2016 Graduates

Kerri Neugebauer

• Date: Dec 2016
• Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Harold Trick and John Fellers
• Dissertation: Identification of wheat genes induced by Puccinia triticina
• Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, USDA ARS

Taylor Fischer

• Date: August 2016
• Degree: M.S. Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Erick De Wolf
• Thesis: Influence of freezing on the survival of Magnaporthe oryzae and weather conditions that favor blast epidemics in rice
• Position after graduation: Researcher, Monsanto

Bethany Grabow

• Date: August 2016
• Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Erick De Wolf
• Dissertation: Environmental conditions associated with stripe rust and leaf rust epidemics in Kansas winter wheat
• Position after graduation: Research Epidemiologist, Monsanto

Andres Reyes Gage

• Date: Summer 2016
• Degree: Ph.D. Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: James Stack
• Dissertation: Invasion potential and colonization dynamics of Fusarium proliferatum
• Position after graduation: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Oregon State University

Katherine Gambone

• Date: May 2016
• Degree: M.S. Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Bill Bockus and Bob Bowden
• Thesis: Mapping stem rust resistance genes in ‘Kingbird’

Trevor Rife

• Date: spring 2016
• Degree: Ph.D. Genetics
• Major Professor: Jesse Poland
• Dissertation: Utilizing a historical wheat collection to develop new tools for modern plant breeding
• Position after graduation: Fellow Post-Doc, Kansas State University, Dr. Jesse Poland

Jared Crain

• Date: Spring 2016
• Degree: Ph.D. Genetics
• Major Professor: Jesse Poland
• Dissertation: Leveraging the Genomics Revolution with High-Throughput Phenotyping for Crop Improvement of Abiotic Stresses
• Position after Graduation: Fellow Post-Doc, Kansas State University, Dr. Jesse Poland

Hamida Mahmood

• Date: Spring 2016
• Degree: M. S. Genetics
• Major Professor: Frank White
• Thesis: Computational mining for terminator-like genes in soybean