Students
Evelyn Kulesza
Graduate Student
Genetic and environmental effects on cocoa butter diversity
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
Yuxing Niu
Graduate Student
Lipid metabolism and its role in abiotic stress responses: Insights from Arabidopsis and Maize
Benedikt Nuesslein
Graduate Student
Investigating genetic changes associated with the evolution of carnivorous plants
Madhusha Ranaweera
Graduate Student
Investigating hemp bioactive metabolites and synergistic potential on aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-mediated pathways.
Rishi Ravichandran
Graduate Student
Molecular mechanisms underlying iron-zinc interaction and biofortification
Sanchita Saha
Graduate Student
Investigating the effects of non-thermal plasma and plasma activated water on seed germination and microgreens yield and nutritional profile
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
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
