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Sara Klee, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellow, has been selected as a recipient of the 2019 Alumni Association Dissertation Award.
Laura Kaminsky, a doctoral student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will be able to advance her research interests in plant pathology after receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Siyi Ge successfully defended her thesis on May 10, 2019.
Members of the Penn State Science Policy Society recently visited Washington, D.C., where they met with officials from several congressional offices and nongovernmental organizations to discuss the promotion of science and evidence-based policy.
Congratulations to Emma Wallace for passing her oral qualifying exam on April 26.
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, doctoral candidate in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been selected as the recipient of the Phytobiomes Fellowship for the 2019-20 academic year.
Sara Klee successfully defended her dissertation on April 12.
Sara Klee, doctoral student in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellow, has been selected as a recipient of the 2019 College of Agricultural Sciences Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Students and faculty members from the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently attended the National Diversity in STEM Conference.
Congratulations to doctoral candidate Sara May for passing her comprehensive examination.
Natali Ozber successfully defended her dissertation on December 19.
Congratulations to Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu for passing her oral qualifying exam on Nov. 28.
Congratulations to Chauncy Hinshaw for passing his oral qualifying exam on Nov. 28.
Students and faculty from the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology attended The National Diversity in STEM Conference on October 11, 2018, hosted by the Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). The three-day conference was held in San Antonio this year and is scheduled to take place in Honolulu next year.
Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu, Ph.D. student in Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology, is the 2018 recipient of the Rose Hellaby postgraduate scholarship.
The Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE) program selected proposals of three plant pathology graduate students for the 2018 Graduate Student grant awards. Of the 61 proposals received, Northeast SARE awarded a total of 28 proposals at a funding level of $405,373. SARE offers competitive grants to projects that explore and address key issues affecting the sustainability and future economic viability of agriculture.
The Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD) recently announced the recipients of 12 Future Leaders Forum scholarships.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Joseph Walls for passing his comprehensive examination.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón for passing her comprehensive examination on May 30.
Congratulations to Hanareia Ehau-Taumaunu who passed her doctoral candidacy exam on May 10.
Congratulations to Chauncy Hinshaw who passed his doctoral candidacy exam on May 10.
Congratulations to Emma Wallace who passed her doctoral candidacy exam on May 10.
Ningxiao Li successfully defended her dissertation on May 14.
Christopher Smyth successfully defended his dissertation on May 11.
Anita Behari successfully defended her dissertation on May 3.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Robert Harvey for successfully defending his dissertation on Feb. 27.
Emma Rosenthal, a doctoral student in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, will be able to advance her research interests in plant pathology after receiving a grant from the National Science Foundation.
Two educators in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences recently received recognition for their teaching.
Plant Pathology Graduate Research Assistantships are available for highly-qualified applicants. Apply by December 15 for full funding consideration.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Kaixi Zhao for passing her comprehensive examination on December 20.
Congratulations to Phillip Martin who passed his doctoral oral candidacy exam on December 8.
Congratulations to Emma Rosenthal who passed her oral candidacy exam on December 5.
Natali Özber's proposal was selected for funding by College of Agricultural Sciences Graduate Student Competitive Grants Program.
Dr. John M. McDowell, Professor at Virginia Tech, visited PPEM October 29-31 as a student-invited colloquium speaker.
Dr. Lindsay Triplett from The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station visited PPEM October 22-24.
Ph.D. candidate Maliheh Safari successfully defended her dissertation on October 16.
The Plant Pathology Association (PPA) offers oyster mushroom grow-kits to raise funds to send PPEM graduate students to conferences. Pre-order by October 18.
Dr. Manan Sharma, Research Microbiologist at USDA-ARS, visited PPEM October 8-9.
Dr. Carolyn Malmstrom, Associate Professor of Plant Biology at Michigan State, visited PPEM October 1-3.
Dr. James Bradeen, Professor and Department Head at the University of MN, visited PPEM September 24-26.
Dr. Zhonglin Mou, University of Florida Associate Professor, was PPATH 590 Colloquium speaker on September 18.
Justin Shih passed his Ph.D. oral candidacy exam on September 7.
Emeritus Professor Gary Moorman offers valuable plant disease diagnosis techniques through PPATH 502 course.
Northeast SARE awards Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón a 2017 Graduate Student Grant.
Plant Science Ph.D. student Julianna Razryadov gave PPA students a campus green roofs tour on July 19.
Ph.D. candidate Natali Özber concluded her Upward Bound 2017 course on July 11.
Ph.D. student Khumbuzile Bophela joins the Bull Lab this summer, beginning May 30.
Anita Behari and Ningxiao Li receive APS travel awards to present research at 2017 Annual Meeting.
PPEM welcomes Ph.D. student Andrea Wilson, visiting for two months from the University of Pretoria.
Congratulations to M.S. student Melissa Finley for successfully defending her thesis on April 25.
Ph.D. candidate Bastian Minkenberg was selected for Penn State's Alumni Association Dissertation Award of $5,000.
Cláudio Maurício Vrisman, Ph.D. student from Ohio State, was a seminar exchange program speaker on April 17.
The Dept. of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology held its 2017 Annual Awards Ceremony on April 13.
Commitment to outreach a major focus of Rosenthal's 2017-2018 NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium Graduate Research Fellowship.
Dr. Brian Staskawicz delivered the Richard R. Nelson Memorial Lecture on April 10.
Dr. Erica Goss, Assistant Professor, University of Florida, was PoppR Workshop instructor and colloquium speaker on April 3.
Ph.D. candidate Maliheh Safari received 2nd Place award in 2017 Graduate Exhibition.
Elizabeth Cieniewicz, Ph.D. student, Cornell University-Geneva campus, was a seminar exchange program speaker on March 20.
Congratulations to Phillip Martin, a 2017 awardee of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Alumna Carla Garzón visits PPEM faculty and students and delivers PPATH 590 seminar on March 13.
Ph.D. candidate Bastian Minkenberg successfully defended his dissertation on Feb. 27.
M.S. student Genna Tesdall's research project was one of five student research projects awarded funding in the Fall 2016 grant cycle.
Ph.D. student Phillip Martin organized a Jan. 27 PPEM group tour to learn about the fruit industry in Adams County.
See photos from the PPEM Annual Winter Party held at Celebration Hall on Jan. 26.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Freddy Magdama for successfully defending his dissertation on Jan. 20.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Anita Behari for passing her comprehensive exam on Jan. 12.
Highly-qualified candidates are invited to apply for PPEM graduate research assistantships that begin Summer or Fall 2017.
Congratulations to Edelio Bazán for passing his oral candidacy exam on Dec. 13.
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Robert Harvey for passing his comprehensive exam on Dec. 7.
On Dec. 5-6, 2016, Dr. W. G. Dilantha Fernando, University of Manitoba, gave two seminars for PPEM related to wheat and canola.
Congratulations to Jennie Mazzone who successfully defended her M.S. thesis on Nov. 29 and will join Bartlett Tree Experts in Jan. 2017.
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Aynardi, who will be Northeast Research Scientist for PBI-Gordon Corporation following his Dec. graduation.
Congratulations to Chris Smyth for passing his Ph.D. comprehensive exam on Nov. 17.
Rob Harvey's graduate oral presentation won first place at the Allegheny Branch of the American Society for Microbiology's annual meeting.
Congratulations to Tareq Islam for passing his oral candidacy exam on November 11.
Congratulations to Joe Walls for passing his oral candidacy exam on November 3.
The year 2016 was a successful one for Dr. Tim McNellis, several former and current advisees, and select undergraduates.
Alumna Dr. Kira Bowen (B.S., 1980) led a manuscripts publication workshop and presented a seminar for the dept. on October 31.
Undergraduate Sara Getson reports on the Northeastern Division of the American Phytopathological Society's annual meeting held Oct. 19-21.
Congratulations to Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón for her funded proposal supported by the James F. and Marilyn L. Tammen Memorial Endowment for International Plant Pathology.
USDA ARS Research Plant Pathologist Bill Wintermantel was the seminar speaker on October 17.
Ph.D. candidate Yueying Chen successfully defended her dissertation research on October 6.
Penn State Agricultural Council honors Smyth as an outstanding leader in the Pennsylvania agricultural community.
Plant Pathology Association volunteers participate in apple harvest at Rock Springs Sept. 24-25.
Summer interns Fenstermacher and Finley brought to fruition Penn State Node launch on Bugwood site.
PPEM's annual Fall Welcome Potluck was held September 16 to introduce new dept. members.
First lab meeting of academic year planned research and welcomed new member Chris Ramage.
UC Riverside Associate Professor and Associate Plant Pathologist Dr. James Ng was the Sept 12 PPEM Colloquium Series speaker.
Congratulations to Laura del Sol Bautista Jalón for passing her oral candidacy exam on Sept. 8.
Congratulations to Steve Conaway for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation this afternoon.
Congratulations to Brian Aynardi for successfully defending his dissertation titled "Sclerotinia homoeocarpa: Pathogen biology and molecular detection methods."
The Dept. of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology welcomes the Fall 2016 class of new graduate students.
PPEM dept. members continue noteworthy monthly outreach at North Atherton Farmers Market.
Ag Progress Days PPEM volunteers coordinator Judy Sinn credits dept. members for successful PPEM interactive display.
Genna Tesdall relates Rome and Washington, D.C. experiences with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Graduate students and staff showcased research and answered gardening questions at North Atherton Farmers Market on July 23.
Ph.D. candidate Chris Smyth seeks to raise $4,000 by Aug. 13 to fund Sept. research at three Florida sea turtle nest sites.
Dr. Alyssa Collins writes about undergraduate student interns and the beneficial day they spent in the Dept. of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology (PPEM) on June 29.
Ph.D. candidate Malileh Safari passed her comprehensive exam on Friday, June 24.
Sara Klee has been selected to receive $1,000 from the Leonard J. Francl Endowment in support of her graduate research in plant pathology .