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 Dhankher Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Kelly Allen PhD Graduate Student |
Li–Jun Ma Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Molecular plant-pathogen interactions |
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Ahmet Bakirbas PhD Graduate Student |
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology Department |
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Rachael Preston 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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Jedaidah Yombwe Chilufya PhD Graduate Student |
Dong Wang Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Molecular interactions between symbiotic legumes and rhizobia bacteria |
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Amber De Neve PhD Graduate Student |
Madelaine Bartlett Associate Professor, Biology |
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Tracy Debenport PhD Graduate Student |
1st Year Lab Rotation |
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Hailey Erb MS Graduate Student |
Kristen M DeAngelis Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology |
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Stavroula Fili PhD Graduate Student |
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology Department |
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Nishadi Gamage PhD Graduate Student |
Geunhwa Jung Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Antonia Gray PhD Graduate Student |
Michelle Facette Assistant Professor, Biology |
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Greg Gregory PhD Graduate Student |
Sam Hazen Gilgut Professor of Plant Biology |
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Gabriella Griffen PhD Graduate Student |
1st Year Lab Rotation |
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Hannah Hendrickson PhD Graduate Student |
Sibongile Mafu Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Miriam Hernandez Romero PhD Graduate Student |
Dong Wang Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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Leannah Hicks PhD Graduate Student |
Elsbeth Walker Professor, Biology Department |
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Bahman Khahaninamin PhD Graduate Student |
1st Year Lab Rotation |
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Xiang Li PhD Graduate Student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
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Le Liu PhD Graduate Student |
Michelle Facette Assistant Professor, Biology |
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Jefferson Lu PhD Graduate Student |
Michelle DaCosta Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Andrea Marroquin PhD Graduate Student |
Masoud Hashemi Extension Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Ian McCahill PhD Graduate Student |
Sam Hazen Gilgut Professor of Plant Biology |
Transcriptional regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in grasses |
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Erin Patterson PhD Graduate Student |
Madelaine Bartlett Associate Professor, Biology |
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Maryam Rashidzade PhD Graduate Student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
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Ayousha Shahi PhD Graduate Student |
Sibongile Mafu Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
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Rachel Tavares PhD Graduate Student |
Ana Caicedo Associate Professor, Biology |
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Katie Webster PhD Graduate Student |
Michelle DaCosta Associate Professor, Stockbridge School of Agriculture |
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Jing Yi PhD Graduate Student |
1st Year Lab Rotation |
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Houlin Yu PhD Graduate Student |
Li–Jun Ma Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
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Maura Zimmermann PhD Graduate Student |
Tobias Baskin Professor, Biology |
