Lab members

lab members e-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@unil.ch

Prof. Christian S. Hardtke

• Writes papers and research grants, teaches plant biology, suggests experiments • Full Professor at the University of Lausanne since 2010 • Visiting Professor at Kumamoto University from 2018 to 2022 • Director of the Plant Molecular Biology Department from 2009 to 2017 • Associate Professor at the University of Lausanne from 2004 to 2009 • Assistant Professor at McGill University from 2001 to 2005 • Human Frontier Science Program post-doctoral fellow at Yale University from 1998 to 2000 • Post-doctoral associate at the University of Toronto in 1998 • Ph.D. (Dr.rer. nat.) from the University of Munich in 1997 •

Dr. Noel Blanco-Tourinan

• Obtained his Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology from the Polytechnical University of Valencia • Works on receptor kinases in root development • Postdoc at the University of Lausanne since 2022 •

Dr. Kunkun “Kelly” Li

• Obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Plant Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Wuerzburg • Works on phloem-dependent systemic effects in  Arabidopsis thaliana root development • Postdoc at the University of Lausanne since 2022 •

Dr. Daria Novikova

• Obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics and Mathematical Biology from Novosibirsk State University and Wageningen University • Works on various regulators of  Arabidopsis thaliana root development • Postdoc at the University of Lausanne since 2021 •

Dr. Qian Wang

• Earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology • Works on the Cell Biology of polarity determinants in  Arabidopsis thaliana protophloem development • Postdoc at the University of Lausanne since 2021 •

Nicholay Diaz Ardila

• Biochemist • Obtained his M.Sc. from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México • Started his Ph.D. at the University of Lausanne in October 2020 • Studies the systemic effects of CLE45/26 peptide perception •

Hang Zhang

• Developmental Biologist • Obtained his M.Sc. from Wuhan University • Started his Ph.D. as CSC fellowship scholar at the University of Lausanne in March 2021 • Studies peptide receptor action in root development •

Lilia Uribe Ramirez

• Plant Biotechnologist • Obtained her M.Sc. from LANGEBIO, CINVESTAV • Started her Ph.D. at the University of Lausanne in September 2024 • Studies receptor kinase pathways •

Ruby Alderson

• Plant Biologist • Obtained her M.Sc. from the University of Bristol • Started her Ph.D. at the University of Lausanne in October 2024 • Studies extreme plants •

Amelia Amiguet

•Our long term Lab  Technician, at the University of Lausanne since 2008 •