Graduate Students in the Field of Plant Biology
Many graduate students in the Field of Plant Biology are advised by faculty members whose main affiliation is also with the Department of Plant Biology; they are housed in the Plant Science Building or in Emerson Hall. Others choose an advisor whose main affiliation is with a different department, and can therefore be housed in any of the other buildings on campus or as far as laboratories at the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG).
Graduate students in the Field of Plant Biology
| Name | Contact | Dept | Lab | Thesis topic |
| Ampofo, Betsy | 228 Plant Science N/A | N/A | on rotation | on rotation |
| Bode, Robert | 445 Corson Hall 254-4219 | Ecol & Evol Biol | Kessler | secondary metabolite induction in wild tomato species |
| Boggs, Nathan | 263 Emerson Hall 255-8404 | Plant Biology | Nasrallah | self recognition and sexual incompatibility in crucifers |
| Bozza, Christopher | 403 Bradfield Hall 255-0260 | Plant Breeding | Pawlowski | dsyCS & segII: maize mutants of homologous pairing |
| Brown, Patrick | 160 Biotech Bldg 254-4849 | Plant Breeding | Kresovich | genetic control of plant architecture in sorghum and maize |
| Buda, Greg | 228 Plant Science N/A | N/A | on rotation | on rotation |
| Burke, Janelle | 243 Plant Science 254-1656 | Plant Biology | Luckow | systematics of Antigonon, invasive species |
| Coate, Jeremy | 248 Plant Science 255-1953 | Plant Biology | Doyle | evolution of photosynthesis in response to polyploidy |
| Coe, Kirsten | E409 Corson Hall 254-4209 | Ecol & Evol Biol | Sparks | physiological ecology of bryophytes in a changing climate |
| Cohen, James | 202 Plant Science 255-8916 | Plant Biology | Davis | systematics of Lithospermum L. and the evolution of heterostyly |
| Covshoff, Sarah | 121 Boyce T. Inst 254-6747 | BTI | Brutnell | C4 photosynthetic cell development in maize |
| Davidson, Sarah | 262 Plant Science (815)608-3855 | Plant Biology | Turgeon | social perceptions & economic realities of modified papaya |
| Douglas, Ryan | 142 Emerson Hall 254-1160 | Plant Biology | Scanlon | function of RGD2 in maize leaf development |
| Germain, Arnaud | 228 Plant Science N/A | N/A | on rotation | on rotation |
| Gillman, Jason | 321 Biotech Bldg 254-4832 | Mol Biol Genet | Hanson | fertility gene in cytoplasmic male sterile lines of Petunia |
| Gordon, Jeffrey | NYBG N/A | NYBG | Jahn/Litt | N/A |
| Hammond, Sean | 208 Plant Science 255-8727 | Plant Biology | Niklas | N/A |
| Huang, Tengfang | 402 Boyce T. Inst 254-1258 | BTI | Jander | metabolism and mode of action of m-tyrosine in Arabidopsis |
| Ilut, Daniel | 248 Plant Science 255-1953 | Plant Biology | Doyle | N/A |
| Li, Yongqing | 144 Emerson Hall 254-1541 | Plant Biology | Hua | BON1/BAP1 in cell death and defense response in Arabidopsis |
| Lundquist, Peter | 345 Emerson Hall 254-1214 | Plant Biology | vanWijk | plastoglobule proteomics in stress response |
| Martel, Catherine | 421 Boyce T. Inst 254-1259 | BTI | Giovannoni | RIN and NOR in fruit ripening competency acquisition in tomato |
| Martinez-Millan, Marcela | 239 Plant Science 255-1536 | Plant Biology | Crepet | early fossil record of Asteridae |
| Mazourek, Michael | 320 Bradfield Hall 255-2574 | Plant Breeding | Jahn | nutraceutical systems biology in Capsicum |
| McCray, Tyi | 334 Emerson Hall 255-7730 | Plant Biology | Rose | N/A |
| Milner, Matthew | 320 Fed Nutr Lab 255-1283 | USDA | Kochian | zinc uptake and regulation in plants |
| Nguyen, Hanh | 319 Boyce T. Inst 254-1386 | BTI | Martin | virulence targets of Pseudomonas syringaeT3SS effector AvrPto in host plants |
| Plume, Olofron | 248 Plant Science 255-1953 | Plant Biology | Doyle | systematics of Calendula (Asteraceae) |
| Pumplin, Nathan | 401 Boyce T. Inst 254-6424 | BTI | Harrison | genetics of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis |
| Ramsey, John | 402 Boyce T. Inst 254-1258 | BTI | Jander | green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) response to plant defenses |
| Rea, Anne | 263 Emerson Hall 255-8404 | Plant Biology | Nasrallah | self-incompatibility in the Brassicaceae family |
| Rutschow, Heidi | 345 Emerson Hall 254-1214 | Plant Biology | vanWijk | chloroplast protein targeting and proteolysis in A. thaliana |
| Skema, Cynthia | 243 Plant Science 254-1656 | Plant Biology | Luckow | systematics of Dombeya |
| Snyder, John | 345 Emerson Hall 254-1214 | Plant Biology | vanWijk/ Sumner | mass spectrometry-based phytohormone profiling methodologies |
| Stellari, Giulia | 320 Bradfield Hall 255-2574 | Plant Breeding | on leave | N/A |
| Straub, Shannon | 248 Plant Science 255-1953 | Plant Biology | Doyle | systematics and conservation genetics of Amorpha (Fabaceae) |
| Summers, Holly | 608 Bradfield Hall 255-8049 | Crop & Soil Science | Vatamaniuk | intracellular detoxification of heavy metals in Arabidopsis |
| Takacs, Elizabeth | 142 Emerson Hall 254-1160 | Plant Biology | Scanlon | DISCOLORED1 (DSC1) function in maize kernel development |
| Urbanowicz, Breeanna | 344 Emerson Hall 255-7730 | Plant Biology | Rose | N/A |
| Wang, Haiyi | 228 Plant Science N/A | N/A | on leave | N/A |
| Wang, Yi | 144 Emerson Hall 254-1541 | Plant Biology | Hua | temperature signaling components in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| Woodward, John | 142 Emerson Hall 254-1160 | Plant Biology | Scanlon | Bladekiller1 functions in maize meristem maintenance and leaf development |
| Yazbek, Mariana | 202 Plant Science 255-8916 | Plant Biology | Nixon | monograph and phylogenetic analysis of Prunus subg. Amygdalus |
| Yeats, Trevor | 344 Emerson Hall 255-7730 | Plant Biology | Rose | plant cuticle biogenesis |
| Zhou, Jing | 228 Plant Science N/A | N/A | on rotation | on rotation |