Current Graduate Students
Appling, Shawn M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Latimer Email: ashawn6@vt.edu |
Arnold, Brenda M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Veilleux Email: arnoldb@vt.edu |
Aulakh, Sukhwinder ("Awluk") Ph.D. Danville Advisor: Dr. Veilleux Project: Field and Molecular characterization of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) germplasm and study of flowering locus genes. Main emphasis is improvement of crop for biomass and biofuel production. Email: ssaulakh@vt.edu |
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Cater, Jared M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Veilleux Email: carterj@vt.edu |
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Cricenti, Johanna M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Harris Project: Organic Plant Production Email: johanna5@vt.edu |
 Dere, Madhavi Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Zhao Project: Dissecting signaling pathways of Rxo1 or avrRxo1 mediated disease resistance. It is being done by following two techniques: 1. Virus Induced Gene Silencing 2. Mutagenesis of Arabidopsis by EMS. Email: msdere@vt.edu |
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Frazier, Taylor Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Zhao Email: tfrazier@vt.edu |
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Grossman, Mara M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Latimer Email: mgrossman@vt.edu |
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Harris, Kevin M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Scoggins Email: wkharris@vt.edu |
Hickey, Cain M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Wolf Project: Looking at vine capacity and water relations in Cabernet Sauvignon grapevines and their effect on grapevine physiology and subsequent winegrape composition and wine quality. Email: cain1@vt.edu |
Holt, Sarah Ph.D. Danville Advisor: Dr. Veilleux Project: Characterization of insertional mutants in Fragaria vesca. My work centers around the gene cloning and characterization of genes disrupted by T-DNA insertions in F. vesca. Email: holtsh@vt.edu |
Lowman, Scott Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Nowak Project: Plant-microbe interactions including ways to increase biomass in various bio-energy feedstocks with the use of plant growth promoting bacteria. Email: scottlowman@vt.edu | 
Lu, Nan Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisors: Dr. Veilleux and Dr. Shulaev Project: My project focuses on developing an efficient transposon tagging system for gene discovery in strawberry functional genomics. Email: nanlu614@vt.edu |
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Manrique, Norma Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Veilleux Email: manrique@vt.edu |
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Martin, Tom Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Day Email: thmarti2@vt.edu |
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McAvoy, Ted Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Freeman Email: mcavoy@vt.edu |
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Ruby, Mindy Lynn M.S. Hampton Roads Advisor: Dr. Fox Email: mindy11@vt.edu |
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Snelson, Jonathan (J.B.) M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Scoggins Email: jsnelson@vt.edu |
Taylor, Linda Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Niemiera Project: Creating an online Woody Landscape Plants class and evaluating its usefulness and effectiveness. Email: lltaylor@vt.edu |
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Traore, Sy Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Zhao Email: tsy5@vt.edu |
Weekly, John Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisors: Dr. Nowak and Dr. Harris Project: (1) I am currently working with Brinkley on developing a subterranean sensor suite for monitoring soil gas levels (oxygen, hydrogen & carbon dioxide) Email: jweekly@vt.edu |
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Wu, Shuchi Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Zhao Email: shuchi@vt.edu |
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Xia, Rui Ph.D. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Yuan Email: harrike@vt.edu |
Zhou, Dongfang (Emily) M.S. Blacksburg Advisor: Dr. Welbaum Email: dfezhou@vt.edu |