Graduate students in the PB Program represent a diverse range of interests, linked by their passion for plants. The graduate students form a tight knit group that are part of a broader community of approximately 150 graduate students training in three other interdepartmental graduate programs at the University: Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB); Neuroscience and Behavior (NSB); and Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (OEB). PB graduate students also interact with the 19 postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists that are associated with PB faculty labs.
Students
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Ahmed Gameel Meselhy Ali PhD Graduate Student |
Om Parkash Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
First year PhD student |
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Elisha Allan–Perkins PhD candidate |
Geunhwa Jung Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Phytopathology, nematology, microbiology, ecosystem studies and extension |
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Kelly Allen MS graduate student |
Rob Wick Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Molecular plant-pathogen interactions |
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CJ Bascom PhD graduate student |
Magdalena Bezanilla Professor, Biology |
Ionic regulation of tip growth in P. patens |
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Rachael Bernstein PhD graduate student |
Michelle DaCosta Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Physiological and molecular responses of perennial grasses to abiotic stresses |
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Rebecca Brennan PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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David Chan Rodriguez PhD graduate student |
Elsbeth Walker Gilgut Professor, Biology (sabbatical fall 16) |
Molecular and cellular mechanism for iron uptake in grasses |
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Mingqin Chang PhD Graduate Student |
Magdalena Bezanilla Professor, Biology |
Actin regulators involved in moss tip growth |
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Xiaohang Cheng PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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Jedaidah Yombwe Chilufya PhD Student |
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Josh Coomey PhD graduate student |
Sam Hazen Associate Professor, Biology |
Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in grasses |
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Greg DeIulio PhD graduate student |
Li–Jun Ma Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Genomic basis for fungal host specificity and pathogenicity. |
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Julie Stultz Fine MS graduate student |
Masoud Hashemi Extension Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Cover crops and sustainable soil management |
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Ian Gillis PhD graduate student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
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Samantha Glaze–Corcoran PhD graduate student |
Masoud Hashemi Extension Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Sustainable Agriculture, Cover Crops, Soil and Nutrient Management, Crop Production |
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Robbie Green Fifth year MS student |
Geunhwa Jung Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Huiyuan Guo PhD graduate student |
Baoshan Xing Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Environmental fate and toxicity of metal nanoparticles |
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Miriam Hernandez Romero PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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Zhongyun Huang PhD graduate student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
Parallel evolution and population structure of weedy rice |
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Harry Klein PhD graduate student |
Madelaine Bartlett Assistant Professor, Biology |
Molecular Floral Evolution and Development in Zea mays |
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Rakesh Kumar PhD graduate student |
Elsbeth Walker Gilgut Professor, Biology (sabbatical fall 16) |
Molecular basis of long distance iron signalling in A. thaliana |
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Jefferson Lu PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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Jarrett Man PhD graduate student |
Madelaine Bartlett Assistant Professor, Biology |
Evolution of grass inflorescence architecture development genes during domestication |
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Ian McCahill PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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Sandra Romero Gamboa PhD graduate student |
Sam Hazen Associate Professor, Biology |
Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Brachypodium distachyon. |
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Ryan Shepard PhD graduate student |
Om Parkash Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Christina Stonoha PhD graduate student |
Dong Wang Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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Adam Trautwig PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |
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Kathryn Vescio PhD graduate student |
Li–Jun Ma Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Plant interactions with pathogenic and non-pathogenic fungi. |
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Caroline Wise MS graduate student |
Masoud Hashemi Extension Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
Management practices for the cultivation of local malting barley |
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Altynay Zhanayeva Fulbright MS graduate student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
Molecular evolution of genes involved in carotenoid pathway in wild tomatoes (Solanum spp.) |
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Thompson Zhang Fifth year MS student |
Madelaine Bartlett Assistant Professor, Biology |
First year MS student |
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Maura Zimmermann PhD Graduate Student |
First year PhD student |