Graduate Student Email: tbw85611@uga.edu Lab: Dundas Lab | Miller Plant Sciences Research Research Areas: Molecular Genetics Research Interests: My research interests involve iron solubilization and mobilization in the rhizosphere. My dissertation research employs synthetic biology techniques and molecular genetics concepts to optimize genetic circuitry involving iron homeostasis genes in plants and their bacterial symbionts. Grants: 2026 AAAS CASE Recipient Selected Publications Selected Publications: Welsh, Taden B., and Christopher M. Dundas. 2025. “Genetically Reprogramming Crops and Rhizobacteria for Nutritional Iron Biofortification.” ACS Synthetic Biology 14 (12): 4615–23. Education Education: Admission to the University of Georgia Graduate School through the Integrated Life Sciences (ILS) Program, Fall 2024 B.S. Biology, Gettysburg College, 2021
