Students
Kyra LoPiccolo
Graduate Student
Population and conservation genomics of Fraxinus species
Yuxin Luo
Graduate Student
Selection of natural environmental variations on the genetic and phenotypic traits of Arabidopsis thaliana
Francisco Menendez Burns
Graduate Student
Metallo-biology of the chocolate tree, Theobroma cacao L.
Ya Chi Nien
Graduate Student
Interfere small RNA biogenesis machinery by utilizing host-induced gene silencing system in Cuscuta campestris
Sarah Pfaff
Graduate Student
Investigating nascent cell wall regeneration in protoplasts
Rishi Ravichandran
Graduate Student
Molecular mechanisms underlying iron-zinc interaction and biofortification
Elizabeth Schousek
Graduate Student
The impact of origin on beneficial health properties of cocoa
Matthew Sheltra
Graduate Student
Breeding and population genetics of turfgrass Agrostis stolonifera, and mechanism of fungus-induced hermaphroditism in Bouteloua dactyloides
Ran Tao
Graduate Student
Cell wall biosynthesis, and mechanism of endocytosis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Anthony Taylor
Graduate Student
Theoretical, functional, and evolutionary studies of defective viral genomes as regulatory elements in plants and insects.
Courtney Tharp
Graduate Student
Investigating the role of root anatomical phenes in plant selection of the root-associated microbiome
