2020 Graduates

Monica Navia

• Date: Spring 2020
• Degree: PhD Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Harold Trick
• Dissertation: Engineering the Wheat Genome to Reduce the Susceptibility to Fungal and Viral Diseases

Jordan Brungardt

• Date: Spring 2020
• Degree: PhD Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Harold Trick
• Dissertation: Biotechnological Approaches for Improved Disease Resistance in Soybean and Wheat

Bliss Betzen

• Date: December 2020
• Degree: MS Genetics
• Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov
• Thesis: The effect of the allelic diversity in AvrSr35 on Sr35-based resistance in wheat

Kseniya Chumachenko

• Date: December 2020
• Degree: MS Plant Pathology
• Major Professor: Jim Stack
• Thesis: Simple sequence repeat analysis and qualitative pathway analysis of Rathayibacter toxicus

Elina Adhikari

• Date: December 2020
• Degree: PhD Genetics
• Major Professor: Eduard Akhunov
• Dissertation: Genetic basis of eco-geographic adaptation in wild relatives for wheat improvement

Megan Calvert

• Date: December 2020
• Degree: PhD Genetics
• Major Professor: Jesse Poland
• Dissertation: Assessment and implementation of new breeding methods in the Kansas State winter wheat breeding program