue University
sulingl@iastate.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

Zhongpeng Li
- Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
lizp@iastate.edu

Graduate Students

Panchali Chakraborty
- Graduate student
panchali@iastate.edu
Saiful Islam
- Graduate student
saiful@iastate.edu
Haris Variz
- Graduate Student
- Graduated with a Ph.D. in May 2025
- Currently at the Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University
hvariz@iastate.edu