Support Personnel
Graduate Students
Kristina Alas
Ph.D. 2026
Focus: Hops adaptation.
Aaron Clare
M.S. 2023
Focus: Hazelnut breeding.
Michael Morikone
Ph.D. 2023
Focus: Machine learning to optimize genome annotation.
Elizabeth Niebaum
M.S. 2023
Focus: Seed dormancy.
Past Members
Graduate Students, Postdocs and Staff
Zach Allen – M.S. 2015
Switchgrass-pest interactions
Jesse Brown – M.S. 2013
Annual bluegrass diversity
Luqi Li – M.S. 2015
Buffalograss establishment
Collin Marshall – M.S. 2020
Buffalograss diversity
Glen Obear – Ph.D. 2021
Soil horizon formation in modified rootzones
Sajeewa Amaradasa – Postdoc 2011-2014
Turfgrass Pathology
Teresa Donze – Postdoc 2012-2015
Host-pest interaction
Katherine King – Research Technician
Buffalograss and hops breeding
Undergraduates
Jacob Bish - 2018
Alyssa Converse - 2017
Adam Dredge - 2013
Megan Franklin – 2015-2018
Jacob Fuehrer – 2014-2016
Ben Harms – 2017-2019
Alaina Kapla - 2018
Olivier Niyonshuti Mizero - 2022
Elizabeth "Beth" Niebaum – 2013-2016
Tyler Rodriguez – 2022-2023
Michael Sindelar – 2013-2014
Kevin Snyder - 2017
Arianna Spellman - 2019
Ben Toalson – 2021-2022
Eric Troudt - 2016
Ryan Witkowski - 2016