GRADUATE STUDENTS

Name Degree Advisor Thesis project
Jenise Bauman Ph.D. Carolyn Keiffer/Nicholas P. Money Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Interactions: The Influence of Host Specificity and Response in Hardwood Seedling Establishment
Steven Castellano Ph.D. David Gorchov  
Yunluan Cui M.S. Nicholas P. Money Evolution of basidiospore morphology among Agaricomycetes
Nicolas Fondom Ph.D. Alfredo Huerta Physiological/biochemical adaptations in some CAM species under natural
conditions: The importance of leaf anatomy
Susannah Fulton Ph.D. Linda E. Watson Systematics, biogeography, and ethnobotany of Cochlospermaceae
Bruce Hall M.S. Michael Vincent Understory Composition of Disjunct Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.)
Communities on the Coast of Maine
Linda Hartmann Ph.D. Susan Barnum/Chun Liang Gene expression and regulation of early heterocyst patterning in symbiotic cyanobacteria
Aaron Kennedy Ph.D. Linda E. Watson Evolution of mycorrhizal association in myco-heterotrophic Hexalectris Raf. (Orchidaceae)
Keppler, Mary M.A. Elisabeth Schussler  
Larkin, Claire M.S. Elisabeth Schussler/Charles Kwit  
Melanie Link-Perez Ph.D. R. James Hickey/Linda E. Watson Revision and Systematics of the Neotropical Fern Genus Adiantopsis Pteridaceae
Zhaoyang Liu M.S. Quinn Li  
Mirabai McCarthy Ph.D. R. James Hickey Bryophyte Influence on Terrestrial and Epiphytic Fern Gametophytes
Shaun M. McCoshum M.S. John Z. Kiss The role of SPA1 during positive phototropic responses to red light in Arabidopsis Thailiana
Christine Mutiti Ph.D. Kimberly Medley Landscape structure and dynamics of the Acacia-Commiphora bushland in
southeast Kenya
Sarah M. Owens M.S. Richard Moore The evolution of recent gene duplicates in Arabidopsis thaliana
Praveen Kumar Raj Kumar M.S. Chun Liang  
James Reboulet Ph.D. John Z. Kiss The Role of Actin-Binding Proteins in Gravitropism
Jennifer Rieger M.S. Richard Moore The genetic diversity of naturally occurring populations of Carica papaya in Mesoamerica
Stephen M. Rybczynski Ph.D. Elisabeth Schussler Patterns of study-group use among undergraduate biology students
Hassan Salem M.S. Susan Barnum  
Ying-Jia Shen Ph.D. Qingshun Q. Li Messenger RNA Polyadenylation Signals in Plant Genomes
Sushma Shrestha Ph.D. Kimberley Medley  
Susan Sprunt

(e-mail)
Ph.D. R. James Hickey Morphological and biosystematic analysis of the Polypodium polypodioides complex
Jessica L. Stolze-Rybczynski Ph.D. Nicholas P. Money Biomechanics and biochemistry of ballistospore discharge in phytopathogenic fungi
Laura Weingartner M.S. Richard Moore  
Robert Wright M.S. R. James Hickey  
Zhixin Zhao Ph.D. Chun Liang/Quinn Li  
Jun Zheng M.S. Quinn Li  

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