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​-Rhizolab Alumni-

-Postdoctoral Scholars 

Dr. Na Ding

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Rhizosphere Biogeochemical Processes
Project: Influence of plant endophytic fungal associations on root system architecture and nutrient (P) acquisition 
  • Currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the lab of Kelly Craven at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Dr. Haichao Guo

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Rhizosphere Biogeochemical Processes
​Project: Influence of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on P speciation, microbial community structure, enzyme activity and P uptake
  • Currently a Research Technician Dr. Malay Saha's lab at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Dr. Mohammad Babar Ali

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​Plant Molecular Biology
Project: The influence of microbial based soil addititves on plant growth promotion and stress tolerance

Dr. Alison White

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Rhizosphere Biogeochemical Processes
Project: Plant-Microbe Communication In The Medicago Truncatula Rhizosphere: Functional Metagenomics, Biochemistry, And Community Analysis
  • Currently Quality Control Scientist at Patheon Biologics, Brisbane, AU

GRADAUTE STUDENTS

Rick Lewis

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M.S. IPSS 2011
Thesis Project: "The role of microRNAs in root nodule formation and function in raz (requires additional zinc), a mutant of the model legume Medicago truncatula, exposed to excess Zn."

PhD  Soil Science 2016
Dissertation Project: "The environmental effects of manufactured nanomaterials plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR)"
  • Currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the lab of Tara Sullivan at Washington State University 

Jingqi Guo

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PhD Plant Physiology, 2014
Dissertation Project: "The influence of endosymbiotic plant fungal interactions on root exudate composition and rhizosphere processes"
  • Previously a postdoc in the lab of Dr. Fugen Dou at Texas A&M

Kavita Mizin

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M.S. IPSS 2014 (co-advised with Dr. Krista Jacobsen, Horticulture)
Thesis Project:  "Nitrogen cycling in high tunnel production systems"
  • Currently working for the USDA - Beltsville, Maryland

Sarah Baltzley

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M.S. IPSS 2012
Thesis Project:  "Influence of microbial inoculants on nickel tolerance and hyperaccumulation in two Alyssum species"
  • Currently a research assistant with Abeer M. Al-Ghananeem at Sullivan University College of Pharmacy, Louisville, Kentucky 

Rebecca Sims

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M.S. IPSS 2012
Thesis Project:  "The Role of Metals in the Plant Chemical Defense Responses to Insect Herbivore Attack"
  • Currently pursing a PhD in Plant Biological Science at the Univ. of Minnesota with Dr. Weiblen and Dr. Bushley

Don Schwer III

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M.S. IPSS 2010
Thesis Project:   "Speciation and spatial distribution of Cr, Cu and As from CCA treated fences across the Kentucky landscape."
  • Currently an Enforcement Officer with the greater Chicago area EPA

Undergradaute Researchers 

Olivia Jones 

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Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2013-2015 
UK AgBiotech Undergrad
  • Currently pursuing M.S. in Genetics at University of Illinois 

Julie Lambers 

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Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2012-2013 
UK AgBiotech Undergrad

Ryan Hammond

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Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2009

Janet Chappell

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Undergraduate Research Assistant 2010-2011
  • Currently pursing an M.S. in Soil Science with Dr.Wei Shi at North Carolina State University, USA

Sally Stevens (Chambers)

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Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2008
  • Received her PhD (Dec 2014) from the Botany and Plant Pathology Program at Purdue University with Nancy Emery
  • Currently a Postdoc with Emily Sessa at the University of Florida

​Ryan Quire

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Undergraduate Research Assistant - 2008
  • Completed an M.S. degree with Matt Lavin at Montana State University.
  • Currently working as a Wetland Scientist/Botanist at Confluence Consulting 

Visiting Research Scholars 

Ana Elena Pradas del Real

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PhD,  IMIDRA Finca del Encin, Spain 2014
Thesis Project:  Elucidating the chromium detoxification pathway in the multi-metal accumulator Silene vulgaris
  • Currently a postdoc in the lab of Gerladine Sarret at ISTerre, Grenoble, France 

Maria Morrogh-Bernard

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Universidad de Bueonos Aires, Argentina 
B.S. Agronomic Engineering 2016
Research Project: Development of a high-throughput method for screening phytosiderophore production and its application to screening historical hard red spring wheat varieties in commercial production from 1910 to 1997 
  • Currently pursuing an M.S. in IPSS Crop Science at the University of Kentucky with Dr. Montse Salmeron

High School Researchers 

Debbie Ferguson 

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High School Student Researcher
Paul Lawrence Dunbar H.S.

KY Young Researchers Program
  • Currently a student at the University of Kentucky, USA

Orsolya Hegyi

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High School Student Researcher
Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School
KY Young Researchers Program
  • Currently pursing a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering at Dartmouth College, USA


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