Song Lab

Ecological and Evolutionary Plant Systems Biology

LAB MEMBERS

Bao-Hua Song
Professor

Education and Training

  • Research Associate: Duke University
  • Postdoc: Max Planck Institute of Chemical Ecology, Germany
  • PhD: Beijing Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Martin Le
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Education and Training

  • PhD: Korea University

Ping Yates
Ph.D. Student

Education and Training

  • MS: University of North Carolina at Wilmington

Hunter Linker
Honors Student


Postdoctoral Research Associate
Joining the Song Lab in November 2026

Past lab members: (we enjoyed having you here! 🙂 )

  • Melissa Hatley: Ph.D. Student
  • Tanusree Chepuri: Honors Student
  • Garrett Kimbrell: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Lily Mcguirt: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Connor Kinnas: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Judy Tramell: Lab Research Assistant
  • David Geiger: Master’s Student
  • Bavindri Saravanabavan: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Haeden Poslinski: Master’s Student
  • Mark Mistretta: Honors Student
  • Kody Angell: Honors Student
  • Colin Scherer: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Kamil ÖZTÜRK: International Visiting Student
  • Abbey Stranahan: Master’s Student
  • Chase Farmer : Master’s Student
  • Phung Nguyen: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Isha Parikh: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Maria Mcclain: Undergraduate researcher (NSF SPARC4 Scholarship Recipient)
  • Cindy Hernandez: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Dania Kanawati: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Marietta Flores: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Olivia Thonissen: Undergraduate Researcher
  • Marylyn Callahan: NIH Bridge Program
  • Megan Lynch: Undergraduate researcher
  • K’brie Scotland: Undergraduate researcher
  • Ford Robert: Undergraduate researcher
  • Jamari Tyson: Undergraduate researcher (North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (NC-LSAMP) Undergraduate Research Student)
  • Tyrese Williams: Undergraduate researcher
  • Amber Stiller: Undergraduate researcher (NSF SPARC4 Scholarship Recipient)
  • Neha Mittal: PhD student
  • Jan Kofsky: PhD student
  • Hengyou Zhang: Postdoctoral Research Associate (Now professor at Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Sherry Xiong: Honors student
  • Amit Thota: Undergraduate researcher
  • Haley Wheeler: Undergraduate researcher
  • Jerry Houpe: Undergraduate researcher
  • Christine Zuelsdorf: Undergraduate researcher
  • Jennifer Huynh: Undergraduate researcher
  • Ami Changela: Undergraduate researcher
  • Antonio Mendoza: Undergraduate researcher
  • Kelly Chi: Undergraduate researcher
  • Haley Wheeler: Undergraduate researcher
  • Jordyn Kirkland: Undergraduate researcher 
  • Victoria Bonnell: Honors Student (Now a graduate student at Penn State University)
  • Sergio Barajas: NSF funded REU student (Now a graduate student at Indiana University
  • Lars Chen: NSF funded REU student (Now at UNC Chapel Hill)
  • Nick Tapphughes: Undergraduate researcher
  • Yan Luo: International Visiting Scholar (Now professor at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS)
  • Cameryn Bevill: Undergraduate researcher
  • Mariah Huffman: Undergraduate researcher
  • Daniella Freese: Graduate student
  • Margi Gami: Honors student (now a medical doctor)
  • Sue Yan: Lab Research Assistant
  • Alex Reeside: Undergraduate researcher
  • Ibro Mujacic: Graduate student  
  • Shelvasha Burkes: Undergraduate researcher
  • Amber Kelly: Undergraduate researcher
  • Morgan Bradley: Undergraduate researcher