Lab News

We’re delighted to share that Ms. Udvashika Puri, our first graduate student, has completed her coursework for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters at Texas A&M University and has now joined the Gadhave Lab full-time to begin her Ph.D. research. Ms. Puri will be working on our FFAR-funded iRNA project (see the Research page for more details). She holds an M.S. in Agriculture from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a B.S. in Agriculture from Purbanchal University, Nepal. We’re excited to have her officially on board and look forward to the great work ahead. Welcome, Udvashika!

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Rahul Singh, who joined our lab in March 2025. Dr. Singh comes to us from the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India, and brings with him extensive experience in virology and molecular biology, with a particular focus on plant defense signaling and plant–virus protein interactions. We’re thrilled to have him on board and look forward to the expertise and insight he brings to our growing team. Welcome, Dr. Singh!

I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2024 William Dugas Early Career Award for Research Excellence. The award was presented by Dr. Cliff Lamb, Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Dr. William Dugas, Former Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. The ceremony took place at the Director’s Award Banquet on January 7, 2025, at the Stella Hotel in College Station. I am grateful for this recognition and the support of my team, colleagues and mentors. Here’s the press release in AgriLife Today: https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2025/01/07/agrilife-research-directors-awards-honor-faculty-staff-projects/

We are thrilled to announce that after months of renovations, our fully renovated lab is better than ever, with expanded workspaces, and enhanced capabilities to drive innovative research. We appreciate Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s commitment to upgrade critically needed infrastructure across the state of Texas.

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