Data received May 2025 • FT/PT status not provided.

Full-time employees

43

Median pay

$50,392

Average pay

$84,479

Plant Biology

Employees by pay range

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Employees

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Name

Position Gross pay Date hired
Abrahams, Richard Samuel Postdoc Res Assoc $24,216 July 30, 2024
Ainsworth, Elizabeth Prof $38,496 Oct. 16, 2024
Blaszynski, Meghan Marie Grad Res Assistant $32,437 Aug. 20, 2019
Burgess, Steven James Assistant Prof $89,395 March 16, 2018
Chen, Liqing Assoc Prof $117,408 Nov. 1, 2015
Crawford, Joseph D. Postdoc Res Assoc $50,392 May 1, 2022
Dalling, James W. Prof $161,488 Aug. 23, 2000
De Silva, Kithmee Kaveenga Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Jan. 16, 2022
Downie, Stephen R. Prof $229,977 Jan. 6, 1992
Eddy, William C. Vst Res Sci $58,259 May 1, 2025
Fischer, James Postdoc Res Assoc $51,073 June 16, 2020
Guo, Lijia Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Sept. 16, 2023
Heath, Katy Denise Prof $151,578 Dec. 1, 2009
Jung, Hyun Jin Res Techn $45,829 June 30, 2023
Katz-Downie, Deborah S. Sr Res Spec $24,624 Aug. 17, 2022
Kwafo, Terence Seldon Kwame Grad Res Assistant $31,704 June 16, 2020
Lara, Mark Jason Assistant Prof $124,542 Aug. 19, 2016
Lash, Heather E. Assistant Dir Greenhouses $62,627 July 1, 2006
Leakey, Andrew Prof $323,583 July 8, 2002
Lindsey, Ellen S. Office Administrator $59,107 June 1, 1998
Long, Stephen P. Prof $370,803 April 16, 2025
Marks, Rose Anna Assistant Prof $29,667 Aug. 16, 2024
Marshall-Colon, Amy Assoc Prof $141,204 Aug. 16, 2014
Martin, Duncan Gregory Grad Res Assistant $33,546 June 17, 2019
McGrath, Jesse A. Soyface Res Coord $74,277 June 16, 2017
O'Dwyer, James Patrick Assoc Prof $139,916 Aug. 16, 2013
Oldstone-Jackson, Caroline Anne Postdoc Res Assoc $56,138 Nov. 1, 2023
Ooi, Sean Khan Grad Res Assistant $31,485 Aug. 16, 2019
Ort, Donald Richard Prof $314,779 Jan. 1, 2018
Pagaldevatti, Sumashini Sundararajan Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Aug. 16, 2021
Punyasena, Surangi W. Assoc Prof $107,616 Oct. 16, 2008
Rana, Harsimran Kaur Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Aug. 16, 2023
Rangarajan, Harini Postdoc Res Assoc $52,817 Dec. 30, 2023
Riaz, Muhammad Rizwan Postdoc Res Assoc $23,731 Jan. 19, 2021
Sani, Daniel Eneji Grad Res Assistant $32,004 Aug. 16, 2022
Singh, Dilkaran Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Sept. 4, 2019
Sparrow Munoz, Ignacio Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Aug. 16, 2022
Tan, Grace Darby Grad Res Assistant $31,405 Aug. 16, 2020
Tran, Alexandria Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Aug. 17, 2020
Verma, Bhagyashree Postdoc Res Assoc $49,309 Jan. 4, 2024
Wang, Yuchen Grad Res Assistant $31,404 Aug. 16, 2023
Yang, Wendy Prof $164,153 Aug. 16, 2013
Zhu, Yan Postdoc Res Assoc $51,766 Oct. 18, 2022

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