TEACHING AND ADVISING: Courses taught: PLSI 330-Plant Propagation, (3 credits), 2002-2004, spring semester. PS501- Horticultural Invasive Plant Species: Biology, Control and Biotechnological Prevention PS605: Advanced Plant Genomics. 2 credits. Spring, 2006. Dr. Cheng also advises postdoctoral fellows, graduate students and visiting scientist. He has so far advised four Postdoctoral fellows, 9 graduate students (3 MS and 6 Ph.D), three visiting scientists, and three research specialists. Currently, Dr. Cheng's lab has two graduate students, one Postdoctoral Research Associate, and a Research Associate. Past and Current Graduate Students Degree/Year of graduation Current Position Richard Gilmore MS, 1993   Jeffrey Schnurr MS, 1995   ChengGuo Wang Ph.D, 1995   Yonghong Guo Ph.D, 1997 Scientist, Upstate Company Yiqiang Liu MS, 1998   Weisong Guo Ph.D, 1999 Post Doctoral Researcher Ohio Supercomputer Center , OSU Wenhao Dai Ph.D, 2000 Assistant Professor, North Dakota State University Michael J. Bosela Ph.D, 2001 Assistant Professor, Indiana Purdue University at Fort Wayne Kimberley A. Pickens Ph.D, 2004 Assistant Professor, Macon State University Joo Young Kim MS, 2007   Byung Guk Kang MS, 2007   Postdoctoral Research Associate     Yonghong Guo 1997-2000 Scientist, Upstate Company John Ke 3/2002-6/2002 Group Leader, Victor Company Jianhua Wei 2/004-current Agri. Biotech Center , Beijing Agri. Acad. Sci. Xiaohan Yang 5/2005-8/2006 Environ. Sci Division, ORNL Xia Ye     Visiting Scientists     Zhen Zhang 1994-1996 Professor, Nanjing Agri. University Xiaodong Song 1997 Research Scientist, Yuxi Wang 9/2003-12/2003 Deputy Director, Plant Quarantine and Inspection Service, Chinese Department of Agriculture, Beijing