Students

Charles Colvin

Undergraduate Student
The role of flavonoid compounds on the modulation of plant-insect-microbe interactions

Charles Connolly

Food Science Graduate Student

Shane Connolly

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology Graduate Student

Crystal Crabb

Anthropology Graduate Student

Uma Crouch

Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology Graduate Student

Peter Demartino

Food Science Graduate Student

Nina Devine

Entomology Graduate Student
Multispecies interactions in cucurbit agroecosystems and the effects of host-plant specialization across trophic levels

Anuleka Dutta

Graduate Student
Developing plant-inspired actuated hybrid robots spanning from macro to nano scales

Kara Eckert

Agricultural and Environmental Plant Science Graduate Student
The effects of perennial forage crops on ecosystem services including the microbial communities associated with weed seeds in the seed bank.

Fernando Flores López

Plant Pathology & Environmental Microbiology Graduate Student
The ecological and evolutionary dynamics of plant pathogenic bacteria and their interactions with host plants

Ana Fonseca

Animal Science Graduate Student
Promoting poultry health and productivity through feed additives. Exploring poultry microbiome, resitome, metabolome and the immunity system.

Abigail Gancz

Anthropology Graduate Student

Ali Ghazvinian

Architecture Graduate Student
The conversion of bio-based materials to the architectural context, working at the intersection of computational design, Biodesign, and material tinkering.

Maria Alejandra Gil Polo

Graduate Student
Measuring long-term adaptation of rhizobia and non-rhizobia bacteria to different alfalfa varieties