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Graduate Student & Postdoc Research Grant Awards
Bri Heron
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
“TELing the story of meristem regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana”
Meher Ony
Entomology and Plant Pathology
“Metabolomics of the oak wilt disease complex: deciphering the silent battles of oak hosts against fungal pathogen Bretziella fagacearum”
Andrew Reed
Food Science
“A Novel Approach for Engineering Logic-Gates for Phytosensors.”
Ella Segal
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Characterizing mycorrhizal communities along a latitudinal gradient for 10 dominant tree species in the eastern United States.”
Sarah Love
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Utilizing the SI-MC comparative natural laboratory to identify plant-microbial interactions important to ecosystem-level resilience to climate change.”
Rounak Patra
Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science
“Unravelling Microbial Mechanisms in Agricultural Subsoil Organic Carbon Storage”
Holly Brabazon
Entomology and Plant Pathology Department
“Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of a unique Theobroma cacao population”
Tracy Hawk
Department of Plant Sciences
“A Potential New Regulator of Programmed Cell Death in the Soybean Cyst Nematode Induced-Syncytium”
Advisor- Tarek Hewezi
Olena Korotych
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
“Supramolecular membrane protein complexes isolated from thylakoid membranes with surface-active styrene-maleic acid copolymers”
Advisor- Barry Bruce
Amie Sankoh
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
“Elucidating the importance of cell-to-cell trafficking in nodule development and nitrogen fixation”
Advisor- Tessa Burch-Smith
Ansul Lokdarshi
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
“Biochemical role of Arabidopsis eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha (eIF2a) phosphorylation in Pseudomonas syringae infection”
Advisor- Albrecht bon Arnim
Daniel DeGennaro
Department of Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology
“A ligand receptor pair organizes auxin to control plant shape”
Advisor- Elena Shpak
Katherine Moccia
Department of Microbiology
“Identifying the Dynamic Genetic Mechanisms Involved in Pantoea sp. R4 Colonization of Medicago truncatula Over Time”
Advisor- Sarah Lebeis
Morgan Roche
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
“Effect of allelopathic plant invader on ecological networks”
Advisor – Susan Kalisz
Bridget O’Banion
Department of Microbiology
“Assessing the role of chemotaxis and spatial organization in root-microbiome assembly”
Advisor – Sarah Lebeis
Scott Carlew
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
“SEM Analysis of root colonization of Azospirillum brasilense with altered ethylene perception”
Advisor – Brad Binder
Brandon C. Reagan
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
“Tobacco mosaic virus and the de novo formation of secondary plasmodesmata”
Advisor – Tessa Burch-Smith
Tessa Burch-Smith & Tarek Hewezi
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department of Plant Sciences
“Investigating the effects of altered intracellular trafficking on pathogen susceptibility”
Andreas Nebenfuehr & Joe Williams
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology”
Myosins and the Evolution of Pollen Tube Growth”
Nikki Labbe, Neal Stewart, Georges Guiochon, & Abhijit Tarafder
Center for Renewable Carbon
Department of Plant SciencesDepartment of Chemistry
“Fractioation of Transgenic Switchgrass for biofuels & bioproducts production”
Travel Fellowship Awards
Viann Yomani
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Botany
Tucson, AZ
Advisor – Dr. Joe Williams
Alexandra Teodor
Department of Genome Science and Technology
70th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Elecreochemistry (Advantages in Bioelectrochemistry Symposium)
Durban, South Africa
Advisor – Dr. Berry Bruce
Rachel Swenie
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Mycological Society of America Annual Meeting
Minneapolis, MN
Advisor – Dr. Brandon Matheny
Mst Shamira Sultana
Department of Plant Sciences
The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB)
Tampa, FL
Advisor – Dr. Neal Stewart
Margaret Spangler
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2019
San Jose, CA
Advisor – Dr. Dan Roberts
Brandon Reagan
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Vascular Biology
Asilomar, CA
Advisor – Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith
Marcia Quinby
Department of Plant Sciences
ASA – Agronomy Annual Meeting
San Antonio, TX
Advisor – Renata Nave Oakes
Swati Mishra
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
SIP Annual Conference 2019
Valencia, Spain
Advisor – Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Frentes
Chelsea Miller
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Joine meeting of the Ecological Society of America and United States for Ecological Economics
Louisville, KY
Advisor – Dr. Charles Kwit
Jessica Fernandez
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2019
San Jose, CA
Advisor – Dr. Tessa Burch-Smith
Anwesha Dasgupta
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2019
San Jose, CA
Advisor – Dr. Albrecht Burch-Smith
Nourolah Soltani
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
APS – Plant Health 2019
Cleveland, OH
Advisor – Dr. Kimberly Gwinn
Zachary Beamer
Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology
ASPB Plant Biology 2019
San Jose, CA
Advisor – Dr. Dan Roberts
Amanda Benoit
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecological Society of America
Louisville, KY
Advisor – Susan Kalisz
Kathrerine Moccia
Department of Microbiology
IS-MPMI
Glasgow, Scotland
Advisor – Dr. Sarah Lebeis
Craig Conner
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2018
Advisor – Daniel Roberts
Jessica Fernandez
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Advisor – Tessa Burch-Smith
Sterling Field
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2018
Advisor – Daniel Roberts
Fang Liu
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
21st Penn State Biology Symposium
Advisor – Meg Staton
Chelsea Miller
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecological Society of America
Advisor – Charles Kwitt
Celeste Rodriguez
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology 2018
Advisor – Brad Binder
Nourolah Soltani
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
International Congress of Plant Pathology 2018
Advisor – Kimberly Gwinn
Rachel Swenie
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
International Mycological Conference
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Jiali Yu
Department of Genome Science and Technology
9th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference
Advisor – Meg Staton
Cidney Allen
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Sensory Transduction in Microorganisms Gordon Research Conference
Advisor – Brad Binder
Ming Chen
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Galaxy Community Conference & Bioinformatics Open Source Conference
Advisor – Meg Staton
Jyotirmoy Mondal
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
The 27th Annual Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Rena Abdurehma
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gordon Research Conference
Advisor – Brad Binder
Cidney Allen
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology Conference
Advisor – Brad Binder
Arkadipta Bakshi
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology Conference
Advisor – Brad Binder
Nate Brady
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
26th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Ramya Enganti
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology Conference
Advisor – Albrecht von Arnim
Jessica Fernandez
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Southern Section ASPB
Advisor – Tessa Burch-Smith
Sterling Field
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology Conference
Advisor – Daniel Roberts
Emma Harrower
Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Fungal Network of NZ, 31st Foray and Colloquium
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Chelsea Johnson
Department of Plant Sciences
CROPS 2017
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Hailee Korotkin
Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Fungal Network of NZ, 31st Foray and Colloquium
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Pawel Kosentka
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Advisor – Elena Shpak
Kane Lawhorn
Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Association of Southeastern Biologists
Advisor – Charlie Kwit
Brian Looney
Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Fungal Network of NZ, 31st Foray and Colloquium
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Chelsea Miller
Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Association of Southeastern Biologists
Advisor – Charlie Kwit
Jyotirmoy Mondal
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
26th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Hannah Mullally
Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
Association of Southeastern Biologists
Advisor – Charlie Kwit
Jonathan Nguyen
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
26th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Thomas Payne
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Advisor – Andreas Nebenfuhr
Brandon Reagan
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Southeastern Section ASPB
Advisor – Tessa Burch-Smith
Tammy Stackhouse
Department of Plant Sciences
Society for In Vitro Biology
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Shamira Sultana
Department of Plant Sciences
Society for In Vitro Biology
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Rachel Swenie
Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Fungal Network of NZ, 31st Foray and Colloquium
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Alexandra Teodor
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Plant Biology Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Anna Vick
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Advanced Imaging Workshop for Pollen and Tip-Growth Biology
Advisor – Andreas Nebenfuhr
Liang Zhang
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
Advisor – Elena Shpak
Arkadipta Bakshi
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
American Society for Plant Biologist Annual Meeting
Advisor – Brad Binder
Jason Burris
Department of Plant Sciences
Sociey for In Vitro Biology Annual Meeting
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Ming Chen
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Galaxy Community Conference 2016
Advisor – Meg Staton
Ramya Enganti
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
American Society for Plant Biologist Annual Meeting
Advisor – Albrecht von Arnim
Valerie Garcia-Negron
Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries
2016 The World Conference on Carbon at State College, Pennsylvania, USAAdvisor – David Harper
Chelsea Johnson
Department of Plant Sciences
American Society for Plant Biologist Annual Meeting
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Pawel Kosentka
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Frontiers & Techniques in Plant Science
Advisor – Elena Shpak
Randy Lacey
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
International Plant Growth Substances Association Meeting
Advisor – Brad Binder
Reggie Millwood
Department of Plant Sciences
American Society for Plant Biologist Annual Meeting
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Sarbo Piya
Department of Plant Sciences
American Phytopathological Society annual meeting
Advisor – Tarek Hewezi
Jennifer Ryan
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gordon Research Conference
Advisor – Andreas Nebenfuehr
Jason Burris
Department of Plant Sciences
ARPA-E Innovation Summit
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Ming Chen
Department of Plant and Animal
Genome XXII
Advisor – Meg Staton
Kristen Holbrook
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Randy Lacey
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
Gordon Research Seminar
Advisor – Brad Binder
Meng Li
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Gabriela Little
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Yue Ma
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Jyotirmoy Mondal
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Khoa Nguyen
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Erika Sanders
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
25th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Jeneen Abrams
Department of Plant Sciences
ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meetings
Advisor – Vince Pantalone
Jason Burris
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant and Animal Genome Conference
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Gracie Collins
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant and Animal Genome Conference
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Joshua Grant
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant and Animal Genome Conference
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Qidoong Jia
Department of Plant Sciences
Plant and Animal Genome Conference
Advisor – Feng Chen
Doug Kaylor
Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries
American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting
Advisor – Jennifer Franklin
Gabriela Little
Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
24th Western Photosynthesis Conference
Advisor – Barry Bruce
Gaia Pigna
Department of Plant Sciences
RNA Silencing in Plants (G1) Keystone Resort
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Carolina Rempe
Department of Plant Sciences
SERMACS
Advisor – Neal Stewart
Marisol Sanchez-Garcia
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
VIII Latin American Congress of Mycology
Advisor – Brandon Matheny
Chris Smallwood
Department of Plant Sciences
ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meetings
Advisor – Vince Pantalone