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Current Students
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| Karen Ambrose | Ph.D., Plant Biology Molecular Biology | Advisor: Faith Belanger | ||
| 732.932.9375 x305 | 304B Foran | |||
| kambrose@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Deep transcriptome analysis to aid in the understanding of Festuca rubra (fine fescue) - Epichloe festucae endophyte symbiosis. |
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| Research Interests: Plant genetics, Molecular evolution; Bioinformatics; Comparative genomics |
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| Jessica Baculis | M.S. , Horticulture & Plant Technology | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x248 | 273 Foran | |||
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Tentative Thesis Title: The effects of various compost materials and seed treatments on the germination and production of switchgrass |
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| Research Interests: Plant Breeding, Bioenergy, and Plant Pathology |
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| Debaleena Basu | Ph.D. | Advisor: Nilgun Tumer | ||
| 732.932.8165 x213 | 208 Foran | |||
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| Gregory Behringer | Ph.D. | Advisor: Donald Kobayashi |
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| 732.932.9711 | Room 337 | |||
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| Lisa Beirn | Ph.D., Plant Pathology | Advisor: Bruce Clarke | ||
| 732.932.9711 x335 | 373, Foran | |||
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| Research Interests: Turfgrass Pathology, Disease Diagnostics, Fungal Taxonomy, Fungal Populations |
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| Patrick Burgess | Ph.D., Plant Biology | Advisor: Bingru Huang | ||
| 732.932.9711 x301 | 301A Foran | |||
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| Research Interests: Plant Physiology; Turfgrass Stress Physiology; |
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| John Capik | M.S. | Advisor: Thomas Molnar | ||
| 732.932.9711 x117 | 164 Foran | |||
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| Liang Cheng | PHD, Track | Advisor: Ning Zhang | ||
| 732.932.9711 X335 | 373 Foran Hall | |||
| liang.cheng@Rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: |
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| Philomena Chu | M.S. | Advisor: Eric Lam | ||
| 732.932.9711 x127 | 178 Foran | |||
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| Research Interests: Renewable Sustainable Biofuels | ||||
| Cody Cobb | Ph.D. | Advisor: Pal Maliga | ||
| 2008 Waksman Institute Busch Campus | ||||
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| Laura Cortese | Ph.D. | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x248 | 273 Foran | |||
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| James Cross | M.S. | Advisor: William Meyer | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
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| Debora Esposito | Ph.D., Molecular & Celluar Biology, Genomics | Advisor: Ilya Raskin | ||
| 732.932.8165 X111 | 128 Foran | |||
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Tentative Thesis Title: Phytosteriods and Human Health |
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| Victoria Ferguson | PHD, Track | Advisor: Lena Struwe | ||
| 732-932-9711 X248 | 278, Foran Hall | |||
| biogeekette@gmai.com | |
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| Research Interests: Social and basic scientific impacts of mini-agriculture using biointensive method: Scoially, in support of food justice and incombat against the obesity epidemic resulting from socioeconomic challenges in "food deserts"; in basic science examining changes in production loads as impacted by changes in soil, sustainability, and plant pathology. |
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| Alexandra Fowler | M.S. | Advisor: Jean Hartman | ||
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| Brittany Graff | Ph.D., Plant Biology, Organismal | Advisor: Ilya Raskin | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
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Tentative Thesis Title: Anti-hypertensive Therapeutics from Functional Foods |
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| Research Interests: Botanical Medicine for Metabolic Disease and International Outreach |
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| Rocky Graziose | Ph.D. | Advisor: Ilya Raskin | ||
| 732.932.9711 x225 | 228 Foran | |||
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| Csanad Gurdon | Ph.D. | Advisor: Pal Maliga | ||
| 732.445.5198 | 2008 Waksman Institute Busch Campus | |||
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| James Hempfling | M.S., Plant Biology | |||
| 732.932.9375 x347 | 178 Foran | |||
| jameshempfling@gmail.com | Tentative Thesis Title: Influences of Management Practices on Anthracnose of Annual Bluegrass Putting Greens |
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| Research Interests: To examine how cultural management practices such as sand topdressing, aeration and vertical cutting affect anthracnose severity on annual bluegrass putting greens. |
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| Kathryn Homa | M.S. | |||
| 732.932.9575 x4604 | ||||
| homa@aesop.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Joshua Honig | Ph.D. | Advisor: William Meyer | ||
| 732.932.9711 x253 | 281 Foran | |||
| jahonig@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Richard Hung | M.S. | Advisor: Joan Bennett | ||
| 732.932.9711 x291 | 297 Foran | |||
| ricohung@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Ivelisse Irizarry | M.S., Plant Biology and Pathology | Advisor: James White | ||
| 732.932.9711 x248 | 273 Foran | |||
| iveliz@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Fungal Endophyle Biodiversity, Fungal Endophytes, and Stress Tolerance in Plants |
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| April Whitney Jackson | Ph.D. | |||
| 732.932.0050 | 14 College Farm Road | |||
| wjackson@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Urban Forestry |
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| David Jesperson | M.S. | Advisor: Bingru Huang | ||
| 732.932.9375 x300 | 301 Foran | |||
| djesper@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Eric Koch | Ph.D. | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| erickoch@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Mathew Koch | Ph.D., Horticulture and Plant Technology | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| mkoch@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Breeding Cool-Season Turfgrasses for Increased Salinity Tolerance |
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| Research Interests: Plant Breeding, Turfgrass, Salinity |
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| Clayton Leadbetter | Ph.D., Horticulture | Advisor: Thomas Molnar | ||
| 732.932.9711 x116 | 163 Foran | |||
| cleadbet@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Tree and Ornamental Plant Breeding |
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| Chongyuan Luo | Ph.D. | Advisor: Eric Lam | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| luo@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Emily Merewitz | Ph.D. | Advisor: Bingru Huang | ||
| 732.932.9375 x301 | 301 Foran | |||
| ebm@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Mihai Miclaus | Ph.D. | Advisor: Joachim Messing | ||
| 732.445.3801 | 3005 Waksman Institute Busch Campus | |||
| mihai@waksman.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Stephen Miller | Ph.D., Plant Pathology | Advisor: Ning Zhang | ||
| 732.932.9711 x248 | 273 Foran | |||
| smiller8@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Shannon Morath | Ph.D., Plant Pathology | Advisor: Joan Bennett | ||
| 732.932.9375 x358 | 387 Foran | |||
| smorath@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Pathogenic Fungi | ||||
| John Munafo | Ph.D. | Advisor: Thomas Gianfagna | ||
| jmunafo@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Ari Novy | Ph.D., Organismal | Advisor: Jean Hartman | ||
| 732.932.9711 x248 | 273 Foran | |||
| arinovy@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Population genetics and evolutionary processes in the invasive grass Microstegium vimineum |
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| Research Interests: population genetics, plant genetic resources, science and agriculture policy, horticulture, restoration ecology, Spartina alterniflora, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Helonias bullata, Microstegium vimineum |
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| Mary Provance-Bowley | Ph.D. | Advisor: Joseph Heckman | ||
| 732.932.9711 x116 | 163 Foran | |||
| maryprov@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| David Pu | M.S. | Advisor: Bingru Huang | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| dpu@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
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| Nimmi Rajmohan | Ph.D. | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x250 | 278 Foran | |||
| nimmiraj@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Patricio Rojas | Ph.D, Organismal & Population Biology | Advisor: Ilya Raskin | ||
| 732.932.9711 x228 | 228 Foran | |||
| patricio@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Natural products from plants against Leishmaniasis. |
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| Research Interests: Natural Products, Medicinal Plants, Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine, and Human Infectious Diseases. |
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| Hemi Chand Sangani | M.S. | Advisors: James White Carl Prey |
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| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| hemisedu@gmail.com | ||||
| Research Interests: To study the role of Bt Corn on reducing the amount of Fumonisin produced and its economic and health benefits to the small farmers of South Africa. |
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| Priti Saxena | Ph.D., Horticulture and Plant Technology | Advisor: William Meyer | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| psaxena@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Lisa Schlitt | Ph.D., Plant Pathology | Advisor: Thomas Gianfagna | ||
| 732.932.9711 x358 | 279 Foran | |||
| lschlitt@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Disease resistance in endophyte-infected turfgrasses |
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| Charles Schmid | Ph.D | Advisor: Bruce Clarke | ||
| 732.932.9375 x248 | 373 Foran | |||
| cschmid@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Sergio Sosa | Ph.D., Plant Biology | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | ||
| 732.932.9711 x125 | 173 Foran | |||
| ssosa@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: Plant Physiology and Plant Breeding |
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| Gregory Thyssen | Ph.D. | Advisor: Pal Maliga | ||
| 732.445.3198 | 207 Foran | |||
| gthyssen@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Martin Calvino Torterolo | Ph.D. | Advisor: Joachim Messing | ||
| 732.445.3801 | ||||
| mcalvino@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
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| Katelyn Venner | M.S., Horticulture & Plant Technology | Advisor: Stephen Hart | ||
| 732.932.9711 x116 | 163 Foran | |||
| katevenn@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Use of Mesotrione at Establishment of Kentucky Bluegrass to Control Annual Bluegrass |
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| Donald Walker | Ph.D., Plant Biology & Pathology | Advisor: James White | ||
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| dowalker@eden.rutgers.edu |
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| Research Interests: Systematics and Biogeography of Gnomoniaceous (Diaporthales) fungi |
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| Wenquin Wang | Ph.D., Molecular & Cellular Biology/Genomics | Advisor: Joachim Messing | ||
| 732.445.3067 | 1012 Waksman Institute Busch Campus | |||
| wenquin@eden.rutgers.edu | Tentative Thesis Title: Duckweeds as an aquatic model system |
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| Yifie Wang | Ph.D. | Advisor: Rotation | ||
| 732.932.9375 x347 | 373 Foran | |||
| yifei@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
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| Qing Yan | Ph.D. | Advisor: Nilgun Tumor | ||
| 732.932.9711 x250 | 278 Foran | |||
| quinyan@eden.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Anna Zdepski | Ph.D., Molecular Biology | Advisor: Joachim Messing | ||
| 732.932.9375 x348 | 375 Foran | |||
| zdepski@waksman.rutgers.edu | ||||
| Research Interests: NextGen sequencing, SOLiD, Mapping Populations in Diploid Strawberry |
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Recent Alumni
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| Jonathan M. Bokmeyer | Ph.D. | Advisor: William Meyer | |
| October 2009 | Thesis Title: Inheritance Characteristics of Brown Patch Resistance in Tall Fescue |
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| Alison L. Burnett | MS | Advisor: Norman Lalancette | |
| May 2009 | Thesis Title: The effect of QoI fungicides on monocyclic components of peach brown rot epidemics caused by Monilinia fructicola |
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| Plant Pathologist | FMC Agricultural Products Group | ||
| Carmen Y. Callazo | MS | Advisor: Michael Lawton | |
| May 2010 | Thesis Title: Mechanisms of Plant Cell Wall Resistance to Fungal Pathogens Arabidopsis thaliana |
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| Working on his doctorate in Plant Medicine | University of Florida | ||
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| Sasha W. Eiseman | Ph.D. | Advisor: Lena Struwe | |
| May 2010 | |||
| Assistant Professor of Horticulture | Temple University | ||
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| Priscilla M. Hocken-Brown | M.S. | Advisor: Donald Kobayashi | |
October 2009 |
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| Laboratory Operations Coordinator | Rutgers University | ||
| Jun Huang | Ph.D. | Advisor: Hugo Dooner | |
May 2009 |
Transposons, natural chromosomal engineers: Characterization of Ac/Ds-induced genomic rearrangements and transposon tagged duplicate genes in maize. |
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| Post-Doc | Rutgers University | ||
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| Ji-Yeon Lee | Ph.D. | Advisor: Thomas Leustek | |
| October 2009 | Thesis Title: ANALYSIS OF THE ENZYMOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF PROLYL-TRNA SYNTHETASES IN PLANTS FOCUSING ON THE MIS-ACTIVATION OF THE PROLINE ANALOG AZETIDINE-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID |
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| Luis C. Mejia Franco | Ph.D. | Advisor: James White | |
| October 2009 | Thesis Title: SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF BARK-INHABITING SPECIES OF THE GNOMONIACEAE WITH EMPHASIS ON THE GENERA CRYPTOSPORELLA AND PLAGIOSTOMA (DIAPORTHALES, ASCOMYCOTA) |
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| Post-Doc | Penn State | ||
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| Joseph A. Roberts | M.S. | Advisors: Bruce Clarke James Murphy |
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| October 2009 | Thesis Title: Impact of Cultural Management on Anthracnose Severity of Annual Bluegrass Putting Green Turf |
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| Working on his docorate in Plant Pathology | North Carolina State University | ||
| Robert R. Shortell | Ph.D. | Advisor: Stacy Bonos | |
| October 2009 | Thesis Title: GENETIC DIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS GENOTYPES IN MORPHOLOGICAL, AGRONOMIC, AND ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Assistant Professor of Sustainable Landscape Horticulture | California Polytechnic State University | ||
| Timothy A. Sibicky | M.S. | Advisor: Bingru Huang | |
| January 2009 | |||
| Assistant Superintendent | New York Golf Course | ||
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| Yan Xu | Ph.D. | Advisor: Bingru Huang | |
| May 2010 | Thesis Title: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Factors Associated with Heat Tolerance in Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.) |
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| Assistant Professor of Biology | Ramapo College | ||
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