112 Jenkins-Waggoner Laboratory
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
New Haven, CT 06511
lindsay.triplett@ct.gov
(203) 974-8611
LABORATORY of LINDSAY TRIPLETT, Ph.D.
BACTERIAL PLANT PATHOLOGY
THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION
EST. 2015
LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Lindsay Triplett
Primary Investigator,
Associate Agricultural Scientist
Dr. Ravikumar Patel
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Michigan State University, 12/2009 (Focus: Secretion signals and chaperone function in Erwinia amylovora, the cause of Fire Blight disease on apple and pear)
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Postdoctoral research at Colorado State University, 2010-2014 (Focus: Diversity and resistance-triggering mechanisms of bacterial pathogens of rice)
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Contact: lindsay.triplett@ct.gov
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Research Topics: physiological and genetic basis of stationary phase antibiotic tolerance in plant pathogenic bacteria, protist predation effects on phytohormone production in plant growth-promoting bacteria
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Contact: ravikumar.patel@ct.gov
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Research Topic: Composition and ecology of the protist phytobiome
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Contact: stephen.taerum@ct.gov
Dr. Stephen Taerum
Postdoctoral Researcher
Regan Huntley
Lab Manager
A.K.A. "Benevolent Overlord"
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Regan joined the Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology in Spring 2015 after coordinating a wide variety of projects in the Department of Biochemistry.
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In addition to managing the ordering and hazardous waste duties, her skills from her previous work in tobacco and maize are instrumental in keeping our projects up and running.
PREVIOUS LAB MEMBERS
Dr. Teja Shidore
Postdoctoral Associate, Plant Virology and Nanoparticles
Onshouda Shaban
SCSU '18
Medical Scribe
Derek LeJeune
Quinnipiac Medical School '19
Resident at Tufts
Claire Walsh
UMass '20
Research Assistant,
Joyn Bio
Valentin Trouiller
M.S., Blaise Pascal University
Agricultural Auditor, OCACIA
Tia Brown
Haverford College '21
Talita Robertson
SCSU '18
Brianna Hammond
Central CT State University '21
