
People
Faculty, staff and students of The Gadhave Lab
Principal Investigator

Kiran Gadhave, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Entomology)
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
Postdoctoral Researchers

Surender Kumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Virology, Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), IN
M.S. Microbiology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, IN

Arinder Arora, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Biology, University of New Mexico, US
M.S. Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Riverside, US

Rahul Mohan Singh, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. Virology, Academy of Scientific and Industrial Research (AcSIR), IN
M.S. Biotechnology,
HNB Garhwal University, INGraduate Students

Udvashika Puri
PhD Student
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
M.S. Agriculture, 2023, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University
Natacha Carlos-Victoria
PhD Student (Starting May 2025)
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
M.S. Microbiology (Virology), 2017,
University of Havana, CubaTechnician/s
TBN
Research Technician I
Undergraduate Students

Johnathan McDougal
B.S. Student (Senior)
Major: Agriculture
Lab alumni
Senthilraja Chinnaiah, Ph.D.
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Aug 2022-Jan 2025)
Jewels Hernandez
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(May-Dec 2024)
Bachelor of Science, Major: General Agriculture
Saurabh Gautam, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
(Apr 2022-Nov 2023)
Cayla Moore
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Sep 2023-Apr 2024)
Amarillo College
Associate of Science, Major: HorticultureBenjamin Herron
Former Technician II
(May 2022-Aug 2023)
Justice Crowder
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Sep 2023-Apr 2024)
Amarillo College
Associate of Science, Major: HorticultureTyler Schneider
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Sep 2022-Jul 2023)
West Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science, Major: Soil and Crop SciencesCassidy Jagers
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Sep-Dec 2022)
West Texas A&M University
Bachelor of Science, Major: Agricultural EducationAlejandra Camarillo
Former Undergraduate Researcher
(Jan-May 2022)