Dr. Samiran Banerjee Principal Investigator I completed my MSc in Plant and Soil Sciences at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. Later I obtained my PhD  in Soil Science from

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Carlee Schroeter Research Specialist I completed my bachelors in microbiology in 2021 at North Dakota State University and, during my undergrad, did work with plant pathogens and soil microbiome. Near

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Lennel Camuy-Velez Graduate Student (co-supervised with Prof. Kevin Sedivec) I am from the island of Puerto Rico where I completed my B.S. in Microbiology with an emphasis on Environmental Microbiology.

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Debarshi Dasgupta Graduate Student Hello! I am Debarshi from India. I pursued my B.Sc. in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya and M.Sc. in Agricultural Microbiology from University of Agricultural

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Kivi Snavely Graduate Student Hi, I’m  Kivi and I love plants (and microbes)! Growing up in the forests of the East Coast, I was predisposed to nature – completing my

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Ditam Chakraborty Graduate Student Hey, I’m Ditam. I’m from the city of Kolkata in India, where I completed my BSc in Biochemistry in 2018 from University of Calcutta, and did a

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Purbasa Kole PhD in Microbiology (NDSU) Hello! I’m Purbasa from India. I hold a B.Sc. in Agriculture from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyala and a masters in Soil Science from the

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