Lab Alumni
Postdoctoral Associates
Zhiqi Liu (1996-2005), Principal Scientist, Charles River Laboratories, Cleveland OH
Jiangao Tan (1997-2003), Senior Research Scientist, Monsanto, St. Louis
Renqu Kong (1997-1998), Professor, Wuhan University, China
Weizhong Song (1999-2005), Practice medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ruiwu (Ray) Wang (1999-2001) Research associate, University of Calgary, Canada
Mahmoud Romeih (2004) Current status unknown
Niangguo Luo (2005-2007) Practice medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Haijun Xu (2006-2007) Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Kristopher Silver (2005-2007) Assistant Professor, Dept. Entomology, Kansas State University
Stefanie Konanz (Jan. 2007- Dec. 2007), Bayer CropScience AG
Eugenio Oliveira (2010-2012), Professor, Dept. Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa – UFV, Brazil
Zhaonong Hu (2009-2010), Assoc Professor, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Sebastien Hayoz (2010-2011), Research Associate, MSU
Frank Rinkevich (2012-2014), Research Scientist, USDA, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Shaoying Wu (2015-2017), Professor, Hainan University, Hainan, China
Yuzhe Du (2003-2016), Research Scientist, USDA, Stoneville, Mississippi; Consultant of our lab at Duke
Peng Xu (2012-2018), Research Associate, University of Nevada
Feng Liu (2016- 2018) Research Associate, Vanderbilt University
Qiang Wang (2016-2019) Associate Prof. Jiangsu University, China
Yoshiko Nomura (1999-2020) Research Specialist, at MSU
Hauhua Sun (2020-2022), Assistant Professor, Nankai University, China
Visiting Scholars
Zhaonong Hu (2008-2009) Associate Professor, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
Rong Gao (2009-2011), Associate Professor, Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing.
Dingxin Jiang (2010-2011), Associate Professor, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
Yongqiang Zhang (2011-2013), Associate Professor, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
Shaoying Wu (2014-2015) Professor, Hainan University, Hainan, China
Bo Feng (2018-2019), Associate Professor, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
Kaidi Zheng (2018-2019), Associate Professor, Wenzhou Medical Univ. Wenzhou, China
Yanjie Luo (April 2018- 2019), Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Yahui Luo (2018-2019), Dept. Plant Protection, School of Agriculture and Food Science, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Graduate Students at MSU
Elizabeth Remp (MS, 2006), Current status unknown
Rachel Olson (MS, 2007), Lecturer, University of Minnesota, Rochester
Tianqiang Zhang (Ph.D., 2009), Assistant Prof., Department of Immunobiology, Yale University
Lingxin Wang (Ph.D., 2011), Research Associate, Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Elizabeth Bandason (Ph.D., 2018), Assistant Prof., Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR), Malawi
Visiting Ph.D. Students (who conducted their Ph.D. research in the Dong lab)
Qing Zhu (2011-2012) from Dept. of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
Gul Satar (2008-2010) from Dept. Plant Protection, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Mengli Chen (2014- 2016) from Institute of Pesticide and Environmental Toxicology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Xiangrui (Ray) Tian (2015- 2017) from Dept. of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing, China
Huahua Sun (Feb. 2017- 2019) from Dept. of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing, China
Wilson Rodrigues Valbon (Nov. 2018- Aug. 2020) from Dept. of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa – UFV, Brazil
Felipe Andreazza (Sept. 2018- Aug. 2020) from Dept. of Entomology, Federal University of Viçosa – UFV, Brazil
Undergraduate students who conducted or assisted research
Hannah Green (2019- 2020)
Kadie Bernstein (2019-2020)
Madison Groner (2017- 2019)
Phil Duran from Northern New Mexico College, Summer research (the Bridge to Ph.D. in Neuroscience Program, funded through the NIH BP-ENDURE program)
Latifah Syeh from North Caroline Central University, 2018, Summer research (the Bridge to Ph.D. in Neuroscience Program, funded through the NIH BP-ENDURE program)
Gabrielle O’Connell (2016-2018)
Kaylee Witte (2016-2018)
Robin Peng (2018)
Simon Sanchez from St. Mary’s University 2017-2018, Summer research (the Bridge to Ph.D. in Neuroscience Program, funded through the NIH BP-ENDURE program) and came back to MSU for Fall 2018
Connor Grady (2015-2017)
Josh Tolinski (2011-2014)
Caitie Behnke (2013-2016), Lyman Briggs, Genomics and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Nur Hanis binti Mohamad Noor (2015-2016)
Alex Corrado (2014-2016)
Abbi Raehtz (2011-2012)
Kate Lang (2010-2011)
Roderick Davis (2010-2011)
Mike Chumbley (2005-2010)
Rebecca Aslakson (2008-2010)
Megan Sawchuk (2002-2005)
Irene Flick (2004)
Heath Larner (1998-2002)
