Bethel D. Tadesse  is an Engineering Assistant in the group. Bethel's research work is at the interface of plant biotechnology, microbiology, and quantitative imaging. Bethel recently completed the International Master’s in Agrobiomedical Sciences in Food and Health (GIP TRIAD) across the University of Tsukuba (Japan), National Taiwan University (Taiwan), and the University of Bordeaux (France). Her research experience includes plant virology, phytopathology/biocontrol, and PGPR screening, with practical strengths in Gateway cloning, PCR/qPCR, western blot, agroinfiltration, confocal/epifluorescence microscopy, and antagonism assays.