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People
Faculty, staff and students of The Gadhave Lab
Principal Investigator
![Portrait: Kiran Gadhave](https://research.agrilife.org/gadhavelab/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2022/10/Gadhave.jpg)
Kiran Gadhave, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (Entomology)
Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Senthilraja Chinnaiah, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, IN
M.S., Plant Pathology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, IN
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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
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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
Graduate Students
PhD Student (Currently recruiting)
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
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Udvashika Puri
Incoming PhD Student (Summer 2024)
Texas A&M University Department of Entomology
M.S. Agriculture, 2023, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University
TBN (Currently recruiting)
M.S. Student
West Texas A&M University
Undergraduate Students
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Jewels Hernandez
B.S. Student
Major: General Agriculture
Lab alumni
Saurabh Gautam, Ph.D.
Former Postdoctoral Researcher
(Apr 2022-Nov 2023)
Benjamin Herron
Former Technician II
(May 2022-Aug 2023)
Alejandra Camarillo
Former Undergraduate Researcher
Justice Crowder
A.S. (Freshman)
Amarillo College
Major: HorticultureCayla Moore
A.S. (Freshman)
Amarillo College
Major: Horticulture