Plant Biology Graduate Student Alumni
1976-present.
* - Master of Science degree
** - Finished program at University of Stockholm
| Graduation year | Name | Lab/advisor | Positions after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Railey, Caylyn | Nelson | |
| 2026 | Scholten, Justin | Specht | |
| 2025 | Siegert, Caroline | Gandolfo | |
| 2025 | Robison, Tanner | Li | |
| 2025 | Rusnak, Byron | Roeder | |
| 2025 | Sun, Honghe | Fei | |
| 2025 | Thummel, Ryan* | ||
| 2025 | Williams, Brandon | Frank | |
| 2024 | Johnson, Arielle | Frank | |
| 2024 | Kong, Shuyao | Roeder | |
| 2024 | Madonich, Nathan | Pineros | |
| 2024 | Phillips, Heather | Specht | |
| 2024 | Szeluga, Nicole | Frank | |
| 2024 | Younkin, Gordon | Jander | |
| 2023 | Vieira, Annelise* | Rose | |
| 2023 | Wei, Ziqing* | ||
| 2023 | Wickell, David | Li | |
| 2023 | Williams, Brandon* | Frank | |
| 2022 | Harline, Kate | Roeder | |
| 2022 | Hernandez, Adriana | Specht | |
| 2022 | Mahood, Elizabeth | Moghe | |
| 2022 | Martinez-Gomez, Jesus | Specht | |
| 2022 | Robison, Tanner* | Li | |
| 2022 | Satterlee, James | Scanlon | |
| 2022 | Thomas, Hannah Rae | Frank | |
| 2021 | Cammarata, Joseph | Scanlon | |
| 2021 | Evanich, Daniel | Giovannoni | |
| 2021 | Martin, Kyle | Raguso | |
| 2021 | Mendoza, Patrick* | Vatamaniuk | |
| 2021 | Younkin, Gordon* | Jander | |
| 2020 | Guan, Clarice* | Specht | |
| 2020 | Howard, Mia | Kessler | |
| 2020 | Laterrade, Michelle* | Turgeon | |
| 2020 | Michel, Elena | van Wijk | |
| 2020 | Miller, Julia | Pineros | |
| 2020 | Olson, Mischa | Pawlowski | |
| 2020 | Petlewski, Alaina* | Li | |
| 2020 | Phillips, Heather* | Specht | |
| 2020 | Yang, Leiyun | Hua | |
| 2020 | Zhu, Mingyuan | Roeder | |
| 2019 | Liao, Jui-Yun | van Wijk | Visiting Fellow, NIH/NCI |
| 2019 | Lindsay, Penelope | Harrison | |
| 2019 | Martinez, Camila | Crepet | |
| 2018 | Coralie Salesse-Smith | Stern | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 2018 | Nick Segerson* | Rose | Medical writer at Q2 Solutions |
| 2018 | Eric Fich | Rose | |
| 2018 | Daniella Allevato | Nixon | University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine |
| 2018 | Dana Robinson | Roeder | Technology Specialist at Clark + Elbing LLP |
| 2018 | Shaoqun Zhou | Jander | Postdoctoral Fellow at Elo Life Systems, Durham, North Carolina. |
| 2017 | Pengfei Qiao | Scanlon | |
| 2017 | Elden Rowland | van Wijk | Research Associate, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University |
| 2017 | Gwynne Lim | Davis | International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, Secretary |
| 2017 | Thereis Choo | Nixon | Director (Terrestrial), National Biodiversity Centre, Singapore |
| 2017 | Lila Luna* | Roeder | Scientist, Thermo Fisher Scientific |
| 2017 | Monica Ramirez Carvalho | Niklas | Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
| 2017 | Yann-Ru Lou | Jander | Postdoctoral Researcher, Michigan Sate University |
| 2017 | Samuel Leiboff | Scanlon | Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley / Plant Gene Expression Center |
| 2017 | Adrian Powell | Doyle | Postdoctoral Researcher, Boyce Thompson Institute |
| 2016 | Robert Harbert | Nixon | -Assistant Professor of Biology and Bioinformatics, Stonehill College -Gerstner Scholar in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History |
| 2016 | Rachel Mertz | Rose | Postdoctoral Fellow Univ. of Missouri |
| 2015 | Xian Qu | Roeder | Postdoctoral Associate, University of Washington and Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| 2015 | Sam Crowell | McCouch | Agricultural Advisor at U.S. Department of State |
| 2015 | Samantha Mainiero* | Pawlowski | N/A |
| 2015 | Ryan McQuinn | Giovannoni | Postdoctoral Fellow at The Australian National University |
| 2015 | Dezi Elzinga | Jander | Postdoctoral Associate, UC Riverside |
| 2015 | Laetitia Martin | Rose | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University |
| 2015 | Olofron Plume | Doyle | Botanist, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2014 | Tao Sun | Hanson | Postdoctoral Associate, Stanford University |
| 2014 | Haiyi Wang | Richards | N/A |
| 2014 | Margaret Frank | Scanlon | Asst. Professor at Cornell in SIPS |
| 2013 | Zhilong Bao | Hua | Professor at Shandong Agricultural University |
| 2013 | Holly Summers | Raguso | AAAS Science & Technology Fellow working in biotechnology regulation at USDA-APHIS-BRS. |
| 2013 | Nanditha Vimalakumari* | Vatamaniuk | N/A |
| 2013 | Tyi McCray | Owens | Director (Interim) Diversity and Belonging at Airbnb |
| 2012 | Greg Buda | Rose | Director of Education at The Dead Rabbit & BlackTail |
| 2012 | Peter Lundquist | van Wijk | Assistant Professor at Michigan State University |
| 2012 | Arnaud Germain | Stern | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cornell University |
| 2012 | Jing Zhou | Lee | Scientist at Elo-Life Systems in NC |
| 2012 | John Snyder | van Wijk | Postdoctoral Associate, IBCAS Beijing |
| 2012 | Elizabeth Takacs | Scanlon | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University |
| 2012 | Anne Rea | J. Nasrallah | Lecturer in Biology, The Sage Colleges, Albany Campus |
| 2012 | Christopher Bozza | Pawlowski | Founder & CEO at Science Savvy Education LLC |
| 2011 | Trevor Yeats | Rose | Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University |
| 2011 | Mary Futey* | Crepet | Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Natera |
| 2011 | Janelle Burke | Luckow | Asst. Professor, Howard University |
| 2011 | Sean Hammond | Niklas | Asst. Professor, Department of Earth System Science & Policy, University of North Dakota |
| 2010 | Jeremy Coate | Doyle | Visiting Assistant Professor at Reed College in the Portland, Oregon area. |
| 2010 | James I. Cohen | Davis | Asst. Professor of Botany, Kettering Univ. |
| 2010 | Ryan Douglas | Scanlon | Patent Agent at Arnold & Porter, Washinton, DC |
| 2010 | Catherine Martel | Giovannoni | Research Scientist at Therapure Biopharma Inc. |
| 2010 | Matthew J. Milner | Kochian | BTI & USDA |
| 2010 | Nate Pumplin | Harrison | Scientist at Joyn Bio, Sacramento, CA |
| 2010 | Cindy Skema | Luckow | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 2010 | Shannon Straub | Doyle | Asst. Professor, Hobart and William Smith |
| 2010 | John Woodward | Scanlon | Research Scientist, Pioneer HiBred International |
| 2009 | Sarah Davidson Evanega | Turgeon | International Professor of Plant Breeding (adjunct) and Senior Associate Director of International Programs at Cornell University |
| 2009 | Jeffrey Gordon | Jahn | Internet start-up (www.agsquared.com) |
| 2009 | Guila Stellari | Jahn | Procurement Director for sustainable Sourcing and Renewable Energy, Unilever |
| 2008 | Patrick Brown | Kresovitch | Asst. Professor Crop Sciences, Urbana-Champaign, Ill. |
| 2008 | Stephanie Topp | Hua | Technician in Harrison Lab, Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell |
| 2008 | Yongqing Li | Hua | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of Berkeley |
| 2008 | Nathan Boggs | Nasrallah | Researcher at a Medical Research lab (CA) |
| 2008 | Heidi Rutschow | vanWijk | Visiting Assistant Professor at Humboldt State University |
| 2008 | Michael Mazourek | Jahn | Associate Professor, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cornell University |
| 2008 | Caroline Kellogg | Doyle/Kresovich | Advancement Associate at Cornell Hillel |
| 2008 | Sarah Covshoff | Brutnell | Editor at Springer Science+Business Media |
| 2008 | Breeanna Urbanowicz | Rose | Early Carreer Research Fellow- Center for Bioenergy Innovation at Oak Ridge Nationa |
| 2008 | Yi Wang | Hua | Unknown |
| 2008 | Patrick Brown | Kresovitch | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Genomic Diversity, Cornell University |
| 2007 | Ling Bai | Brutnell | Postdoctoral Fellow at the Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell |
| 2007 | Jason Gillman | Hanson | Postdoctoral Fellow USDA-ARS University of Missouri-Columbia |
| 2007 | Ashlee McCaskill | Turgeon | Asst. Professor, North Georgia College and State University |
| 2007 | Melinda Klein | Kochian | Chief Research Scientist,Citrus Research Board, Visalia, CA |
| 2007 | Feinan Wu | Tanksley | Associate Research Scientist at Yale University |
| 2007 | Sue Sherman Broyles | Nasrallah | Technician, Dept of Plant Biology, Cornell University |
| 2006 | Jimmy Ytterberg | vanWijk | Scientist at Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB (Sobi) Stockholm, Sweden |
| 2006 | Andrea Rudella | vanWijk | HRMS Support Specialist & Service Training Coordinator Italy at Waters Corp. |
| 2006 | Lisa Giacomelli | vanWijk | Consultant for Scienza Biotechnologies, Italy |
| 2006 | Jackeline Salazar | Nixon | Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo (UASD), Dominican Republic |
| 2005 | Elizabeth Hermsen | Crepet | Assistant Professor, Ohio University |
| 2004 | Gustavo Azenha | Bates | Executive Director at Columbia University in the City of New York |
| 2004 | Mac Alford | Luckow | Professor at University of Southern Mississippi – Hattiesburg |
| 2004 | Damon P. Little | Nixon | Assistant Curator at New York Botanical Garden |
| 2004 | Amanda Ingram | Doyle | Assistant Professor at Wabash College, Indiana |
| 2003 | Ernest Kwok | Hanson | Visiting Assistant Professor, Claremont College |
| 2003 | Tatyana Livshultz | Luckow | Assistant Professor at University of Nebraska, Omaha |
| 2003 | Robert Nilsson** | vanWijk | Research Scientist at a Biotechnology company, Sweden |
| 2002 | Sangbom Michael Lyi | Hanson | Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS |
| 2002 | Gokhan Hacisalihoglu | Kochian | Professor of Plant Biology, Florida A&M University |
| 2002 | Antonio Alfonso | Hanson | Regulatory Affairs & Stewardship Lead at DuPont Pioneer, Philippines |
| 2001 | Lucia Vazquez | Nixon | Interim Dean & Associate Professor at University of Illinois, Springfield |
| 2001 | Serena Heckler | Bates | Lecturer at Durham University |
| 2001 | Christopher Hardy | Davis | Professor at Millersville University |
| 2001 | Carl Lewis | Doyle | Director Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida |
| 2001 | Thomas Silva | Davies | Senior Lecturer at Cornell University |
| 2000 | Yan Xu | Hanson | Research Scientist, New England Biolabs |
| 2000 | Donovan Bailey, C. | Doyle | Assistant Professor at New Mexico State University |
| 2000 | Helga Ochoterena-Booth | Nixon | Associate Professor at Herbario Nacional (MEXU) Instituto de Biologia, UNAM, Mexico |
| 2000 | Marcus McFerren | Rodriguez | Medical Doctor, Dermatology |
| 2000 | Mark Simmons | Davis | Professor at Colorado State University |
| 1999 | Fabian Michelangeli | Rodriguez | Assistant Curator at New York Botanical Garden |
| 1999 | Eve Emshwiller | Doyle | Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Diane E. Sklensky | Davies | Assistant Professor at Lane College |
| 1998 | Tao Yang | Davies | Senior Researcher at Du Pont, Princeton NJ. |
| 1998 | Lawrence Kelly | Luckow | Assistant Curator and Director of Graduate Studies, New York Botanical Garden |
| 1998 | John Berry | Rodriguez | Associate Professor at Florida International University |
| Graduation year | Name | Lab/Advisor | Positions after graduation |
| 1997 | Hazel Cropper* | Nixon | New York Botanical Garden |
| 1996 | Frances Harrington | Korf | USDA Montana |
| 1996 | Enrique Estrada | Bates | CONSULTOR INDEPENDIENTE EN ESTRATEGIAS TIC |
| 1995 | Catharine Conley | Hanson | Astrobiologist at NASA Adjunct Faculty, New Mexico Tech. |
| 1995 | Elizabeth Dickson | Doyle | Environmental Services Consultant and Contractor, Calgary, Canada Area |
| 1994 | Natalie McGucken | Davies | Associate Professor at Hiram College, OH. |
| 1993 | Paul Manos | Nixon | Associate Professor at Duke University |
| 1993 | Anne Bruneau | Doyle | Professor at University of Montreal |
| 1992 | Francesca Grifo | Young | Senior Scientist and Director of Scientific Integrity Program at Union of Concerned Scientists |
| 1992 | John Freudenstein | Doyle | Professor at Ohio State University |
| 1991 | Marie Connett | Hanson | Senior Intellectual Property Consultant, CAMBIA |
| 1991 | Carol C. Mapes | Davies | Professor at Kutztown University, PA |
| 1991 | Friedreich Behringer | Davies | Research Scientist at Veritech, Centerbrook CT. |
| 1991 | Daniel Potter | Doyle | Professor at University of California, Davis |
| 1990 | Zhu Yu-Xian | Davies | Director, Chinese National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China. |
| 1989 | Otto Folkerts | Hanson | Associate Director of Technology Development, VPI Blacksburg |
| 1988 | James Weifu Lee* | Davies | Senior scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratories. |
| 1986 | Douglas A. Hamilton | Davies | Professor of Biology at Hartwick College, NY. |
| 1984 | Mary A. Smith | Davies | Associate Professor of Biology at North Carolina A&T State University. |
| 1983 | Evelyne O. Dougherty | Davies | Senior Researcher at Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA. |
| 1981 | Thomas J. Gianfagna | Davies | Professor at Rutgers University, NJ. |
| 1978 | William M. Proebsting | Davies | Professor Emeritus at Oregon State University. |
| 1976 | Alan M. Kinnersley | Davies | Research Director (in his own company), Auxein Inc., East Lansing, MI. retired |
| 1976 | David J. Parrish | Davies | Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech University. |
| 1976 | John I. Stiles | Davies | Head of Research at Hawaii Coffee Growing Corporation |