Current lab members
Graduate students
JL (Jordan) Hartman
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Horticulture and Crop Science
Years in the lab: 2019 - present
Education:
- B.S. Biology, Wingate University (Wingate, NC)
- M.S., Horticultural Science, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Research focus: Metabolic and sensory implications of creating high steroidal alkaloid tomatoes
Hometown: Salisbury, NC, USA
Contact: hartman dot 635 at osu dot edu
Maria Sholola
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Food Science and Technology
Years in the lab: 2020 - present
Education:
- B.S. Chemistry, Loyola University (Chicago, IL)
Research focus: Understanding absorption, metabolism, and bioactivity of tomato and soy phytochemicals
Non-work interests: dancing (urban, Afrobeats, and more recently ballet), running and biking scenic routes (hasn’t found one that tops Chicago’s lakefront trail yet), and traveling
Hometown: Chicago, IL, USA
Contact: sholola dot 1 at osu dot edu
Daniel Quiroz Moreno
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Horticulture and Crop Science
Years in the lab: 2021 - present
Education:
- B.S. Biotechnology, Ikiam University (Tena, Ecuador)
Research focus: Multi-omic integration for crop nutritional improvement, with a focus on developing informatic tools
Non-work interests: photography, mountain biking
Hometown: Riobamba, Ecuador
Contact: quirozmoreno dot 1 at osu dot edu
Personal website: https://danielquiroz97.gitlab.io
Daniel Do
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Food Science and Technology
Years in the lab: 2021 - present
Education:
- B.S. Chemistry & Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stockton University (Stockton, NJ)
Research focus: Elucidating the in vivo relevance of tomato steroidal alkaloids: an understanding of their absorption, metabolism, accumulation, and bioefficacy
Non-work interests: running, cooking, climbing, roller skating
Hometown: Galloway, NJ, USA
Contact: do dot 226 at osu dot edu
Aaron Wiedemer
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Food Science and Technology
Years in the lab: 2022 - present
Education:
- B.S. Food Science (minor in Jazz Performance), Penn State University (University Park, PA)
Research focus: Modifying and analyzing health beneficial compounds from crops
Non-work interests:
Hometown: Chatham, NJ, USA
Contact: wiedemer dot 7 at osu dot edu
Lydia Balogh
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Horticulture and Crop Science
Years in the lab: 2022 - present
Education:
- B.S. Biology, minor in English Language and Literature, University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario, Canada)
Research focus: Apple improvement using genomics, metabolomics, and sensory science
Non-work interests:
Hometown: London, Ontario, Canada
Contact: balogh dot 67 at osu dot edu
Visiting scientists
Victoria Hermes de Vargas
Degree: Ph.D.
Program: Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Years in the lab: 2024 - present
Education:
- B.S. Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
Research focus: Understanding chemical changes resulting from application of novel processing technologies using metabolomics
Non-work interests: reading, watching tv shows, listening to music, biking, and exploring nature.
Hometown: Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná, Brazil
Contact: hermesdevargas dot 1 at osu dot edu
Undergraduate students
Bryce Reiter
Degree: B.S.
Program: Chemistry
Years in the lab: 2024 - present
Non-work interests: hiking, reading, and cooking
Hometown: Republic, OH, USA
Contact: reiter dot 121 at osu dot edu
Lab pets
Nacho Cooperstone
Degree: Working on basic obedience
Years in the lab: 2018 - present
Interests: snoring during Zooms, rolling around in the dirt after a bath, high fat dairy, splooting, taking walks as long as its not too hot
Hometown: Columbus, OH, USA