Recent Graduations

September 14, 2011

Nicole Czarina Juba successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, "Metabolic engineering of the pterin branch of folate synthesis by over-expression of a GTP cyclohydrolase I in peanut."

Advisor: Elizabeth A. Grabau.

September 9, 2011

Ryan G. Anderson successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Identification and functional characterization of RXLR effector proteins that are conserved between downy mildew pathogens and Phytophthora species."

Advisor: John M. McDowell.

August 23, 2011

Matthew Anthony Cutulle successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Turfgrass species composition, resistance mechanisms, and management strategy impacts on brown patch incidence and weed encroachment."

Advisor: Jeffrey F. Derr.

July 19, 2011

B. Sajeewa Amaradasa successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Accurate identification and grouping of Rhizoctonia isolates infecting turfgrasses in MD and VA and their sensitivity to selected fungicides in vitro."

Advisors: Brandon Horvath, Dilip Lakshman, and Anton Baudoin.

July 12, 2011

Piyum A. Khatibi successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, "Reduction of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol in barley ethanol co-products using trichothecene 3-O-acetyltransferases".

Advisor: David G. Schmale III.

April 26, 2011

Melissa Dawn Keller successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, "The Contribution of Within-Field Inoculum Sources of Gibberella zeae to Fusarium Head Blight in Winter Wheat and Barley."

Advisor: David G. Schmale III.

March 8, 2011

Leigh Ann Harrison successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, "Characterization, Development of a Field Inoculation Method, and Fungicide Sensitivity Screening of the Pythium Blight Pathogen of Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)."

Advisor: Steve Rideout.