- M.S. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco and Dr. Donald D. Davis
- Email fja31@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/They 🏳️🌈 🇵🇷
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Paul Esker
- Email erb5465@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by Dr. Timothy McNellis
- M.S. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Carolee Bull and Dr. Kevin Hockett
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular biology
- Phytobacteriology
- Email ncf5126@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
- Dual-title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
- Advised by: Dr. Verónica Román-Reyna
Areas of Expertise
- Phytobacteriology
- Gram-positive bacterial plant pathogens
- Taxonomy of plant pathogenic prokaryotes
- Population genetics
- Genomics
- Email lff5235@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7448
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by: Dr. Gretchen Kuldau
- Email nhg5043@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Graduate Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall and Dr. Michela Centinari
- M.S. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Carolee Bull and Dr. Kevin Hockett
Areas of Expertise
- Natural Product Chemistry
- Specialty Mushrooms
- Microbiology
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by: Dr. Verónica Román-Reyna
Areas of Expertise
- Soybean disease
- Seed pathology
- Email rsg5509@psu.edu
- Office (520)286-1322
- Pronouns He/Him
- Dual title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
- Advised by: Dr. Paul Esker
Areas of Expertise
- Plant Parasitic Nematology
- Molecular diagnostics
- Email mfg5907@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7448
- M.S. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall & Dr. Paul Esker
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular diagnostics
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Bull Lab
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular detection of plant pathogens
- Phytobacteriology
- Graduate Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Yinong Yang
Areas of Expertise
- CRISPR/Cas technology, incorporating Prime editing, Base editing, and Multiplex knock-out methodologies.
- Rice protoplast preparation and transformation.
- CRISPR-based disease diagnostics.
- Molecular Biology Experiments
- Disease inoculation and abotic stress treatment
- Email ymh5314@psu.edu
- Office 814-409-8831
- Dual-title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
- Advised by: Dr. Kevin Hockett
- Email lvk5391@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. John Pecchia
- Email sqk6131@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Cristina Rosa
- Email abm6697@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Beth Gugino
Areas of Expertise
- Integrated Disease Management
- Copper tolerance in plant pathogenic bacteria
- System Thinking Approach
- Email rcn5099@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall and Dr. Gretchen Kuldau
Areas of Expertise
- Phytomycology
- Microbial Ecology (Fungi)
- Agroecology
- Maize Pathology
- Phytobiome Sampling Strategies
- Email cln68@psu.edu
- Pronouns They/Them
- Dual-title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
- Advised by: Dr. Carolee T. Bull
- Bull Lab
Areas of Expertise
- Phytobcaterialogy
- Host-pathogen interactions
- Horizontal Gene Exchange
- Effectors
- Email szo5292@psu.edu
- Office 8142329115
- Pronouns He/Him
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Yinong Yang
Areas of Expertise
- CRISPR/Cas-based diagnostic tools
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall
- Email dsr5455@psu.edu
- Pronouns Sher/Her
- M.S. Student
- Advised by: Dr. Verónica Román-Reyna
- Email sms9853@psu.edu
- Office 814-865-7448
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by Dr. Cristina Rosa
- Ph.D. Candidate
- Advised by: Dr. Paul Esker
- Email oms5169@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Ph.D. Student
- Advised by: Dr. Sharifa Crandall
Areas of Expertise
- Sour rot disease ecology
- Plant disease management
- Plant Biology Ph.D. student
- Co-advised by: Dr. Cristina Rosa and Dr. Marco Archetti
Areas of Expertise
- Horticulture
- Plant biology
- Plant virology
- Email aat5490@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
- Graduate Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. Estelle Couradeau and Dr. Terrence Bell
- Ph.D. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco and David M. Geiser
- Email zmv5022@psu.edu
- Pronouns She/Her
- M.S. Student
- Co-Advised by: Dr. David Beyer and Dr. Gretchen Kuldau
Areas of Expertise
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Mycology
- Ph.D. Candidate in Plant Pathology and International Agriculture and Development
- Co-Advised by: Dr. David Geiser and Dr. María del Mar Jiménez Gasco
Areas of Expertise
- Population genetics
- Fungal/Oomycete morphology and systematics
- M.S. Student, Plant Pathology
- Esker Lab
- Email sjw6208@psu.edu
- Pronouns They/Them
