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Past and Present Graduate Students: Research and Placement
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Post-Doctoral Fellow Research
2006
Manoj Majee
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2004-present, Advisor: B. Downie
Tingsu Chen
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-present, Advisor: B. Downie
Dhiraj Thakare
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2005-present, Advisor: S. Perry
Kristine Hill
Ph.D., Expected 2006, Advisor: S. Perry
Identification of protein interactors of AGL15, an embryo MADS-Domain factor.
Gehan J. Jayasuriya
Ph.D. Candidate, 2004-present, Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
Comparative seed biology of Convolvulaceae
Yumei Zheng
Ph.D. Candidate, 2005-present, Advisor: S. Perry
Cindy Finneseth
Ph.D. Candidate, 2005-present, Advisor: R. Geneve
Laura Wood
M.S. Candidate, 2005-present, Advisor: R. Geneve
Xiaoxia Qu
Ph.D. Candidate, 2006, Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
2005
Jessica Hyatt
M.S. Advisor: D. TeKrony
The effect of soil crusting and compaction on soybean seedling emergence.
- Currently, Horticulture Extension Agent, Wayne County, NC.
Cong Zhu
Ph.D. Advisor: S. Perry
Gene regulatory network of AGL15 - identification of downstream target genes and analysis of its own expression.
- Currently, Post-doctorate Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
2004
Manjul Dutt
M.S. Advisor: R. Geneve
Use of sequential computer imaging to evaluate germination and seed vigor in impatiens.
- Currently, Ph.D Graduate Student at University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
Adriana Elena Sautu
M.S. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin and J.M. Baskin
Ecology, morphology, and germination physiology of tree seeds in a tropical semi-evergreen forest in the Panama Canal Watershed, with special reference to seed dormancy classes along a precipitation gradient.
- Currently, Staff Member at Smithsonian Research Institution, Panama.
Weining Tang
Ph.D. Advisor: S. Perry
Regulatory networks of the plant MADS domain protein AGL15: Characterization of DNA binding and isolation of direct downstream targets.
- Currently, Senior Research Associate at the Center for Medical Genomics
at the Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Qilong Xu
Ph.D. Co-advisors: R. Houtz, B. Downie
Isolation and characterization of a second PROTEIN ISOASPARTYL METHYLTRANSFERASE gene in Arabidopsis thaliana.
- Currently, Post-doctorate fellow at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
2003
Christopher A. Adams
Ph.D. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
A comparative study of seed morphology, dormancy, and germination of four closely-related Aristolochia subgenus Siphisia species (Aristolochiaceae, Piperales): A test of two hypotheses on ecological changes in species within a lineage through geological time.
- Currently, Faculty member at Shorter college, Rome, GA.
James M. Woltz
Ph.D. Advisor: D. TeKrony
Freeze injury during corn seed development and maturation.
- Currently, Technical Support Manager at SynGenta Crop Protection in Stanton, MN.
2002
Kay Oakley
M.S. Advisor: R. Geneve
Computer-aided digital image analysis of seedling size and growth rate for assessing seed vigour in impatiens.
Jason Argyris
M.S. Advisor: D. TeKrony
Effect of Fusarium graminearum infection on wheat seed quality.
- Currently, Ph.D graduate student at University of California-Davis, Davis, CA.
Gunching Siriwitayawan
Ph.D. Co-advisors: R. Geneve, B. Downie
The involvement of ethylene in determining seed vigor and the time required for the completion of germination.
2001
Tina Wilson
M.S. Advisor: R. Geneve
Film-coating as a seed treatment for shrunken-2 sweet corn (Zea mays L.) during imbibition and emergence under cool temperatures.
2000
Siti Nur Hidayati
Ph.D. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
A comparative study of seed dormancy in five genera of Caprifoliaceae s.l. (Germination).
- Currently, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
1999
Gwen Koning
Ph.D. Advisor: D. TeKrony
Relationship between soybean mosaic virus and Phomopsis spp. infection of soybean seeds.
- Currently, ? at University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
Xiaojie Li
Ph.D. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
A comparative study of the seed biology of several North American Rhus species (Anacardiaceae).
Brigitte Hamman
Ph.D. Advisor: D.B. Egli
A study of the factors governing soybean seedling emergence, and how they relate to seed quality.
- Currently employed by SynGenta Corp., Basil, Switzerland.
1998
Shande Tang
Ph.D.Advisor: D. TeKrony
Survival characteristics of hybrid corn seed during constant storage (corn seed, Zea mays).
- Currently, Senior Statistician, IVAX Resarch Inc., Miami, FL.
Jeffrey L. Walck
Ph.D. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
Comparative autecology of the narrow-endemic Solidago shortii and two of its geographically-widespread congeners: An investigation into the causes of plant rarity and endemism.
- Currently, Associate Professor at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.
1997
James M. Woltz
M.S. Advisor: D. TeKrony
Prospects for standardization of the cold test for corn seed.
- Currently, Technical Support Manager at SynGenta Crop Protection in Stanton, MN.
Cindy Finneseth
M.S. Advisor: R. Geneve
Propagation of the North American pawpaw [Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal].
- Currently, Ph.D Graduate Student [Crop Science] at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
1996
Karsedis Distabanjong
Ph.D., 1996, Advisor: R. Geneve
Developing regeneration systems for genetic transformation in eastern redbud (Cercis canadensis L.).
1995
Richard K. Clements
Ph.D. Co-advisors: C.C. Baskin, J.M. Baskin
Studies on the taxonomy and general ecology of the two closely-related species Penstemon tenuiflorus Pennell and P. hirsutus (L.) Willd. (Scrophulariaceae section Graciles).
- Currently, Faculty member at Chattanooga State Technical Community College, Chattanooga, TN.
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