Current Graduate Students Masters and PhD Graduates of the Department of Plant Sciences Note: Students obtaining degree before 2001 graduated from one of our legacy departments, Ornamental Horticulture & Landscape Design or Plant & Soil Sciences Name Specialty Major prof Year Project Kristin Abney Horticulture Kopsell 2009 Masters Jordan Combs Tobacco Denton 2009 Masters Drew Ellis Weed Science Mueller 2009 PhD Hunter Frame Tobacco Denton 2009 Masters Yu-Ting Hung Crop Physiology Sams 2009 Masters Byung-guk Kang Plant Biotechnology Cheng 2009 Masters Dustin Lewis Turfgrass Science McElroy 2009 Masters Lucas Owen Weed Science Steckel 2009 Masters Christy Rose Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2009 Masters           Jason Abercrombie Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2008 PhD Amy Belitz Horticultural Physiology Sams 2008 Masters Steven Borst Turf/Weed Science McElroy 2008 Masters Steve Foulk Biofuels Zale 2008 Masters Andrew Jeffers Nursery Production Klingeman 2008 Masters Blake Joyce Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2008 Masters Rebecca Koepke Weed Science McElroy 2008 Masters Brian Leckie Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2008 Masters James McCurdy Turf/Weed Science McElroy 2008 Masters James Newburn Public Horticulture Auge 2008 Masters Catherine Nyinyi Soybean Breeding Pantalone 2008 Masters Jennifer Noe Plant Breeding Allen 2008 Masters Jenny Pfeffer Horticulture Therapy Deyton 2008 Masters Andrew Pulte Public Horticulture Hamilton 2008 Masters Murali Rao Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2008 PhD Allison Stewart Horticulture Sams 2008 Masters Adam Thoms Turfgrass Science Sorochan 2008 Masters Rodney Tocco Turf Physiology Sorochan 2008 Masters Terumi Watson Public Horticulture Hamilton 2008 Masters Beth Willis Public Horticulture Hamilton 2008 Masters Nan Zhao Secondary Metabolism Chen 2008 PhD           Justin Bryant Agricultural Economics Denton 2007 Masters Matt Cutulle Turf/Weed Science McElroy 2007 Masters Richard Johnson Plant Breeding Allen 2007 Masters Terumi Saito Public Horticulture Hamilton 2007 Masters Michael Waynick Tobacco Denton 2007 Masters Jason Wight Plant Breeding Allen 2007 PhD Joshua Yuan Functional Genomics Stewart 2007 PhD         Kelly Burris Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2006 Masters Jenny Clement Crop Physiology Gwathmey 2006 Masters Susan Conlon Public Horticulture Hamilton 2006 Masters Matt Goddard Turf Sorochan 2006 Masters Sarah Jawdy Functional Genomics Cheng 2006 Masters Mark Lefsrud 1 2 3 4 5 6 Plant Physiology Kopsell 2006 Ph.D. Hong Seok Moon Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2006 Masters Andrew Scaboo Soybean Breeding Pantalone 2006 Masters William Strunk Turf Sorochan 2006 Masters Travis Teuton Turf Weed Science Mueller 2006 PhD     Pam Baird Turf Sorochan 2005 Masters Natalia Bjorklund Public Horticulture McDaniel 2005 Masters Darrell Hensley Horticultural Pathology Sams 2005 PhD Dilip Panthee Soybean Breeding Pantalone 2005 PhD Emily Smith Public Horticulture Hamilton 2005 Masters Wesley Powell Urban Horticulture Klingeman 2005 Masters Huong Mai Tran Denton 2005 Masters Chris Vaughn Nursery IPM Klingeman 2005 Masters       Adriane Cannon Fruit Tree Physiology Deyton 2004 Masters Ken Cho 1 2 3 4 Environmental Physiology Auge 2004 Masters Kim Pickens Biotechnology Cheng 2004 PhD Jeffrey Webb Public Horticulture Hamilton 2004 Masters       Laura Hudson Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2003 Masters Debby Ketchersid Nursery Production Klingeman 2003 Masters Martin Lyons Crop Physiology Sams 2003 Ph.D. Nrupali Patel Plant Biotechnology Stewart 2003 Masters Katie Steinhoff Nursery Management McDaniel 2003 Masters Heather Toler Plant physiology Sams 2003 Masters Lena Warren Plant physiology Sams 2003 Masters         Melanie Blandford Public horticulture Hamilton 2002 Masters Kelly Cole Horticulture Auge 2002 Masters Stephanie Harvey Horticultural Physiology Sams 2002 PhD David Hyten Plant Breeding Pantalone 2002 PhD Linda Seals Public Horticulture Hamilton 2002 Masters Yamika Stokes Plant Breeding Pantalone 2002 PhD Jayme Tims Public horticulture Hamilton 2002 Masters       Carolyn Cherrak Plant Breeding Pantalone 2001 Masters Linda Gombert Public Horticulture Hamilton 2001 Masters Elena Kubikova Environmental Physiology Auge 2001 Masters Hope Onken Floriculture Starman 2001 Masters Robert Trentham Horticultural Physiology Sams 2001 PhD       Angie Chapman Plant Breeding Pantalone 2000 Masters Pam Korczynski Greenhouse Horticulture Faust 2000 Masters       Jason Reeves Public Horticulture Hamilton 1999 Masters       Joel Keebler Horticulture Williams 1998 Masters         Mark Arena Nursery Management Witte 1997 Masters Jennifer Croker 1 2 3 4 Environmental Physiology Auge 1997 Masters Millie Williams Floriculture Starman 1997 Masters       Malissa Ament Horticulture Auge 1996 Masters Craig Green Environmental Physiology Auge 1996 Masters